CORE EQUITy Strategy
“Good management is rare at best, it is difficult to appraise, and it is undoubtedly the single most important factor in security analysis.” - Philip L. Carret
We take a patient, long-term approach to active stock investing. We focus on businesses we understand and prefer those that are able to compound value over years by way of sustainable competitive advantages and stable or growing cash flow generation. We aim to acquire stakes in these businesses at attractive prices. We favor business managers who act like owners and who focus on long-term value creation. Our preference is for those managers who exhibit integrity and skill, treat their customers and employees well, think independently, and deliberately strengthen and sustain their businesses’ competitive advantages.
Only a limited number of publicly traded companies meet the above criteria, especially when it comes to leadership quality and culture. Most public boards and management teams are content maximizing short-term profitability via good enough products, high employee turnover, never-ending restructuring programs, and questionable acquisitions. We often find high-quality management and culture in founder-operated companies, family-controlled businesses, and companies led by visionary, long-term-oriented CEOs.
Our approach to portfolio construction is akin to running a portfolio of private businesses. We invest in a limited number of businesses to incentivize rigorous research and to allow individual holdings to have a larger-than-average impact on investment performance. In effect, we allow our business owner clients apply their entrepreneurial mindset to post-exit investing.
While this approach is not for everyone, i.e., it can create material deviations from broad market returns, we consider it an important element of attracting like-minded investors and building wealth together over many years.
Equity-Only Core Equity Model Portfolio Returns as of 12/31/2025
*Net of the highest 1.00% advisory fee level. Advisory fees cover both portfolio management and financial planning services. Please see our full fee schedule here.
Important Information
Meeting House Capital, LLC (“Meeting House Capital”) is a registered investment advisor. Advisory services are only offered to clients or prospective clients where Meeting House Capital and its representatives are properly licensed or exempt from licensure.
No investment strategy or risk management technique can guarantee returns or eliminate risk in any market environment. All investments include a risk of loss that clients should be prepared to bear. Risk associated with equity investing include stock values which may fluctuate in response to the activities of individual companies and general market and economic conditions. The principal risks of Meeting House Capital strategies are disclosed in the publicly available Form ADV Part 2A. Please visit the Investment Adviser Public Disclosure website at www.adviserinfo.sec.gov by searching with Meeting House Capital’s CRD #310435.
The model performance shown was created by Oleg Litvinenko, CFA while at Cobblestone Capital Advisors, LLC (acquired by CAPTRUST) (06/30/2012 – 06/30/2020) and at Meeting House Capital, LLC (07/01/2020 – Present) using the time-weighted returns methodology. The model performance shown is not indicative of future performance, which could differ substantially. It does not reflect actual account performance for any specific client or a composite performance for a group of clients. Model results represent what an investor’s returns might have been, had they been invested in the exact investments using the exact same allocation for the exact same time period for the model portfolio reflected. This does not reflect the impact that material economic and market factors may have had on decision-making. The results shown were calculated by means of a mathematical formula. Model results represent performance of equity investments only and do not represent performance of securities in other asset classes, including fixed income and cash. In addition to equity securities, client portfolios may also include other assets classes, including fixed income and cash.
The model performance for the period from 6/30/2012 – 6/30/2020 was created while Oleg Litvinenko was the Head of Equity Research, Senior Portfolio Manager with his prior firm, Cobblestone Capital Advisors, LLC (CCA), using actual transaction data. In his role at this previous firm, Oleg Litvinenko took over management of CCA’s equity model portfolio, began transitioning the portfolio starting June 30, 2012, and was the sole analyst and portfolio manager responsible for generating model returns from that date on.
The Advisor believes the model portfolio returns presented above, including for the period from 7/1/2020 through to the latest measurement date specified above, to be the closest representation of performance results experienced by actual client accounts invested in the model portfolio. Gross performance results are presented after brokerage commissions and before advisory fees. Net performance results presented after brokerage commissions and advisory fees. Model and client portfolios are valued monthly. Accrual accounting and trade-date valuations have been used for the entire historical period. Returns for time periods greater than one year are annualized. Interest and dividends are paid in cash and available for reinvestment. Returns shown exclude reinvestment of interest or dividends. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
Index returns are unmanaged and do not reflect the deduction of any fees or expenses. Index returns reflect all items of income, gain and loss and the reinvestment of dividends and other income.