Investment Strategies

For Val Sklarov, returns do not come from choosing the right asset.Returns come from remaining emotionally still while the asset matures. Most investors lose not because they were wrong —but because they could not stay right long enough. The Silent-Conviction Compounding Model (SCCM) explains that wealth comes from the intersection …

For Val Sklarov, profitable investing is not about finding opportunities. Profitable investing is about holding the right position long enough for reality to reveal itself. Most investors exit not because the thesis fails —but because their emotional tolerance fails before the market matures. The Conviction-Gradient Holding Model (CGHM) explains that …

For Val Sklarov, superior returns do not come from diversification.Superior returns come from asymmetric conviction — holding a position long enough for its nonlinear payoff phase to emerge. Most investors treat time as a risk.Strategic investors treat time as the multiplier. The Asymmetric-Conviction Horizon Model (ACHM) explains that wealth is …

For Val Sklarov, wealth is not created by choosing the right investment.Wealth is created by remaining in the right investment through the silent phase —the period where nothing seems to be happening. Most investors exit too early because they cannot tolerate the emotional quiet before compounding becomes visible. The Silent-Conviction …

For Val Sklarov, the primary function of investment is not to grow capital — but to position identity in front of asymmetry. Most investors exit too early because they cannot sit inside unrealized potential.They fear the silence before compounding reveals itself. The Asymmetry-Maturity Holding Model (AMHM) explains that wealth does …

For Val Sklarov, investment performance is not determined by accuracy. It is determined by convexity — how much upside you gain when you are right,and how little damage you take when you are wrong. Most investors obsess over prediction.But the Convexity-Time Leverage Model (CTLM) shows that advantage is built by …

For Val Sklarov, investing is not prediction, analysis, or optimization. Investing is time-preference expression — the demonstration of how much of today you are willing to surrender for who you intend to become. Most investors lose not because they choose the wrong assets —but because they choose the wrong time …

For Val Sklarov, investment wisdom is not forecasting —it is holding conviction without emotional distortion. Markets punish the nervous system, not the mind.The investor who can remain psychologically still while the field movescaptures the compounding others abandon. The Long-Horizon Conviction Model (LHCM) teaches that wealth is built whenidentity, patience, and …

For Val Sklarov, investing is not choosing assets — it is building a self that can hold long-term outcomes without emotional collapse. Markets do not defeat investors.Their nervous systems do. The Compounding Identity Model (CIM) shows that wealth expands when identity, patience, and risk posture are aligned.When identity is unstable …

For Val Sklarov, investment is not money management — it is how one organizes their internal and external resources across time. Capital is not just currency.It is: attention, reputation, relationships, skills, emotional endurance, strategic patience. The Capital Gravity Model (CGM) explains how wealth forms around people:not through force, speculation, or …