00 Xenith Capital · Austin, Texas
Evidence before capital.
Independent, founder-led portfolio construction. Every position must earn its role, and nothing earns it without evidence.
Live. Earth as it stands this second: the sun's real position, the line between day and night, city lights in the dark, the real stars behind it, and fourteen exchanges on their own clocks. Move the cursor over the globe to read the ground beneath it. Tap the globe to read the ground beneath it.
01 Live sessions
Follow the sun.
Fourteen exchanges, each on its own clock: whether each is inside its regular trading hours right now, and the time until that changes, computed in your browser from each city's time zone.
| Exchange | Local | Hours | Next | Session map, UTC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NYSENew York | Regular hours | 09:30–16:00 local | ||
| TSXToronto | Regular hours | 09:30–16:00 local | ||
| LSELondon | Regular hours | 08:00–16:30 local | ||
| EuronextParis | Regular hours | 09:00–17:30 local | ||
| XetraFrankfurt | Regular hours | 09:00–17:30 local | ||
| SIXZurich | Regular hours | 09:00–17:20 local | ||
| JSEJohannesburg | Regular hours | 09:00–16:50 local | ||
| TadawulRiyadh | Regular hours | 10:00–15:00 local | ||
| NSEMumbai | Regular hours | 09:15–15:30 local | ||
| SGXSingapore | Regular hours | 09:00–12:00, 13:00–17:00 local | ||
| HKEXHong Kong | Regular hours | 09:30–12:00, 13:00–16:00 local | ||
| SSEShanghai | Regular hours | 09:30–11:30, 13:00–14:57 local | ||
| TSETokyo | Regular hours | 09:00–11:30, 12:30–15:25 local | ||
| ASXSydney | Regular hours | 10:00–16:00 local |
02 Portfolio architecture
Every position must earn its role.
Xenith builds each portfolio around an explicit mandate, then selects and sizes every position for its contribution to the whole, not because it belongs to a model.
- 02.1
Mandate
What must the capital accomplish?
Objectives, constraints, horizon, liquidity, tax context, and risk tolerance are defined before securities enter the conversation.
Decision effectNarrows the opportunity set before preference can distort it.
- 02.2
Evidence
What evidence earns consideration?
Independent fundamental sources are cross-verified, with the strongest disconfirming evidence tested before conviction advances.
Decision effectLimits construction to theses that survive a real countercase.
- 02.3
Construction
What role does each position serve?
Selection, size, concentration, correlation, and portfolio fit are decided together rather than security by security.
Decision effectTurns individual theses into one coherent allocation.
- 02.4
Review
What evidence would change the decision?
Thesis conditions, portfolio drift, and mandate constraints remain visible after capital is committed.
Decision effectMakes revision evidence-led instead of reactionary.
03 Research
Signals converge, or nothing moves.
A thesis advances only when independent evidence converges and the strongest countercase has been taken seriously. Only decision-relevant signal reaches construction.
- 03.1
Sources
What is known first-hand?
Filings, transcripts, macro data, and primary documents establish the evidence base before interpretation begins.
Decision effectSeparates observable fact from inherited narrative.
- 03.2
Signals
Which changes are decision-relevant?
Evidence is tested for durability, materiality, and contradiction rather than rewarded for novelty or volume.
Decision effectRanks what deserves deeper work, and what should stop.
- 03.3
Synthesis
How do the pieces interact?
Company evidence is placed beside valuation, macro regime, correlation, concentration, and mandate constraints.
Decision effectExposes portfolio consequences that a standalone thesis cannot.
- 03.4
Positions
How much conviction has been earned?
Evidence strength informs size only inside the portfolio’s risk, liquidity, and concentration boundaries.
Decision effectTranslates research into exposure without surrendering judgment.
04 Risk doctrine
The perimeter is drawn first.
Loss capacity, liquidity, concentration, and scenario behavior enter construction from the first decision. Risk is not a disclaimer added after capital moves.
- 04.1
Risk Budget
How much loss can the mandate absorb?
The portfolio’s risk capacity is defined before position-level return expectations are allowed to influence size.
Decision effectTurns tolerance into a construction boundary.
- 04.2
Drawdown
What can break the compounding path?
Scenario behavior and recovery requirements are considered before an attractive upside case can dominate the decision.
Decision effectProtects the mandate from losses it cannot practically endure.
- 04.3
Liquidity
Can the position be changed when the thesis changes?
Exit conditions, market depth, account size, and implementation constraints are evaluated before entry.
Decision effectKeeps judgment actionable when evidence moves.
- 04.4
Concentration
Where can one error become a portfolio error?
Position weight, shared drivers, and role overlap are tested across the full portfolio rather than in isolation.
Decision effectContains the damage one incorrect thesis can create.
05 The firm
One line of accountability.
Xenith is independent and founder-led. The same investment professional builds the research, constructs the portfolio, monitors the thesis, and explains the decision.
- 05.1
Independence
Who sets the agenda?
No parent platform or product shelf dictates the portfolio. Evidence and the mandate determine the opportunity set.
Decision effectReduces structural pressure to own what does not belong.
- 05.2
Access
Who explains the decision?
The person with decision authority is the person accountable for the rationale. There is no service layer between them.
Decision effectQuestions travel directly to judgment.
- 05.3
Continuity
What keeps the process coherent?
Research, construction, monitoring, and explanation remain inside one accountable investment process.
Decision effectPreserves the thesis from origin through review.
- 05.4
Alignment
What is the firm built to serve?
The operating structure centers the advisory mandate rather than transactions, proprietary products, or asset gathering.
Decision effectKeeps decision ownership attached to the portfolio.