Nima Shahaei learned from Lou Simpson that creating space in one's life for activities like walking or visiting an art museum can be more beneficial for an investment portfolio than adding another sce...

Nima Shahaei asserts that a constantly sprinting, hyper-reactive approach to investing will ultimately destroy an investor's health, strain relationships, and lead to worse decisions over the long ter...

Nima Shahaei believes Lou Simpson's humility and lack of ego were a major reason for his success as an investor because it gave him a clearer perception of reality.

Nima Shahaei worked with Lou Simpson at his firm SQ Advisors in Naples, Florida from 2016 to 2019.

Nima Shahaei uses the term "blown awayness" to describe the qualitative, pre-intellectual feeling of encountering an exceptional product, citing the first iPhone and same-day Amazon delivery as other ...

Nima Shahaei describes an experience where a Tesla vehicle, using its autonomous driving feature, navigated through construction, got on and off a highway, and found its own parking spot in a Costco p...

Nima Shahaei believes the investment industry has swung too far in the direction of quantification with tools like expert calls and web scraping, yet few managers compound capital at high rates for lo...

Nima Shahaei's investment philosophy is to focus on the qualitative "roots" of a business, such as management motivation and company culture, which he believes are causal to future economics, rather t...