Capital Management Quotes

“Return on Investment should be holistic.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“At Mayflower-Plymouth, we believe that active capital management is the responsible way to invest. Even passive funds should be actively managed.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“Risk parity is already inherent in the permaculture investing approach. Nature already figured out risk parity through millions of years of Research & Development. In learning from nature, we also learn to employ natures risk parity as part of our approach.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“At Mayflower-Plymouth we aim to employ capital and maximize ROI for central banks, sovereign wealth funds, pension funds, corporations, foundations and endowments, and individual investors around the world.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“A portfolio that exists in service to God is a portfolio blessed by God.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“I hate debt - except when I’m the lender.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“Many Asset Managers today have a sort of pristine mathematical prowess paired with access to the most astute technology. But they lack a fundamental understanding of business. How do you invest in something that you don’t understand, except in theory?”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“Portfolio resilience protects assets from loss.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“Capital is a lot like people; it needs to be employed.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“Restructuring of federal income tax rates can have significant impacts on municipal bond assets.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“In Financial markets, trust is imperative.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“Active capital management aligns with biblical principles. I believe Jesus’ Parable of The Tenants illustrates this well. Capital should be actively stewarded, and never idle and never passively held.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“At Mayflower-Plymouth, we aim to steward capital the way nature stewards capital.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr

“Ethics matters in business. It’s good to deliver results but it’s imperative to deliver results the right way - in a way that is pleasing in the sight of God.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“We cannot have a healthy economic system if all the money is being invested passively. Active money management is vital to economic well-being.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“I love having statistical advantages.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“There’s nothing more disastrous than unemployed capital.”
― Hendrith Smith

“Disengaged ownership of capital causes ownership of capital disengaged.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“At Mayflower-Plymouth, we pair our deep understanding of business and economies with our study of natural ecosystems to invest in productive assets across the globe. We aim to help our clients employ capital and maximize ROI by combining fundamental asset selection with proprietary methodologies based on modeling natural ecosystems.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“At Mayflower-Plymouth, our investment process is driven by our Principles of Permaculture Capital Stewardship, a set of principles that emphasize modeling nature to preserve capital and maximize ROI.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“Investment Portfolios should be actively managed.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr

“There’s no amount of data that can replace an investors ability to empathize with the entrepreneur. There’s no amount of computational capacity that can replace a genuine and instinctive understanding of business management.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“Whatever the tax rate is, pay it. The cost of non-compliance is greater than the cost of reduction of profits.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“Everyone knows about market risk and management risk. But there are a variety of non obvious risks to consider when managing a portfolio of investments. They include political risk, share premiums and discounts risk, Interest Rate risk, Income Risk, Tax law changes risk, valuation risk, and liquidity risk, among others. This is why professional active portfolio management is the way to go.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“At Mayflower-Plymouth, we analyze global markets, analyze businesses and employ a range of strategies that emulate natural ecosystems to deliver holistic and industry-consistent investment returns. Our approach emphasizes preservation, steady compounding growth and steady returns for our capital partners and clients.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“Mayflower-Plymouth Capital LLC is a Capital Management Firm based in Arlington Virginia and operating internationally.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“In nature, the emphasis is on the multiplication of wealth, not the transfer of wealth. Wealth multiplication results in collective net profit. Wealth transfer however, benefits some at the expense of others.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“Productive companies tend to be profitable companies. So using productivity as a prerequisite for where we employ capital is to some extent a guarantee on profit.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“ESG is already built into our Principles of Permaculture Capital Stewardship. By modeling nature, we operate in a way that respects the environment, promotes thriving beyond sustainability, and applies high ethical standards to governance.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“There’s a best time for everything – including the acquisition of capital.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, Capital Acquisition: Small Business Considerations for How to Get Financing