IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN: 09:55 - Why it’ll be best to hold US assets over time. 15:51 - Why is the Japanese Yen reaching 40-year lows? 23:01 - How high energy costs exacerbate the issue. 29:57 - Why the stagflation playing out today is the worst-case scenario. 50:31 - The performance of silver and gold. 1:00:14 - What is causing the dollar to strengthen to 20-year highs. And much much more! *Disclaimer: Slight timestamp discrepancies may occur due to podcast platform differences. BOOKS AND...
May 20, 2022•57 min•Ep 547•Transcript available on Metacast IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: 01:42 - The FED's Soft Landing. 09:10 - The Luna Stable Coin melt-down. 23:20 - What's happening in the bond market? 49:26 - Whether the stock market is due for a correction or not. 53:56 - What's happening in China? 01:00:50 - Regulation coming out of the Luna situation. 01:16:09 - What it will take for the SEC to approve a Spot ETF. *Disclaimer: Slight timestamp discrepancies may occur due to podcast platform differences. BOOKS AND RESOURCES Join the exclusive TI...
May 18, 2022•2 hr 33 min•Ep 546•Transcript available on Metacast IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: 07:59 - If new investors should build their portfolio around small cap stocks. 13:55 - Why there is more to it than just picking companies you understand. 22:34 - How to identify a stock pick that has pricing power. 27:26 - A rather untraditional approach to identifying good stocks. 36:05 - Ask The Investors: Should a value investor invest in net-net stocks? *Disclaimer: Slight timestamp discrepancies may occur due to podcast platform differences. BOOKS AND RESOURC...
May 17, 2022•46 min•Ep 545•Transcript available on Metacast IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN: 01:35 - How to compete in competitive real estate markets and why conservative underwriting is necessary for longevity. 08:08 - Ways to reduce your tax bill by investing in CRE. 09:30 - Who CRE firms and funds go to for debt financing and what the debt structure can be for large real estate firms. 12:02 - How real estate investors are taxed. 25:03 - The difference between preferred equity and common equity. And much, much more! *Disclaimer: Slight timestamp discrep...
May 15, 2022•58 min•Ep 544•Transcript available on Metacast IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN: 01:49 - Overconfidence 08:43 - Anchoring 11:18 - Endowment Effect 24:25 - Base-rate neglect and Recency bias 33:01 - Social Proof 48:30 - Scarcity And a whole lot more! *Disclaimer: Slight timestamp discrepancies may occur due to podcast platform differences. BOOKS AND RESOURCES Join the exclusive TIP Mastermind Community to engage in meaningful stock investing discussions with Stig, Clay, and the other community members. Silver Ring Value Partners Website. Behavio...
May 13, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Ep 543•Transcript available on Metacast IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: 00:03:09 - What Gigi is most excited about for 2022. 00:04:46 - What causes people to see Bitcoin from the bottom-up. 00:13:28 - What are all the things that Bitcoin is doing simultaneously. 00:17:15 How Bitcoin solves time stamping. 00:23:38 - What is under appreciated in the Bitcoin space right now. 00:21:26 - What incentives will drive the adoption of lightning. 00:55:42 - Proof of Work (PoW) Versus Proof of Stake (PoS). 00:37:32 - How to take something complex ...
May 11, 2022•1 hr 14 min•Ep 542•Transcript available on Metacast IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN 00:05:14 - How a teenage girl saved Arnold Van Den Berg’s life during the Holocaust. 00:08:54 - How he learned to live a life guided by principles and the search for truth. 00:24:51 - What his father taught him about the extraordinary power of the mind. 00:42:37 - How Arnold transformed his body and mind to become a champion athlete. 00:43:32 - Why “the single most important thing in life is what you believe.” 00:44:39 - How Arnold taught himself to invest with no c...
May 10, 2022•2 hr 6 min•Ep 541•Transcript available on Metacast IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN: 03:20 - The biggest takeaways from the meeting. 17:51 - Why and what Berkshire Hathaway invested $51B in during Q1 2022. 34:15 - Berkshire Hathaway and their plans for share buyback. 41:01 - Warren Buffett’s view of inflation. 1:03:15 - Warren Buffett’s experiences of changing his opinion. 1:16:33 - Warren Buffett's learning objectives on merger arbitrage bets. *Disclaimer: Slight timestamp discrepancies may occur due to podcast platform differences. BOOKS AND RESO...
May 08, 2022•1 hr 27 min•Ep 540•Transcript available on Metacast IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN: 01:41 - Current risks posed by supply chain disruption and food shortages. 05:27 - Updates on Evergrande, China, and Munger’s recent bipolar trade on Alibaba. 14:39 - Why the most contrarian bet today is too short commodities. 13:17 - The recent fall of Netflix and how other tech stocks might follow suit. 27:12 - How David thinks through valuation and where the US stands today, compared to the global market. 32:39 - Why Closed-End Funds are likely an overlooked and...
May 06, 2022•58 min•Ep 539•Transcript available on Metacast IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: 01:43 - Bill's overall thoughts on the current market conditions. 09:31 - How Bill and his father first found Bitcoin. 12:16 - Why Bill found Bitcoin to be an asymmetric investment. 18:54 - Margin and investing. 21:18 - Thoughts on Musk buying Twitter. 23:35 - Bitcoin vs Crypto. 28:49 - Concentrated investing and why it's important. 31:12 - Mean / Variance Portfolio Theorem. 40:54 - Finding big trends in markets. *Disclaimer: Slight timestamp discrepancies may occu...
May 04, 2022•42 min•Ep 538•Transcript available on Metacast IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: 02:38 - Why Security Analysis is one of Warren Buffett’s three favorite books. 11:49 - Real case studies where Warren Buffett has directly applied skills acquired from Security Analysis. 13:05 - The highlights for each of the 7 major parts in Security Analysis. 30:08 - The difference in opinion between Benjamin Graham and Warren Buffett when it comes to dividends. *Disclaimer: Slight timestamp discrepancies may occur due to podcast platform differences. BOOKS AND R...
May 03, 2022•47 min•Ep 537•Transcript available on Metacast Trey invites back Ted Seides to discuss the influence of endowments and hedge funds in today's markets and the impacts of ESG policies. IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN: 07:16 - How hedge funds and endowments have changed over the last 20 years. 10:58 - The biggest misconceptions regarding endowment funds. 20:30 - The impact of ESG policies and how the narrative around them may be changing or evolving. 28:45 - Why Ted has abandoned his SPAC strategy. 44:54 - How endowments think through allocating ...
May 01, 2022•50 min•Ep 536•Transcript available on Metacast Trey Lockerbie chats with Dr. David Kass, who is a Ph.D. economist and professor at the University of Maryland. They discuss how Buffett bought Berkshire after letting his emotions get the best of him and why it was originally a huge mistake, his overpayment for Precision Castparts, and much more! IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN: 09:47 - The story of how Buffett bought Berkshire after letting his emotions get the best of him and why it was originally a huge mistake. 15:04 - How he could have made ...
Apr 29, 2022•56 min•Ep 535•Transcript available on Metacast IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: 02:31 - What attracted Morgen into finance. 05:56 - How has being a CFA charter holder and being a Bitcoiner contrasted? 17:52 - What are the issues most financial advisors have with Bitcoin? 24:46 - Why do most financial advisors say "crypto" not Bitcoin? 31:06 - How do elderly people that are dependent on a fixed income strategy navigate the current markets? 38:32 - What's the best way for Bitcoin'ers to optimize their taxes? 46:34 - What do you say to couples th...
Apr 27, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Ep 534•Transcript available on Metacast IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN 00:09:21 - Why it’s so valuable to build unscheduled “day-dreaming time” into your day. 00:13:17 - Why it’s a competitive advantage to be a generalist in a world of specialists. 00:18:29 - What 42 years as a professor have taught Aswath about how to communicate. 00:31:14 - Why he’s intensely skeptical about the ESG movement. 00:39:46 - Why he owns no cryptocurrencies and views Bitcoin as a currency “for the paranoid.” 00:44:21 - Which investment principles guide him...
Apr 26, 2022•2 hr 40 min•Ep 533•Transcript available on Metacast On today’s show, Stig Brodersen talks with legend value investor Mohnish Pabrai. In the interview, Mohnish Pabrai shares his thoughts on Alibaba, Tencent, a personal letter from Warren Buffett, and much more. IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN: 01:18 - What Warren Buffett’s letter to Mohnish Pabrai said. 04:53 - What is Mohnish Pabrai’s driver for being an asset manager? 07:47 - What is Mohnish Pabrai’s role with Dakshana Foundation. 13:47 - Is it an advantage to spend money on research tools. 14:44 ...
Apr 24, 2022•54 min•Ep 532•Transcript available on Metacast On today’s show, Trey invites on a very special guest and that is Mr. Peter Mallouk. Peter is the President and CIO at Creative Planning which currently manages, $210B. Peter holds a law degree, an MBA and is a CFP, and is just an overall very smart and thoughtful guy. You may recognize his name as he was the co-author of Money: Master the Game with Tony Robbins. IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN: 01:26 - The best investment Peter has ever made. 04:01 - What the inverted yield curve is telling us. 0...
Apr 22, 2022•56 min•Ep 531•Transcript available on Metacast IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: 01:29 - Eric’s thoughts on the Bitcoin Miami conference. 03:50 - Eric’s overview of the world economy. 07:12 - Eric’s background in finance and how he found Bitcoin. 24:51 - What are the common questions he hears from high net worth individuals about Bitcoin? 28:14 - How he introduced Bitcoin to Michael Saylor. 47:28 - What are his thoughts on the ESG FUD? 01:01:43 - What are his thoughts on other alt-coins? 01:04:20 - At what point does Eric see Bitcoin crossing t...
Apr 20, 2022•1 hr 16 min•Ep 530•Transcript available on Metacast IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: 01:21 - Why The Intelligent Investor is Warren Buffett’s favorite book. 07:51 - When and how you should conduct active and passive investing. 13:26 - Why inflation is perhaps the most overlooked macro investing metric. 20:13 - Why Warren Buffett thinks that Chapters 8 and 20 are the two most important chapters of The Intelligent Investor in investment literature. 29:30 - How to calculate the intrinsic value of a stock and why Preston and Stig disagree with Warren B...
Apr 19, 2022•52 min•Ep 529•Transcript available on Metacast On today’s show, Stig Brodersen chats with Bryan Lawrence. His company Oakcliff Capital has outperformed the S&P500 since its inception on June 1, 2004. By December 31, 2021, the S&P500 has returned 392% compared to Oakcliff Capital, returning 718% after fees. IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN: 01:06 - What is the investment strategy of Oakcliff Strategy? 05:50 - How did Bryan develop the conviction to invest in a company and the investment thesis behind Charter Communications. 16:13 - How does Brya...
Apr 17, 2022•1 hr 17 min•Ep 528•Transcript available on Metacast On today’s show, Trey sits down with Nick Maggiulli. Nick is the COO and Data Scientist at Ritholtz Wealth Management. He’s also the author of the popular blog OfDollarsAndData.com as well as his new book Just Keep Buying, which authors like Morgan Housel deem a “must-read.” Nick is an expert in reframing and debunking old financial rhetoric. IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN: 01:25 - Why you actually might not want to max out your 401k. 09:13 - Why you shouldn’t try to “buy the dip.” 20:24 - Why yo...
Apr 15, 2022•53 min•Ep 527•Transcript available on Metacast IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: 01:52 - Jason’s thoughts about Miami 2022. 04:29 - What the newest executive order from the White House meant for Bitcoin. 13:22 - Jason’s thoughts on CBDC. 29:08 - How the executive order is researching systemic risk to the economy. 33:20 - How the executive order is researching the illicit transactions. 36:26 - What Senators Gillibrand and Lumis are about to present to Congress. 39:59 - How long it will take to the get a bill through congress. 01:04:17 - CFTC & S...
Apr 13, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Ep 526•Transcript available on Metacast IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: 00:02:27 - What Jason Zweig learned from his father, the wisest person he’s ever known. 00:20:31 - Why investors shouldn’t trust what brokers and financial advisers are selling them. 00:36:34 - How success is shaped by weird moments of random chance as well as skill. 00:38:54 - What Warren Buffett said when Jason asked him, “Do you think you’re a genius?” 00:59:41 - Why Benjamin Graham was obsessed with the overwhelming importance of survival. 01:15:13 - Why invest...
Apr 12, 2022•2 hr 3 min•Ep 525•Transcript available on Metacast Stig has invited legend investor Chris Bloomstran from Semper Augustus to teach us how to value Berkshire Hathaway on today's show. Semper Augustus has an outstanding track record with a CAGR of 9.2% after fees (10.0% before fee) since his fund's inception on 2/28/1999 compared to 8.1% for the S&P500. There is no one in the space we respect as much as Chris Bloomstran when evaluating the intrinsic value of Berkshire Hathaway. IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN: 01:28 - How is the S&P500 currently val...
Apr 10, 2022•2 hr 32 min•Ep 524•Transcript available on Metacast In today’s episode, Trey Lockerbie chats with Brian Feroldi. Brian Feroldi is a financial educator and a writer for the Motley Fool. Be sure to check out Episode 375 where Brian and Trey discussed how he creates an investing checklist. Brian has written a new book titled Why Does the Stock Market Go Up? It’s a simple breakdown of questions you have likely had along your investing journey. IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN: 03:21 - How compounding works. 07:01 - What is the S&P500, Dow Jones, and NAS...
Apr 08, 2022•56 min•Ep 523•Transcript available on Metacast IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: 01:31 - What market indicators are surprising Lawrence the most right now? 09:17 - The energy market in a time of war. 09:17 - What are his thoughts on the equity "melt-up" thesis? 18:55 - If gold can't rally in this environment, when can it? 34:01 - The battle between deflation and inflation. 39:21 - What are some key knowledge points to watch out for? 44:11 - What would Yield Curve Control look like? 58:43 - Portfolio construction versus age. *Disclaimer: Slight ...
Apr 06, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Ep 522•Transcript available on Metacast IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: 04:02 - How Warren Buffett already read financial statements when he was a kid. 12:05 - Why Warren Buffett was sitting behind the counter at the local steakhouse collecting receipts, and how that lead to one of his best investments. 24:13 - How a gentleman that counted sheets of toilet paper convinced Warren Buffett to work with him. 25:41 - Why Warren Buffett never replaces management in the companies he acquires. 27:04 - How Warren Buffett picked the CEO of Salom...
Apr 05, 2022•44 min•Ep 521•Transcript available on Metacast Trey Lockerbie chats with Zack Oliva. Zack is an attorney by trade who runs his own 30 person law practice out of Houston. He’s also been a lifelong investor and has been running a partnership in the style of Buffett’s 1950’s partnerships and has been beating the market by a landslide. Trey loved getting to speak to Zack and to find someone operating within this partnership structure in modern times. It’s another great example of how net-nets, deep value, and equitable fee structures are alive a...
Apr 03, 2022•59 min•Ep 520•Transcript available on Metacast Trey Lockerbie chats with a powerhouse duo, billionaire philanthropist, John Arnold and the cofounder of GiveDirectly, Michael Faye. They discuss Billionaire Philanthropy Strategies and much more! IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN: 02:57 - John's relationship with money and experience with philanthropy. 07:48 - John's experience as an early employee at Enron, becoming the head of their natural gas trading desk. His early career that led him to become the youngest billionaire in the US in 2007. 15:48...
Apr 01, 2022•1 hr•Ep 519•Transcript available on Metacast IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: 12:30 - Recently the Senate is directing the State Department to investigate the economic impact Bitcoin is having on El Salvador - what is going on here? 34:09 - What interview was the most memorable for Alex's new book? 35:10 - Alex's thoughts on how financial privilege blinds people to Bitcoin's true impact. 50:04 - Alex's comments on the cypherpunk movement and why it was so important to Bitcoin's foundation. 01:02:00 - Bitcoin's privacy problem. 01:11:40 - Why...
Mar 30, 2022•1 hr 22 min•Ep 518•Transcript available on Metacast 
