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RWH023: Defensive Investing In Dangerous Times W/ Guy Spier Mar 19, 2023

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William chats with renowned hedge fund manager Guy Spier. Since launching the Aquamarine Fund in 1997, Guy has beaten the S&P 500 by 200 percentage points & the MSCI World index by 364 percentage points. He’s also the author of “The Education of a Value Investor.” In this conversation, Guy speaks candidly about the challenges he’s facing, including his fear that Russia’s war in Ukraine could escalate, creating a systemic risk for investors. He explains how he’s positioning his portfolio to survive & prosper in these perilous times, & he shares practical advice on how to maintain equanimity amid all this uncertainty.

IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN:

00:00 - Intro

03:56 - How living in a calm & predictable environment helps Guy Spier to invest better.

12:04 - How he resisted the temptation to buy overvalued tech stocks during the recent bubble.

26:11 - Why we must beware of the psychological effects of rapidly rising or falling stock prices.

30:04 - Why Guy refuses to invest in any business that can’t fund all of its growth internally.

44:18 - How going to Berkshire Hathaway’s annual meeting helps to reinforce rational behavior.

53:57 - What Warren Buffett told Guy Spier & Mohnish Pabrai about the perils of debt.

1:13:04 - Why Guy regards the war in Ukraine as a potentially systemic threat to investors.

1:11:56 - Where he’s investing in order to survive & prosper in these times of heightened risk and why he’s invested heavily in China, despite the political & economic dangers.

1:13:55 - Why he’s avoiding weaker countries, including Indonesia & the Philippines.

1:15:01 - How he wrestles with the tricky question of whether to trim or hold his winners.

1:18:17 - Why he’ll never short another stock.

1:19:31 - How he constructs a portfolio that helps him to maintain his emotional equilibrium.

1:43:35 - Why he diverged from Mohnish on the risks & rewards of investing in Turkey.

1:59:08 - What Guy & Mohnish have learned from the stunning success of their friend Li Lu.

Disclaimer: Slight discrepancies in the timestamps 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.
Listen to William Green’s 2022 interview with Guy Spier onHow to Build Enduring Wealth (RWH009) or watch the video.
Listen to William’s 2022 interview with Guy onHigh-Performance Habits (RWH010) or watch the video.
Listen to William’s interview with Ray Dalioon the “Richer, Wiser, Happier” podcast or watch the video.
Guy Spier’s book, “The Education of a Value Investor” – Read reviews of the book.
Guy Spier interviews William Green about his book, “Richer, Wiser, Happier.”
Subscribe to Guy Spier’s Free Newsletter.
Guy Spier’s podcast and website.
William Green’s book, “Richer, Wiser, Happier” – read the reviews of this book.
William Green’s Twitter.

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TIP535: Insights from the World's Top Money Managers w/ Kristof Gleich Mar 17, 2023

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Trey invites Kristof Gleich, together they discuss a wide range of topics, including factor frameworks, advancements in behavior analytics, the qualities that set exceptional money managers apart, and more!

Kristof is the President and CIO of Harbor Capital and is responsible for Harbor’s $40B of AUM invested in boutique managers from across the World. Prior to Harbor, Kristof worked at Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan.

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN:

0:00 - Intro

01:53 - How Kristof would summarize Q1 of 2023.

14:48 - How working with a wide array of managers helps inform his worldview.

26:52 - What makes a great money manager.

39:13 - Factor frameworks and innovation around behavior analytics.

63:34 - Why Active ETFs are having a huge surge in popularity, after years of indices ruling the investing world.

65:46 - The life lessons Kristof learned from spending over 2 hours with Bill Gross (aka the Bond King) just a short time after his infamous exit at PIMCO.

Disclaimer: Slight discrepancies in the timestamps 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.
Harbor Capital Website.
Harbor Capital Linkedin.
Trey Lockerbie's Twitter.
Kristof Gleich's Twitter.

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BTC121: Bank Failures & Bitcoin w/ Steven McClurg (Bitcoin Podcast) Mar 15, 2023

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Preston Pysh sits down with Steven McClurg, who’s the CIO at Valkyrie, and just an all-around brilliant macro thinker, to talk about the multiple bank failures, what it meant for the broader economy, Bitcoin, and more.

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN:

00:00 - Intro

03:03 - What are the three things the FED is currently considering?

26:15 - Why Silvergate, Signature, and Silicon Valley Bank are different than many other banks?

31:29 - What rules from the Global Financial Crisis are currently impacting regional banks?

52:26 - Is there a concerted effort by Wall Street and the government to remove onramps to Bitcoin exchanges?

54:36 - Steven's thoughts on Custodia's bank application with the FED being denied.

57:00 - What's going to happen with the GBTC suit with the SEC with respect to the ETF application?

01:05:29 - What impact has paper bitcoin had on the market to date and Steven's expectation into the future?

Disclaimer: Slight discrepancies in the timestamps 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.
Steven McClurg's Twitter.
Steven McClurg's Company Valkyrie.
Peter McCormack's interview with the GBTC CEO.
Related episode: Listen to BTC112: Bitcoin Macro Mastermind 1st Q 2023 w/ Joe Carlasare, Steven McClurg, & Jeff Ross, or watch the video.
Related episode: Listen to BTC088: FED Policy, Bitcoin Etfs, & Euro Dollar Impacts w/ Steven McClurg, or watch the video.

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Browse through all our episodes (complete with transcripts)here.
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Enjoy exclusive perks from our favorite Apps and Services.
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TIP534: The Joys of Compounding by Gautam Baid Mar 14, 2023

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On today’s episode, Clay Finck reviews Gautam Baid’s book, The Joys of Compounding.

Gautam Baid is the Managing Partner and Fund Manager of Stellar Wealth Partners India Fund, a Delaware-based investment partnership which is available to accredited investors in the US. The fund is modeled after the Buffett Partnership fee structure and invests in listed Indian equities with a long-term, fundamental, and value-oriented approach.

IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN:

0:00 - Intro

05:54 - Why we should commit to lifelong learning.

14:49 - How mental models can help us make more rational and effective decisions.

16:53 - How understanding first principles can help us better understand the world around us.

18:06 - What the Feynman Technique is and how you can use it to learn anything well.

30:49 - What Warren Buffett and Bill Gates consider their most critical factor to their success.

31:51 - Why the best investors are those with a behavioral edge.

38:13 - Why the world’s most successful people choose the right role models to learn from.

42:16 - Why successful investing requires extreme humility.

Disclaimer: Slight discrepancies in the timestamps 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.
Check out The Joys of Compounding.
Check out our recent episode covering Mark Leonard’s Letter’s and Constellation Software. Watch the video here.
Don’t miss our review of Joel Tillinghast’s book – Big Money Thinks Small. Watch the video here.

NEW TO THE SHOW?

Check out our We Study Billionaires Starter Packs.
Browse through all our episodes (complete with transcripts)here.
Try our tool for picking stock winners and managing our portfolios: TIP Finance Tool.
Enjoy exclusive perks from our favorite Apps and Services.
Stay up-to-date on financial markets and investing strategies through our daily newsletter, We Study Markets.
Learn how to better start, manage, and grow your business with thebest business podcasts.

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Help us reach new listeners by leaving us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts! It takes less than 30 seconds, and really helps our show grow, which allows us to bring on even better guests for you all! Thank you – we really appreciate it!

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TIP533: How the Fed went Broke w/ Lyn Alden Mar 12, 2023

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Stig brings back one of our most popular and thoughtful guests, investment expert Lyn Alden. Together, they discuss how the Fed went broke and what the implication is for us as investors.

IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN:

00:00 - Intro

01:28 - What is on the balance sheet of the FED.

07:32 - Why the Fed should be profitable.

11:36 - Should central bankers be elected?

21:09 - Why Lyn is bullish on India and Brazil.

36:39 - Whether the commercial bank system will allow a central bank digital currency.

41:20 - How to build a monetary system for Argentina.

49:12 - How to build a portfolio optimizing for both sleeping well at night and independence.

54:00 - How do we know that what we know about financial markets is true.

58:40 - Why you’re too concentrated if you’re super excited about your portfolio.

1:01:50 - How to spend money to optimize for happiness.

Disclaimer: Slight discrepancies in the timestamps 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.
Listen to our interview with Lyn Alden about Macro and the energy market or watch the video.
Listen to our interview with Lyn Alden about Money or watch the video.
Listen to our interview with Lyn Alden about Gold and Commoditiesor watch the video.
Lyn Alden's free website.
Lyn Alden's premium newsletter.
Lyn Alden’s blog post, Energy: Area Under the Curve.
Lyn Alden’s blog post, How the Fed went broke.

NEW TO THE SHOW?

Check out our We Study Billionaires Starter Packs.
Browse through all our episodes (complete with transcripts)here.
Try our tool for picking stock winners and managing our portfolios: TIP Finance Tool.
Enjoy exclusive perks from our favorite Apps and Services.
Stay up-to-date on financial markets and investing strategies through our daily newsletter, We Study Markets.
Learn how to better start, manage, and grow your business with thebest business podcasts.

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TIP532: Insights From A Reclusive Investment Firm w/ Graeme Forster Mar 10, 2023

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Trey chats with Dr. Graeme Forster. Together they discuss the success of legendary investors such as Jim Simons & Orbis' founder Allan Gray, Graeme's shift from mathematics to value investing, and much more!

Graeme is the Director and Portfolio Manager of Orbis, which currently manages around $30B.

IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN:

00:00 - Intro

01:30 - Graeme’s journey from mathematics to value investing, & exploring legendary investors like Jim Simons.

26:14 - How Orbis’ founder and billionaire Allan Gray’s investing flexibility led to his success.

36:35 - How Graeme balances the macro with a bottoms up approach.

52:11 - A thesis which Graeme calls the Great Misallocation.

58:40 - How good & cheap companies outperform especially during bear markets.

Disclaimer: Slight discrepancies in the timestamps 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.
The Theory of Poker by David Sklansky.
Fooled by Randomness by Nassim Nicholas Taleb.
The Price of Time by Edward Chancellor.
The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel.
Trey Lockerbie'sTwitter.
Check out: Orbis.

NEW TO THE SHOW?

Check out our We Study Billionaires Starter Packs.
Browse through all our episodes (complete with transcripts)here.
Try our tool for picking stock winners and managing our portfolios: TIP Finance Tool.
Enjoy exclusive perks from our favorite Apps and Services.
Stay up-to-date on financial markets and investing strategies through our daily newsletter, We Study Markets.
Learn how to better start, manage, and grow your business with thebest business podcasts.

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BTC120: Preston's Top 5 Bitcoin Fundamental Moments, w/ Michael Saylor, Jeff Booth, Gigi, Alex Gladstein, Cory Klippsten, & Pablo Fernandez (Bitcoin Podcast) Mar 08, 2023

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Preston Pysh takes his top five favorite moments and lessons learned about Bitcoin since starting the Bitcoin Fundamentals Podcast in 2020.

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN:

00:00 - Intro

00:56 - Preston's 1st pick: Michael Saylor describing the importance of inflation being a vector

21:28 - Preston's 2nd pick: Pablo Fernandez talking about how CBDC will drive a wedge between producers and consumers

31:34 - Preston's 3rd pick: Cory Klippsten describing in detail how the alt coin / Silicon Valley VC game is a professional scam

39:16 - Preston's 4th pick: Alex Gladstein describing how the IMF and World Bank cause debt slavery for developing countries around the world.

58:22 - Preston's 5th pick: Gigi, Michael Saylor, and Jeff Booth describe the difference between Proof of Work and Proof of Sake and the ESG lie.

Disclaimer: Slight discrepancies in the timestamps 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.
Full interviews:
Listen to Michael Saylor's Masterclass in Economics, or watch the video.
Listen to Pablo Fernandez's full interview on CBDC, or watch the video.
Listen to Cory Klippsten's full interview on Altcoins and Silicon Valley VCs, or watch the video.
Listen to Alex Gladstein's full interview on the IMF and World Bank, or watch the video.
Alex Gladstein'sArticle on the IMF and World Bank.
Full interviews on Energy and ESG:
Listen to Gigi's PoW Interview, or watch the video.
Listen to Michael Saylor's Energy Interview, or watch the video.
Listen to Jeff Booth's Energy Interview, or watch the video.

NEW TO THE SHOW?

Check out our We Study Billionaires Starter Packs.
Browse through all our episodes (complete with transcripts)here.
Try our tool for picking stock winners and managing our portfolios: TIP Finance Tool.
Enjoy exclusive perks from our favorite Apps and Services.
Stay up-to-date on financial markets and investing strategies through our daily newsletter, We Study Markets.
Learn how to better start, manage, and grow your business with thebest business podcasts.

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TIP531: Mark Leonard: The Best Capital Allocator You've Never Heard of Mar 05, 2023

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On today’s episode, Clay Finck does a deep dive into Constellation Software (Ticker: $CSU).

Constellation Software is a Canadian holding company that has acquired over 600 vertical market software businesses. The company was founded by Mark Leonard, and has delivered exceptional returns to shareholders since their IPO in 2006. The stock has had an average annual return of over 34% from 2006 through the end of 2022. If you are like Clay and enjoy learning about high-quality businesses, then you won’t want to miss this episode.

IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN:

00:00 - Intro

03:01 - What makes Constellation such a high-quality business.

08:32 - The similarities between Mark Leonard and Warren Buffett.

09:57 - What Constellation’s business model is.

19:32 - How Constellation garnered a reputation that founders are more than willing to sell to.

21:39 - Clay’s takeaways from reading Mark Leonard’s shareholder letters.

42:21 - How Clay views the valuation of Constellation Software today.

44:10 - Why Clay took a position in Constellation Software to hold for the long-term.

Disclaimer: Slight discrepancies in the timestamps 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.
Mark Leonard’s Letters.
Chris Mayer’s blog post on Constellation Software.
The 10th Man Blog.
Don’t miss our review of Joel Tillinghast's book - Big Money Thinks Small. Watch the video here.
Check out Clay’s episode covering legendary British Investor Terry Smith. Watch the video here.
Follow Clay on Twitter.

NEW TO THE SHOW?

Check out our We Study Billionaires Starter Packs.
Browse through all our episodes (complete with transcripts)here.
Try our tool for picking stock winners and managing our portfolios: TIP Finance Tool.
Enjoy exclusive perks from our favorite Apps and Services.
Stay up-to-date on financial markets and investing strategies through our daily newsletter, We Study Markets.
Learn how to better start, manage, and grow your business with thebest business podcasts.

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TIP530: The Top 5 Billionaire Books w/ Richard Wilson Mar 03, 2023

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Trey invites Richard Wilson. Together, they discuss his top 5 favorite books written by billionaires and tease out the lessons from each one.

Richard is the Founder and CEO of The Family Office Club, which is the #1 family office association with over 4,000 registered family offices.

IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN:

00:00 - Intro

02:02 - What a family office is and how it works.

16:53 - The first thing you should focus on when setting one up.

46:54 - Key lessons from Richard’s top 5 billionaire books.

54:14 - Insights from billionaire keynotes from his events, including Jeff Hoffman, Grant Cardone and others.

58:09 - The strategies that Richard finds most useful.

Disclaimer: Slight discrepancies in the timestamps 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.
Visit The Family Office Club Website.
Check out: Billionaires.com.
Visit The Investors Club Website.
Related Episode: Listen to Secrets from a Private Billionaire Club w/ Michael Sonnenfeldt - TIP525 or watch the video.
Richard Wilson's Twitter.
Trey Lockerbie'sTwitter.

NEW TO THE SHOW?

Check out our We Study Billionaires Starter Packs.
Browse through all our episodes (complete with transcripts)here.
Try our tool for picking stock winners and managing our portfolios: TIP Finance Tool.
Enjoy exclusive perks from our favorite Apps and Services.
Stay up-to-date on financial markets and investing strategies through our daily newsletter, We Study Markets.
Learn how to better start, manage, and grow your business with thebest business podcasts.

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BTC119: Merging the Energy Sector with Bitcoin Mining w/ Harry Sudock (Bitcoin Podcast) Mar 01, 2023

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Preston Pysh is joined by Bitcoin miner, investor and strategic thinker, Harry Sudock. They talk about the current status of the mining industry and how they're dealing with an all-time high hash rate combined with prices that are still significantly down. Harry shares his thoughts on the ever-changing policy and legal rules around Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining, and much more.

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN:

00:00 - Intro

01:28 - Harry's thoughts on the massive amount of hash rate that has recently come onto the Bitcoin network.

06:37 - Some considerations that many don't understand about the mining sector that make it so difficult to compete globally.

14:41 - Harry's thoughts on policy and legal changes in the United States.

22:09 - Why companies like Shell are now the primary sponsor of the Bitcoin Miami conference.

25:11 - What is the biggest road block preventing them from actioning such a strategy?

27:25 - What is it going to take to get more energy companies buying Bitcoin infrastructure to strengthen their earnings and delivery of power to the grid?

30:50 - A discussion around Trey Kelly's letter to the TVA power company.

34:13 - Harry's thoughts on Nuclear energy and its impact moving forward.

39:35 - Home mining and why it's so difficult.

Disclaimer: Slight discrepancies in the timestamps 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.
Harry's Twitter.
Harry's Nostr.
Trey Kelly's letter to the TVA.
Grid Mining.
Related Episode: Listen to BTC036: Bitcoin Mining w/ Harry Sudock, or watch the video.
Related Episode: Listen to BTC014: Bitcoin Mining and Energy w/ Marty Bent & Harry Sudock, or watch the video.

NEW TO THE SHOW?

Check out our We Study Billionaires Starter Packs.
Browse through all our episodes (complete with transcripts)here.
Try our tool for picking stock winners and managing our portfolios: TIP Finance Tool.
Enjoy exclusive perks from our favorite Apps and Services.
Stay up-to-date on financial markets and investing strategies through our daily newsletter, We Study Markets.
Learn how to better start, manage, and grow your business with thebest business podcasts.

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Support our free podcast by supporting our sponsors:

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