We Study Billionaires - The Investors Podcast

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: 01:48 - Why does Michael believe that if the money isn't scarce, every desirable good on the planet will become scarce? 09:25 - What is irrational urgency and why does it exist with a fiat system? 21:07 - Is it possible to not inject energy into money and keep it sound? 30:41 - Why do so many people miscalculate how much energy Bitcoin will use in the future? 38:19 - Why is it so hard for people to wrap their head around Bitcoin mining in general? 44:53 - Is the environmental and energy issues currently playing out in the world connected to what Bitcoin is solving for? 58:51 - Where should we start when we think about the energy and environmental impact that's currently plaguing the world? 01:13:36 - Why is it important to keep the monetary constants unchanged? 01:26:42 - What is Bitcoin really solving for, versus every other crypto asset? 02:14:40 - Is Bitcoin the best ESG incentive in the world right now? 02:27:47 - Michael's overall thoughts on why Bitcoin is so im

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: 00:08:46 - Who the key figures were in Buffett’s development as an investor. 00:09:58 - Benjamin Graham’s definition of an investment. 00:10:21 - What it means to invest with a margin of safety. 00:22:23 - What cigar butt companies are and how they made Warren a fortune. 00:28:59 - How Charlie Munger helped shape Warren’s investment approach. 00:44:29 - Why Buffett loved the insurance business. 00:45:57 - How Warren Buffett’s investment partnership achieved a 31% annual return without a single losing year.  00:49:40 - Why buying a candy company was a critical moment in Buffett’s investment career. 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. Alice Schroeder’s book – The Snowball. Robert Hagstrom’s book – The Warren Buffett Way. SPONSORS Support ou

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: 01:46 - How and why did Trey and William get hired? 12:52 - What the business model of The Investor’s Podcast Network is. 15:11 - What the Free Cash Flow is of The Investor’s Podcast Network. 23:47 - How potential buyers have been approaching the Investor’s Podcast Network. 30:23 - Why The Investor’s Podcast Network is not optimizing for profit but happiness on the team. 30:24 - Whether any price would be so high that The Investor’s Podcast Network would be sold. 47:10 - Who is Clay Finck, and why will he be hosting We Study Billionaires. 51:48 - What does Clay Finck’s investment portfolio look like?  59:52 - How to access the WhatsApp group for the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholder’s 2023 event. *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. Listen to th

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: 01:48 - How Stig and Preston met and why they started The Investor’s Podcast together.  10:05 - When did Stig and Preston know that the podcast would be successful. 19:33 - What the pivotal moments were along the way. 25:28 - What is the relationship between Stig and Preston today. 37:50 - Why was the bitcoin show not set up in a separate podcast feed. 40:40 - What is the mission and vision of The Investor’s Podcast Network. 50:49 - Why is The Investor’s Podcast Network a team-based company and less focused on profits and customers. 1:01:47 - How does The Investor’s Podcast Network identify the right hires. *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. Listen to the second part of this episode, Our Finances. The website where Stig Brodersen and Preston met e

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: 01:34 - Some reasons why microcaps are outperforming some of the larger cap segments. 05:46 - How Ian compares the current market to 2008. 14:22 - Risks and opportunities appearing as interest rates move higher. 25:13 - Private Equities' recent interest in public markets. 35:50 - Some strategies and stock ideas from the recent Summit. And much, much 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. Microcap Club's Website. Microcap Clug's Twitter. Ian Cassel's Twitter. Sleuth Investor Book. MicroCap Advantage Paper. Trey Lockerbie's Twitter. SPONSORS Support our free podcast by supporting our sponsors: Bluehost Fintool PrizePicks Vanta Onramp SimpleMining Fundrise TurboTax Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestors

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: 01:58 - Why are property rights an important starting point for understanding the differences between Proof of Work (PoW) and Proof of Stake (PoS)? 07:41 - What is Abstract Power versus Physical Power and why are they important for understanding PoS Vs PoW? 20:45 - Why do the rules around property rights keep breaking down throughout time? 40:45 - Explain the importance of basic computer science and how computer programs work so we can understand the differences in PoS and PoW. 49:50 - A general introduction to PoS and PoW. 57:25 - Hal Finney and Adam Back’s contributions to developing the first blockchain. 01:15:15 - If you were going to exploit a PoS or PoW system, how would that work? 01:23:08 - Creative destruction and how it applies to protocols. 01:31:59 - Jason’s thoughts on Jamie Dimon liking everything but PoW. 01:38:15 - Vitalik Buterin’s comments on PoS not being tethered to physical reality. 01:42:17 - How has the faculty at MIT responds to your research?

William chats with Matthew McLennan about how to achieve resilient wealth creation, which is a central focus of William's book “Richer, Wiser, Happier." This interview was recorded on August 30, 2022. IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN: 02:36 - How Matthew McLennan grew up off the grid without electricity or hot running water. 12:56 - What he learned as a money manager at Goldman Sachs during the dotcom bubble. 15:57 - Why investors should try to emulate the patient, selective mindset of gardeners. 27:01 - How the most resilient businesses remind Matt of great wines and enduring artworks. 35:01 - Why investors need to respect the phenomenon of entropy as an ironclad law of life. 44:18 - Why investors should be wary of hot growth stocks, which are liable to fade. 46:27 - Why there’s surprising beauty in mundane businesses like bicycle brakes & elevators. 57:14 - How to ask the right “splitting” questions as a way to rule out what you shouldn’t own. 1:07:07 - Why gold might be more attractive than Bitcoin

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN: 00:03:06 - David’s current thoughts on market headlines surrounding the war in Ukraine and Russia’s chokehold on energy. 00:24:52 - David’s thoughts on the current fundraising environment. 00:32:27 - How David built Carlyle into a global PE institution. 00:36:48 - David’s early career in politics and how it led him to PE. 00:56:41 - How David approaches philanthropy. 01:01:51 - The current state of higher education and ESG policies. *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. David Rubenstein's Book, How to Invest. The Carlyle Group's Website. The David Rubenstein Show. 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 manag

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: 01:21 - Sam's comments on the WEF's excitement for ETH's Proof of Stake Merge. 12:09 - Sam's overview on CBDC. 12:46 - Why Sam has concerns about what CBDC's will take away from everyday citizens. 38:40 - How Sam thinks CBDC will be implemented around the world. 47:22 - Sam explains the history of the ECB and the challenges it faces with the emerging energy crisis. 01:05:54 - What is the most important thing happening right now in markets that you think many people are missing? *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. Sam's Twitter Post on the WEF's activities around Proof of Stake. Sam's Twitter Account. SPONSORS Support our free podcast by supporting our sponsors: SimpleMining Hardblock AnchorWatch Human Rights Foundation Unchained

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: 01:10 - Why we have cycles. 02:11 - What the credit cycle is. 09:16 - How are cycles interrelated. 11:53 - Where we are in the real estate cycle. 17:55 - Where we are right now in the cycle. 25:35 - How adjusting risk to your portfolio depends on the market cycle. 31:02 - Why junk bonds might be a good investment depends on the credit cycle. 36:10 - Which questions to ask an asset manager. 39:32 - How to evaluate a track record. 50:50 - Why assets managers like to talk about their mistakes. 1:08:15 - How to think about risk and reward. *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. Listen to David Stein’s podcast, Money For the Rest of Us. Visit David Stein’s Website. Visit David Stein’s YouTube channel. Listen to our interview with David Stein about Net

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: 09:05 - How Farmland is a great hedge against both inflation and recessions. 15:41 - Why Bill Gates is the largest private owner of farmland with nearly 270,000 acres. 22:08 - Which commodities are optimal. 26:17 - How to assess a Farmland deal. 31:48 - Why Artem prioritizes US farmland. 40:34 - Where farmland should sit in a portfolio. And much, much 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. FarmTogether Website. Trey Lockerbie 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

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: 01:22 - The numbers around federal interest expense and rising interest rates. 23:58 - Mike's thoughts on the broad money supply being the best way to measure inflation. 28:36 - A comparison between now and 2007. 34:51 - Explaining reverse repo in a simplified way. 47:23 - How do countries use reserve to defend a currency and does the countries size matter? 48:07 - Why currency spreads are making it hard to service dollar denominated debts. 54:47 - Is this time different? 58:25 - Is the 50% attack vector even worth worrying about? 01:03:03 - Mike Stroup's background. 01:04:18 - Mike and Preston share military pilot stories. *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. Mike Stroup's Twitter The charts from the show. NEW TO THE SHOW? Check out our We St

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: 02:17 - What Tom Russo learned from a life-changing encounter with Warren Buffett in 1982. 09:53 - Why “agency” cost is one of the greatest risks facing all investors. 14:02 - Why Tom favors companies that willingly endure pain today for gain tomorrow. 16:02 - How he rode Berkshire Hathaway from $900 to more than $430,000 per share. 21:08 - Why Buffett’s team of successors should do fine when Berkshire is in their hands. 27:17 - What Tom learned while working for investment legend Bill Ruane. 38:16 - Why Tom immediately sold Wells Fargo & Altria after realizing they’d lost their way. 48:46 - Why Tom loves brands where consumers believe there’s “no adequate substitute.” 53:39 - Why Tom is bullish about Heineken’s long-term future, even after owning it for 36 years. 01:07:08 - How Tom succeeds by resisting short-term temptations & deferring gratification. 01:16:09 - What Tom failed to understand about Alibaba & the political risks of investing in China. 01:23:11 - How

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: 01:53 - How and when to apply metrics like P/E, P/GM and P/S depending on a company's stage in its lifecycle 12:17 - Brian’s most important attribute when valuing a company 15:22 - The difference between real moats and fake moats 27:51 - When to emphasize valuation and when not to 37:12 - Brian’s assessments of Alphabet, FIGS & AXON 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. Why Does the Stock Market Go Up? Book. Brian Feroldi Twitter. Brian Feroldi Newsletter. Brian Feroldi Youtube. Trey Lockerbie Twitter. Related Episode: Why does the stock market go up? w/ Brian Feroldi - TIP437. Related Episode: Creating An Investing Checklist w/ Brian Feroldi - TIP375.   NEW TO THE SHOW? Check out our We Study Billionaires Starter Packs.

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: 01:29 - What is time stamping? 11:24 - Is Bitcoin a decentralized clock? 24:50 - Why is time keeping so important to Bitcoin? 51:45 - What does Pierre think about the big SEC announcement about exchanges regulating coins? 59:31 - Why is Bitcoin not performing like an inflation hedge against CPI? 01:10:34 - Correlation to traditional markets. 01:22:47 - When will all retirement accounts start offering Bitcoin? 01:25:54 - Transaction fees. *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. Pierre's Twitter. Pierre's company Riot Blockchain. Pierre's podcast: Noded. Pierre's non-profit: Nakamoto Institute. Related Episode: Bitcoin Smart Contract w/ Discrete Log Contracts Featuring Pierre Rochard & Ben Carman - BTC018. NEW TO THE SHOW? Check out our We Study Bi

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: 01:25 - Why Stig is bullish on the small-cap company North Media A/S. (Ticker: K9041B139) 35:46 - Why Stig just bought Prosus (Ticker in the US: | Ticker in Europe: PRX) as one of his four stocks in his portfolio. 45:37 - Why Tobias is bullish on First American Financial. (Ticker: FAF) 50:46 - What the patterns typically is for a bear market. *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. North Media financial reports and investor relations material. The slide deck of First American Financial. Make sure to check out page 7.   Learn more about Prosus and the Net Asset Value. Peter Theil's video, Competition is for losers. Mastermind Discussion Q2 2022.  Mastermind Discussion Q1 2022.  Mastermind Discussion Q4 2021.  Mastermind Discussion Q3 2021.  Our FREE

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: 07:31 - How Brian and team bootstrapped LegalZoom into the behemoth it is today. 12:17 - How Brian convinced Robert Shapiro to partner with him. 33:12 - ShoeDazzle with Kim Kardashian. 35:38 - How they launched The Honest Company to $160M in revenue in year 2. 43:33 - The secret sauce behind celebrity partnerships. 50:00 - Why he’s building a new company around baseball cards. 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. LinkedIn Website. The Honest Company's Website. ShoeDazzle's Website. Trey Lockerbie's 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

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: 01:24 - What inspired Phil to write the book? 04:33 - How much of Satoshi's writings were not included in the book? 12:16 - What was Satoshi's greatest gift? 12:16 - What was one of the most interesting things Phil uncovered from reading all his writings? 25:03 - What are Phil's theories on who Satoshi was? 28:03 - What does Phil think of Satoshi's strange grammar and sentence structure? 33:26 - Any good orange pilling stories? 38:37 - Gold Versus Bitcoin. 44:03 - What are the arguments that never seem to end that Satoshi already addressed? 51:24 - What do you think Satoshi's take on Bitcoin would be today? *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. Phil Champagne's Twitter. Phil Champagne's book, The Book of Satoshi. NEW TO THE SHOW? Check out our W

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: 06:42 - Why we have too much debt and not enough growth in the world. 07:36 - Why technology is a massive deflationary. 23:15 - Why we need monetary policies deflation on a global scale 30:22 - Why we won’t have a new Bretton Woods 40:57 - Why and how to invest in businesses that have the best networking effect 1:05:59 - Ask The Investors: What does the low-interest rate mean to us as consumers? *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. Jeff Booth’s book, The Price of Tomorrow – Read reviews of this book. 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

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: 01:45 - Nancy’s predictions on the forward guidance from the most recent FED meeting in Jackson Hole, which was kicking off at the time of this recording. 05:59 - What Nancy watches to determine if inflation has peaked. 09:42 - Which indicators does Nancy pay the most attention to. 11:08 - How to use the volatility markets to hedge against inflation. 25:28 - The basics of bond convexity. 27:36 - Opportunities for when inflation and interest rates move towards parity. And much, much 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. Quadratic Capital Website. Nancy Davis Twitter. Trey Lockerbie 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 p