We Study Billionaires - The Investors Podcast

Kyle Grieve discusses key mental models from economics and art and how they apply to investing and decision-making. He explores economic concepts such as scarcity, supply and demand, optimization, specialization, efficiency, competition, and bubbles, illustrating them with real-world business examples. Then he shifts gears to art, examining things such as audience, contrast, framing, and narrative, emphasizing how they shape investor behaviour and decision-making. IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:03:22 - How scarcity drives value and luxury brands engineer demand 00:07:40 - Why Costco wins by reducing scarcity and leveraging scale 00:09:03 - How supply and demand influence stock prices and volatility 00:10:53 - Why economic cycles impact nearly all businesses over time 00:12:38 - How COVID reshaped demand across industries and markets 00:14:19 - The risks of cyclical investing and the benefits of steady compounders 00:15:34 - How optimization can backfire in business and biology 00: