With the stock market at all-time highs and returns over the past year some of the best in history, the word “bubble” is getting thrown around more and more by…
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A Detailed Look at All Weather Investing With Standpoint's Eric Crittenden (Ep. 83)
The last 40 years have been an exceptionally strong period for a portfolio of stocks and bonds. With stocks performing well and bonds benefitting from a tailwind of constantly falling…
The Changing Nature of Momentum Investing (Ep. 82)
Investors tend to associate momentum with growth stocks. If you try to name a typical momentum stock off the top of your head, you will probably think of names like…
The Strengths and Weaknesses of the Major Value Factors (Ep. 81)
Many investors think all value strategies are fairly similar to each other. And as a result they expect the value funds they invest in will all perform similarly over time.…
The History of Berkshire Hathaway and Warren Buffett with Adam Mead (Ep. 80)
There have been hundreds of books written about Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway. So it rare for a book come out that does something that none of the others have.…
Quantifying The Motley Fool’s Small Cap Growth Investment Strategy (Ep. 79)
The Motley Fool is not known for their quantitative models. They are known for a discretionary growth style of investing that attempts to identify game changing companies and then holds…
Rafael Resendes On Intrinsic Value, Economic Margin and How Some Value Models Have Lost Their Way (EP. 78)
Systematic value strategies have had one of the worst performing periods in their history in the past decade. This extended underperformance, coupled with changes in the market and economy that…
What Has Really Driven the Rebound in Value Stocks? (Ep. 77)
There is a popular narrative out there that value investing is back. And it makes sense given the huge run that many value funds have had off the market bottom.…
Machine Learning, Fantasy Football and Factor Investing with Kevin Zatloukal (Ep. 76)
In this episode, we are joined by Kevin Zatloukal. Kevin teaches Computer Science at the University of Washington and has his Ph.D. in Computer Science from MIT. He previously was…
Lessons From Warren Buffett's 2021 Annual Letter (Ep. 75)
In this episode, we cover the major points Warren Buffett covered in his 2021 annual letter and talk about some lessons investors can learn from them. We discuss: The importance…