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Episodes
E479
Ep 479. A-Z on IGV: Value Hunt in Software (C-E)
about 13 hours ago
50m
E478
Ep 478. A-Z on IGV: Value Hunt in Software
May. 1
1h 4m
E477
Ep 477. Jamie Dimon’s Annual Letter to JPMorgan Shareholders
Apr. 9
35m
E476
Ep 476. Greg Abel's First Berkshire Hathaway Shareholder Letter
Apr. 3
41m
E475
Ep 475. AI Capex, NFLX/WBD Deal, and the FISV/LRN Meltdown
Dec. 7
1h 2m
E474
Ep 474. Buffett’s Thanksgiving Letter and Berkshire’s Next Chapter
Nov. 12
47m
E473
Ep 473. What Happens to Stocks When the Fed Starts Cutting Rates?
Sep. 26
1h 3m
E472
Ep 472. Moats in Commodities: Why Some Price Takers Win Big
Sep. 5
1h 1m
E471
Ep 471. Howard Marks’ Memo: The Calculus of Value
Aug. 29
43m
E470
Ep 470. 13-F Season: Berkshire, Fundsmith, and Superinvestor Moves
Aug. 22
1h 2m
E469
Ep 469. Investor Q&A: From Low-Beta Growth Stocks to AI’s Disruption of Investing
Aug. 15
1h 34m
E468
Ep 468. Regulated to Unleashed: Finding Inflections in Deregulation
Aug. 8
1h 14m
E467
Ep 467. Gross Margin & Gross Profit Per Share as Predictors of Stock Price Performance
Aug. 1
1h 10m
E466
Ep 466. All-Time Highs, Passive Distortions, and Thoughts on BRK Post-Buffett
Jul. 28
1h
E465
Ep 465. Massive Stock Sell-Off: Tariffs, Oil Crash, and Interest Rates — What Now?
Apr. 12
1h 2m
E464
Ep 464. Buffett’s Playbook: Past and Present
Mar. 21
1h 3m
E463
Ep 463. Key Takeaways From Warren Buffett's 2024 Letter to Berkshire Shareholders
Feb. 28
1h 12m
E462
Ep 462. Berkshire's 13-F, Buybacks at 100x P/E, and Momentum & Pods' Effects on Stock Prices
Dec. 11
1h 14m
E461
Ep 461. The Trump Economy, Interest Rates, Deficits, Supermarkets, and an Intriguing Value Stock
Nov. 8
1h 15m
E460
Ep 460. Strong Jobs Report, Bond Market Signals, Scale Economies Shared, and Questions from X
Oct. 4
1h 34m
E459
Ep 459. Interest Rates, Recessions, Customer Behavior, and Themes vs. Individual Ideas
Sep. 13
1h 15m
E458
Ep 458. Capital Allocation Returns (AAP vs. AZO), Family Entertainment Stocks, Supplier Concentration, and Customer Behavior
Aug. 23
1h 39m
E457
Ep 457. First 12 Hours on a Stock, 13-Fs, NKE/SBUX/ULTA, and Questions from X
Aug. 16
1h 39m
E456
Ep 456. Yen Carry Trade, Buffett's AAPL Sales, and MCS vs. CNK Price Divergence
Aug. 11
58m
E455
Ep 455. Box Office, S&P 500 vs. Russell YTD, NVDA, and Value Investing in 2024
Jul. 17
1h 28m
E454
Ep 454. Cable Talk: Charter’s Valuation, A Ted Weschler Position, and Thoughts on the Industry
Jun. 25
26m
E453
Ep 453. Asset-Earnings Equivalence, Cyclical Downturns, and Thoughts on NVDA
May. 29
28m
E452
Ep 452. Analyzing Debt: Optimal Capital Structures
May. 24
23m
E451
Ep 451. 2024 Box Office, AMC Short Squeeze, and the Future of the Movie Industry
May. 21
50m
E450
Ep 450. Our Takeaways from the Berkshire Hathaway Meeting
May. 16
1h 8m
E449
Ep 449. Focused Compounding's Plan for Parks! America
May. 10
46m
E448
Ep 448. Stocks Below Replacement Cost, Nuclear Power Dynamics, and Insurance Premium Surges
Apr. 26
36m
E447
Ep 447. Tangible Offline vs. Intangible Online: The Revenge of the Old Economy
Apr. 25
36m
E446
Ep 446. Energy Investing the Warren Buffett Way
Apr. 24
32m
E445
Ep 445. Market Share and Profitability: Unraveling the Relationship
Apr. 22
29m
E444
Ep 444. Rising Margins: Continuation or Reversion to the Mean?
Apr. 16
20m
E443
Ep 443. Efficiency, Narratives, and Stock Prices: Sifting Through the Noise
Apr. 12
36m
E442
Ep 442. Measuring and Judging a Company's Growth: What Matters and What Doesn't
Apr. 9
37m
E441
Ep 441. Upcoming Spinoffs, A Case for CRMT's Cheapness, and Thoughts on Future Corp Tax Rates
Apr. 5
36m
E440
Ep 440. Surviving the Test of Time: Why Some Companies Fail and Others Live Forever
Apr. 2
39m
E439
Ep 439. Bankruptcy Investing: How to Analyze and Profit from Distressed Companies
Mar. 28
28m
E438
Ep 438. Navigating Three Rate Cuts With Sticky Inflation in 2024
Mar. 26
34m
E437
Ep 437. Outsider CEOs: John Malone and TCI
Mar. 12
34m
E436
Ep 436. S&P 500 YTD, The FTC's Move Against Kroger-Albertsons, Nvidia's Surge, and Year-End Predictions
Mar. 7
31m
E435
Ep 435. Warren Buffett's Letter to Berkshire Hathaway Shareholders
Mar. 5
31m
E434
Ep 434. Snap Judgments from Listeners and Analysis of AMR's Extraordinary Returns
Feb. 28
46m
E433
Ep 433. Les Schwab Pride in Performance: Keep It Going
Feb. 22
30m
E432
Ep 432. Outsider CEOs: Bill Anders and General Dynamics
Feb. 15
31m
E431
Ep 431. Parks! America, Inc.: Failures in Capital Allocation, Corporate Governance, and Business Basics
Feb. 13
1h 36m
E430
Ep 430. Unpacking the EV Landscape in 2024: Supply, Demand, and Pricing
Feb. 9
34m
E429
Ep 429. The New Financial Capitalists: Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and the Creation of Corporate Value
Feb. 6
43m
E428
Ep 428. Dear Chairman: Robert Young vs. New York Central - The Proxyteers Storm the Vanderbilt Line
Jan. 30
38m
E427
Ep 427. M&A Activity: Spirit/JetBlue, Hawaiian Holdings/Alaska Airlines, and Kroger/Albertsons
Jan. 25
34m
E426
Ep 426. Expectations Investing: Predictions for the Box Office and Movie Theaters in 2024
Jan. 22
40m
E425
Ep 425. Dear Chairman: Benjamin Graham vs. Northern Pipeline - The Birth of Modern Shareholder Activism
Jan. 16
1h 1m
E424
Ep 424. Outsider CEOs: Tom Murphy, A Perpetual Motion Machine for Returns
Jan. 12
40m
E423
Ep 423. The Warren Buffett Way: Mastering the Art of Capital Allocation
Jan. 8
1h 14m
E422
Ep 422. Creating Business Systems, John Neff, Multiple Expansion, Inflection Points, and Other Investing Musings
Jan. 5
39m
E421
Ep 421. New Year, New You: How to Invest When You Only Have An Hour a Day to Do It
Jan. 3
31m
E420
Ep 420. 2023 in Review and 2024 Predictions
Dec. 29
1h 1m
E419
Ep 419. Is the Steel Industry in Play? U.S. Steel and Friedman Industries
Dec. 26
29m
E418
Ep 418. Warren Buffett, Teledyne, and the Art of Allocating Company Capital
Dec. 20
35m
E417
Ep 417. Banking on the Curve: A Fresh Look at Bank Stocks
Dec. 18
24m
E416
Ep 416. Assessing Land Banks: Value Trap or Value Investment?
Dec. 6
27m
E415
Ep 415. A Tribute to Charlie Munger
Dec. 4
25m
E414
Ep 414. Normalizing Supply-Driven, Demand-Driven, and Bond-Like Earnings
Nov. 1
35m
E413
Ep 413. Pod About a Pod: Todd Combs on Berkshire, Shorting, and Strategy
Oct. 30
32m
E412
Ep 412. The Many Different Ways to Guess a Business’s Future Revenue
Oct. 25
29m
E411
Ep 411. Understanding Your Opportunity Cost in an Inflationary Environment
Oct. 23
38m
E410
Ep 410. Analyzing Past Peaks: The Dynamics of Compounders & Cyclicals
Oct. 18
34m
E409
Ep 409. Corporate Governance and The Power of Ownership
Oct. 16
29m
E408
Ep 408. Where Do You Draw the Line Between Money Mind and Style?
Oct. 11
1h 12m
E407
Ep 407. Two-Minute Drill on Stocks and Recalling the Bank Failures Earlier in the Year
Sep. 27
1h 3m
E406
Ep 406. Searching for Value: Long-Term Net Net Returns & Two Actionable Ideas
Sep. 25
46m
E405
Ep 405. Merger Arbitrage: Spirit Airlines vs. Albertsons
Sep. 20
48m
E404
Ep 404. The Number One Trait of Top Investors: A Money Mindset
Sep. 18
43m
E403
Ep 403. Investing the Peter Lynch Way
Sep. 13
50m
E402
Ep 402. Uncovering Warren Buffett’s Investments in Japan
Sep. 11
35m
E401
Ep 401. Macro for Value Investors: What Alice Schroeder Means by ’Buffett Cares about Macro’
Sep. 6
42m
E400
Ep 400. Where Does Your Return Come From: Yield, Growth, and Multiple Expansion, and the Difference Between Speculation and Investing
Sep. 4
31m
E399
Ep 399. Berkshire Hathaway’s Homebuilder Investment, Market Positioning, and Assessing Business Profit Persistency
Aug. 20
1h 51m
E398
Ep 398. The Financial History of General Motors with Capital Allocation Author, Jacob McDonough
Jul. 28
1h 36m
E397
Ep 397. The Financial History of GEICO with Capital Allocation Author, Jacob McDonough
Jul. 8
1h 22m
E396
Ep 396. Box Office Flops, Cinemark’s Valuation, and Revisiting Overlooked Bank Stocks
Jul. 1
1h 53m
E395
Ep 395. Analyzing 10-Baggers from the Past 10 Years, Industry Returns, and Snap Judgments from Twitter
Jun. 16
1h 59m
E394
Ep 394. Insider Purchases, Good vs. Bad Spinoffs, Commodities, and Ideas Geoff Has Passed On
Jun. 9
1h 52m
E393
Ep 393. NVDA’s Valuation, Oil Outlook, SRG’s Liquidation, and Event Driven Investing
Jun. 2
2h 6m
E392
Ep 392. Unlocking Investment Wisdom: Reading for Success, Evaluating Companies, and Essential Financial Concepts for Capital Allocators
May. 26
2h 16m
E391
Ep 391. Buffett’s Investment in Paramount, Streaming vs. Theaters, and Takeaways from Todd Combs’ Podcast
May. 19
2h 1m
E390
Ep 390. The Omaha Experience: Our Take on Berkshire’s AGM
May. 12
2h 8m
E389
Ep 389. Interest Rate Hike, Credit Suisse’s Failure, and Other Banking + Economic Risks on the Horizon
Mar. 24
1h 57m
E388
Ep 388. SVB Financial Collapse, Modern Bank Runs, and The Future of Regional Banks
Mar. 17
1h 44m
E387
Ep 387. Bank Stock Sell-Offs, Higher Interest Rates, and JetBlue + Spirit Airlines Merger Arbitrage
Mar. 10
1h 45m
E386
Ep 386. Takeaways from Warren Buffett’s Shareholder Letter and Analyzing Ted Weschler’s Dillards Investment
Mar. 3
1h 59m
E385
Ep 385. 5 Years of Podcasting, Theme Park Industry in 2023, Munger DJCO Meeting, and Berkshire’s 13-F
Feb. 24
1h 55m
E384
Ep 384. Strong Jobs Report + Inflation Fears, Movie Theaters Look Cheap, and Analyzing + Judging an Acquisition
Feb. 10
2h 2m
E383
Ep 383. Fed Raised Interest Rates, Market Cycles, Multi Strat Portfolio, & Airlines Look Cheap
Feb. 3
1h 42m
E382
Ep 382. Franchise Value, The Secret to Geoff Gannon’s Investing, and Analyzing Airline Stocks
Jan. 27
1h 47m
E381
Ep 381. Disney and Nelson Peltz, Carvana’s Fall, Pair Trading Strategies, and Charlie Munger’s Top 3 Places to Find Stocks
Jan. 20
2h
E380
Ep 380. Stock Market Valuation, Deposit Contraction + Financials, and An Activist Campaign Against Six Flags
Jan. 6
1h 51m