Stig Brodersen Podcasts

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: 02:00 - The 4 horsemen of the investing apocalypse, according to Jim. 12:01 - How and why certain factors change over time. 18:27 - The best approach to using discounted cash flow models. 26:32 - Whether or not GDP and therefore Market Cap to GDP ratios are still relevant value indicators. 59:30 - How Jim built OSAM a…

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: 01:20 - What in the world is happening with the Japanese Yield Curve Control? 15:12 - James' thoughts on Risk Happening Fast (Luna, 3AC, Celsius). 27:57 - Frequencies of settlement. 32:07 - Are monetary policy-makers wagging the tail of politicians? 34:07 - At what speed is this current cycle going to play out? 35:29 …

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: 01:35 - Sam Walton’s 10 pieces of advice for building a successful business. 05:35 - What Amazon learned from Walmart. 28:29 - Why it is a big problem if your team is not complaining. 38:43 - Ask the Investors: Are Warren and Charlie the competitive advantage of Berkshire Hathaway? *Disclaimer: Slight timestamp discre…

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN: 10:14 - How he pioneered the idea of behavioral finance by living it. 12:32 - The highlights of Sir John Templeton’s career. 35:00 - What led John to become Sir John. 38:20 - How Lauren’s fund has evolved since it was first funded by Sir John. 52:42 - Lauren’s thoughts on nature vs nurture, having grown up in a family…

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN: 02:03 - How Vitaliy is thinking through today’s market. 21:06 - When active value investing is too active. 31:50 - How to develop better habits. 40:24 - What Vitaliy has learned from Stoicism. 55:59 - How honing your art and craft is essential for investing and other areas of life. 59:48 - What we can learn from class…

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: 01:20 - How Pablo found Bitcoin after two decades as a software developer. 07:15 - Jack Dorsey's Web 5 announcement - what is it? 08:32 - A deep dive into decentralized identity and data storage over the lightning network. 28:36 - What his general thoughts are on the lightning network. 36:57 - What are some of the big…

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN: 03:13 - Why control is the key to motivating people. 08:11 - How do you form the best teams? 22:02 - Why GE is setting both SMART goals and strength goals. 29:17 - How to statistically make the best decisions. 41:41 - Ask the Investors: How diversified should I be when my portfolio is my net worth? *Disclaimer: Slight…

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN: 01:30 - What Kalshi is and why it’s a very unique company. 02:36 - How events trading works. 03:18 - What it took to get Kalshi approved by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or CFTC) - the first company of its kind to do so. 42:57 - Why Billionaire Charles Schwab personally invested in the company. 53:01 - Why…

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN: 02:14 - What the Eurodollar is exactly. 06:32 - What the Petrodollar is and why Jeffrey thinks it’s illusory. 13:59 - How the global monetary system actually works, according to Jeffrey’s research. 38:00 - Why the Russian Ruble is rising, despite being cut off from the swift system. 42:19 - Why the dollar continues to…

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: 02:23 - How Tyler worked on some of the digital asset laws in Wyoming. 05:34 - How did some of those laws in Wyoming work their way into the federal bill? 15:29 - What were some of the objectives of the Bill to keep it focused on the right areas? 16:55 - Why Proof of Work and Proof of Stake is not discussed in the Bil…

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN 00:02:41 - How an introduction from Warren Buffett led to Mohnish’s friendship with Charlie Munger. 00:04:46 - What it’s been like to hang out with Charlie over the last 14 years. 00:15:45 - How Warren and Charlie have succeeded by being voracious “learning machines.” 00:18:59 - How Warren and Charlie differ from each …

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN: 14:38 - How to calculate your retirement needs. 20:32 - How to determine how much cash you should reserve. 39:46 - How to think through investment account types like 401ks, IRA’s, Roths, etc. 51:17 - The ideal allocation of index funds. 1:00:34 - When to consider alternative investments like real estate or small busin…

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN: 01:45 - What levels indicate a crisis. 12:00 - How to use the High Yield Spread as an indicator and why it works. 16:34 - Why you should reconsider using a discounted cash flow model. 29:46 - Verdad's four-quadrant approach. 35:20 - How to mitigate confirmation bias while using a quantitative approach. And a whole lot…

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: 02:43 - What it was like to start up Bitcoin Beach. 06:16 - What Mike's distribution plan and onboarding were like for getting people to use Bitcoin? 10:01 - Mike's opinion on the international Bitcoin summit for central bankers in El Salvador. 15:11 - What was the most interesting takeaway from the summit? 17:55 - Wh…

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: 0:40 - Who is Phil Knight? 7:16 - What is the story behind Nike? 13:38 - What led to Nike’s success? 31:24 - What made Phil Knight a billionaire? *Disclaimer: Slight timestamp discrepancies may occur due to podcast platform differences. BOOKS AND RESOURCES Read our free executive summary of the book, Shoe Dog. Phil Kn…

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN: 01:12 - Why Tobias Carlisle rang the bell on the NYSE. 05:01 - Why the stock market still looks expensive. 12:20 - Why the stock market is moving the way it does. 17:27 - How to invest in a world with higher interest rates. 27:21 - How deep value performs in bear markets. *Disclaimer: Slight timestamp discrepancies ma…

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN: 01:30 - How Jim is thinking through today’s market and what previous era it most reminds him of. 10:45 - A breakdown of his disciplined value investing approach. 18:59 - Why you should care or even reconsider high dividend stocks. 28:22 - Why value factor companies are expected to outperform in the near term. 43:23 - …

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: 01:05 - From a macro standpoint, what surprises them the most? 04:51 - What is happening in the Credit Default Swap market? 04:51 - Why are the CDS prices in Japan not so bad considering how much Yield Curve Control has been implemented? 14:40 - Why is Fidelity so involved in Bitcoin and why is it so important? 29:40 …

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: 05:42 - Who is William Green and what is his book, “The Great Minds of Investing” about? 08:39 - What can all value investors learn from reading William Green’s book? 47:24 - Ask The Investors: Can you be successful by investing according to a formula? BOOKS AND RESOURCES William Green’s book, The Great Minds of Inves…

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN: 03:53- Where the markets might be heading. 12:36 - Elon’s latest update on his Twitter takeover. 32:54 - Why alternative energy should be the main focus for climate innovation. 39:05 - Field Trip’s business model. 43:22 - General information about how psychedelics are being used for medical treatment. and much more! *…

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN: 06:48 - How Ed Thorpe influenced Bill Gross in the early days. 04:49 - How Bill pioneered a market for trading bonds. 09:23 - How Bill founded Pimco and the famous Total Market return fund. 21:41 - How they successfully navigated the GFC and established an abnormal relationship with the government along the way. 31:44…

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: 01:47 - How Bitcoin first got into Shaun's life as an energy executive. 07:48 - What was the reaction of most energy company executives that are learning about Bitcoin? 12:16 - How fast is Bitcoin being adopted into the grid's infrastructure? 14:08 - How does Bitcoin impact the bottom line for energy companies? 14:08 …

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: 00:06:41 - Why he views plunging prices and widespread pessimism as signals to buy stocks. 00:08:19 - Why this period has been “extraordinarily painful” for Miller and many of his peers. 00:08:54 - Why war, inflation, and rising interest rates mean we’re in a new investment environment. 00:15:06 - Why he believes the …

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN: 01:51 - Why Toby is bull on Domino's Pizza (Ticker: DPZ) 17:42 - Why Hari wants to invest in Meta (Ticker: FB) 38:41 - Why Stig has decided to invest with Mohnish Pabrai *Disclaimer: Slight timestamp discrepancies may occur due to podcast platform differences. BOOKS AND RESOURCES Mastermind Discussion Q1 2022. Masterm…

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN: 09:55 - Why it’ll be best to hold US assets over time. 15:51 - Why is the Japanese Yen reaching 40-year lows? 23:01 - How high energy costs exacerbate the issue. 29:57 - Why the stagflation playing out today is the worst-case scenario. 50:31 - The performance of silver and gold. 1:00:14 - What is causing the dollar to…

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: 01:42 - The FED's Soft Landing. 09:10 - The Luna Stable Coin melt-down. 23:20 - What's happening in the bond market? 49:26 - Whether the stock market is due for a correction or not. 53:56 - What's happening in China? 01:00:50 - Regulation coming out of the Luna situation. 01:16:09 - What it will take for the SEC to ap…

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: 07:59 - If new investors should build their portfolio around small cap stocks. 13:55 - Why there is more to it than just picking companies you understand. 22:34 - How to identify a stock pick that has pricing power. 27:26 - A rather untraditional approach to identifying good stocks. 36:05 - Ask The Investors: Should a…

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN: 01:35 - How to compete in competitive real estate markets and why conservative underwriting is necessary for longevity. 08:08 - Ways to reduce your tax bill by investing in CRE. 09:30 - Who CRE firms and funds go to for debt financing and what the debt structure can be for large real estate firms. 12:02 - How real est…

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN: 01:49 - Overconfidence 08:43 - Anchoring 11:18 - Endowment Effect 24:25 - Base-rate neglect and Recency bias 33:01 - Social Proof 48:30 - Scarcity And a whole lot more! *Disclaimer: Slight timestamp discrepancies may occur due to podcast platform differences. BOOKS AND RESOURCES Silver Ring Value Partners Website. Beh…

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: 00:03:09 - What Gigi is most excited about for 2022. 00:04:46 - What causes people to see Bitcoin from the bottom-up. 00:13:28 - What are all the things that Bitcoin is doing simultaneously. 00:17:15 How Bitcoin solves time stamping. 00:23:38 - What is under appreciated in the Bitcoin space right now. 00:21:26 - What …

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN 00:05:14 - How a teenage girl saved Arnold Van Den Berg’s life during the Holocaust. 00:08:54 - How he learned to live a life guided by principles and the search for truth. 00:24:51 - What his father taught him about the extraordinary power of the mind. 00:42:37 - How Arnold transformed his body and mind to become a ch…

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN: 03:20 - The biggest takeaways from the meeting. 17:51 - Why and what Berkshire Hathaway invested $51B in during Q1 2022. 34:15 - Berkshire Hathaway and their plans for share buyback. 41:01 - Warren Buffett’s view of inflation. 1:03:15 - Warren Buffett’s experiences of changing his opinion. 1:16:33 - Warren Buffett's l…

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN: 01:41 - Current risks posed by supply chain disruption and food shortages. 05:27 - Updates on Evergrande, China, and Munger’s recent bipolar trade on Alibaba. 14:39 - Why the most contrarian bet today is too short commodities. 13:17 - The recent fall of Netflix and how other tech stocks might follow suit. 27:12 - How …

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: 01:43 - Bill's overall thoughts on the current market conditions. 09:31 - How Bill and his father first found Bitcoin. 12:16 - Why Bill found Bitcoin to be an asymmetric investment. 18:54 - Margin and investing. 21:18 - Thoughts on Musk buying Twitter. 23:35 - Bitcoin vs Crypto. 28:49 - Concentrated investing and why …

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: 02:38 - Why Security Analysis is one of Warren Buffett’s three favorite books. 11:49 - Real case studies where Warren Buffett has directly applied skills acquired from Security Analysis. 13:05 - The highlights for each of the 7 major parts in Security Analysis. 30:08 - The difference in opinion between Benjamin Graham…

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN: 07:16 - How hedge funds and endowments have changed over the last 20 years. 10:58 - The biggest misconceptions regarding endowment funds. 20:30 - The impact of ESG policies and how the narrative around them may be changing or evolving. 28:45 - Why Ted has abandoned his SPAC strategy. 44:54 - How endowments think throu…

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN: 09:47 - The story of how Buffett bought Berkshire after letting his emotions get the best of him and why it was originally a huge mistake. 15:04 - How he could have made hundreds of billions more had he simply invested in insurance. 20:49 - His position in Conocophillips that resulted in a loss and how even through al…

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: 02:31 - What attracted Morgen into finance. 05:56 - How has being a CFA charter holder and being a Bitcoiner contrasted? 17:52 - What are the issues most financial advisors have with Bitcoin? 24:46 - Why do most financial advisors say "crypto" not Bitcoin? 31:06 - How do elderly people that are dependent on a fixed in…

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN 00:09:21 - Why it’s so valuable to build unscheduled “day-dreaming time” into your day. 00:13:17 - Why it’s a competitive advantage to be a generalist in a world of specialists. 00:18:29 - What 42 years as a professor have taught Aswath about how to communicate. 00:31:14 - Why he’s intensely skeptical about the ESG mov…

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN: 01:18 - What Warren Buffett’s letter to Mohnish Pabrai said. 04:53 - What is Mohnish Pabrai’s driver for being an asset manager? 07:47 - What is Mohnish Pabrai’s role with Dakshana Foundation. 13:47 - Is it an advantage to spend money on research tools. 14:44 - Mohnish Pabrai’s natural biases. 24:16 - What to look for…

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN: 01:26 - The best investment Peter has ever made. 04:01 - What the inverted yield curve is telling us. 06:14 - The unfolding events in Ukraine and Russia and how they could affect the markets. 21:09 - Peter's thoughts on housing, bitcoin, and annuities. 44:52 - Some of the biggest mistakes investors make. 48:18 - How t…

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: 01:29 - Eric’s thoughts on the Bitcoin Miami conference. 03:50 - Eric’s overview of the world economy. 07:12 - Eric’s background in finance and how he found Bitcoin. 24:51 - What are the common questions he hears from high net worth individuals about Bitcoin? 28:14 - How he introduced Bitcoin to Michael Saylor. 47:28 …

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: 01:21 - Why The Intelligent Investor is Warren Buffett’s favorite book. 07:51 - When and how you should conduct active and passive investing. 13:26 - Why inflation is perhaps the most overlooked macro investing metric. 20:13 - Why Warren Buffett thinks that Chapters 8 and 20 are the two most important chapters of The …

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN: 01:06 - What is the investment strategy of Oakcliff Strategy? 05:50 - How did Bryan develop the conviction to invest in a company and the investment thesis behind Charter Communications. 16:13 - How does Bryan Lawrence generate investment ideas. 29:37 - How outperforming the market still requires you to underperform t…

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN: 01:25 - Why you actually might not want to max out your 401k. 09:13 - Why you shouldn’t try to “buy the dip.” 20:24 - Why you probably shouldn’t pick stocks. 27:35 - Nick’s case for bonds in today’s economy. 30:12 - How to buy during a crisis. 35:40 - Three reasons you should consider selling a position. 43:05 - Why e…

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: 01:52 - Jason’s thoughts about Miami 2022. 04:29 - What the newest executive order from the White House meant for Bitcoin. 13:22 - Jason’s thoughts on CBDC. 29:08 - How the executive order is researching systemic risk to the economy. 33:20 - How the executive order is researching the illicit transactions. 36:26 - What…

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: 00:02:27 - What Jason Zweig learned from his father, the wisest person he’s ever known. 00:20:31 - Why investors shouldn’t trust what brokers and financial advisers are selling them. 00:36:34 - How success is shaped by weird moments of random chance as well as skill. 00:38:54 - What Warren Buffett said when Jason aske…

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN: 01:28 - How is the S&P500 currently values. 05:43 - Whether investors still dollar cost average into the S&P500. 17:53 - How much of the S&P500 return has come from the big five tech companies. 23:29 - What can and more importantly, can’t you read from the 13F filings. 32:51 - Was Berkshire Hathaway’s acquisition of A…

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN: 03:21 - How compounding works. 07:01 - What is the S&P500, Dow Jones, and NASDAQ, and how they came to be. 26:44 - Why the stock market typically goes up over time. 37:24 - Valuation metrics like the P/E ratio as well as things like earnings yield and dividend yield. 55:50 - How the 401k originated from an accident. A…

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: 01:31 - What market indicators are surprising Lawrence the most right now? 09:17 - The energy market in a time of war. 09:17 - What are his thoughts on the equity "melt-up" thesis? 18:55 - If gold can't rally in this environment, when can it? 34:01 - The battle between deflation and inflation. 39:21 - What are some ke…