Compounders Podcast

My guest on the show today is author and investor, Brendan Hughes. Brendan wrote a very interesting book entitled Markets in Chaos where he analyzed various boom-and-bust cycles that have happened over history. Brendan is also on the investment team at Lafayette Investments, a Maryland-based RIA. In this wide-ranging discussion, we covered: The major lessons he learned from writing Markets in Chao...

My guest on the show today is Chet Rastogi, Partner and Portfolio Manager of Heron Bay Capital Management. Chet is a seasoned investor who helps the firm run both its discretionary and systematic strategies. In this interesting conversation, we discussed: Heron Bay’s definition of a quality company; What it means to be a good steward of clients’ capital; Why the firm employs both discretionary and...

My guest on the show today is Bogumil Baranowski: author, podcast host and the Founder of Blue Infinitas Capital. Many people may know Bogumil for his excellent podcast, Talking Billions. However, as I turned the microphone around on Bogumil, I was interested in learning about his investment philosophy and approach. In this in-depth conversation, we covered: The founding inspiration for Blue Infin...

My guest on the show today is Tom Bachrach, the Principal at PFH Capital. Tom is an eclectic investor who travels around the world looking for mispriced smaller companies, especially those in markets that a lot of other investors shy away from. He also is willing to invest in sectors that other people shun for various reasons. With all of that as background, I was looking forward to chatting with...

My guest on this show today is Meb Faber, the CEO at Cambria Investment Management. Cambria manages a number of ETFs that in total have over $2 billion in AUM. Meb is also the host of an excellent podcast where he interviews people from all different corners of the investment world. I have been a listener of the podcast for years but recently realized that I knew a lot more about Meb the podcast h...

My guest on the show today is Whit Huguley, the Portfolio Manager at River Oaks Capital. Whit is a microcap specialist who has been running this portfolio full time since early 2020. Whit puts together one of the most comprehensive quarterly letters I have ever seen—in many cases discussing all the companies in his portfolio. As I learned more about his process and philosophy I became curious abou...

My guest on the show today is Maj Soueidan, the Co-Founder of GeoInvesting. Maj is a microcap expert who has been investing in the space for over 30 years. Maj and his team are always searching for potential multi-baggers as they perform extensive research on top-tier microcap companies. Given how out of favor microcaps are at the moment, I was curious to speak with Maj about: Why it has been so t...

My guest on the show today is Scott Colson, the CIO of Irrational Capital. Scott has partnered with well-known academic and author Dan Ariely to build indexes based on human capital assessment—and partner with asset managers to create ETFs--that are tied to a proprietary metric they call the Human Capital Factor. In this eye-opening discussion, we covered: The founding of Irrational Capital and ho...

My guest on the show today is Mac Sykes, the Portfolio Manager of the Gabelli Financial Services Opportunities Fund. Mac has been with Gabelli for over 15 years and runs a portfolio that is focused on the financial services industry. We haven’t had many chances to discuss banks on this podcast. So, I was excited to speak with Mac about: The major tailwinds he and his team believer are supporting t...

My guests on the show today are Jen Yu and Alex Penfold, the co-founders of Jaxon Lane, a beauty and skin care company they run as a husband and wife team. I have known these two for many years and am a user of their products. Jaxon Lane is known for its Bro Mask, a product whose goal it is to make healthy facial skin more accessible to men. In this wide ranging discussion, we covered: The foundin...

My guest on the show today is John Zolidis, the President and Founder of Quo Vadis Capital. John is a consumer and retail specialist who manages money for clients and, harkening back to his sell-side days, offers single stock research to professional investors. Given all of the secular and cyclical factors that have impacted retail companies over the last decade, I was really looking forward to sp...

My guest on the show today is Jeff Schwartz, the CEO of Dentity. Jeff has a long track of success and has been the CEO of a number of public companies. Jeff’s newest venture is called Dentity, a company that is attempting to make digital identities ubiquitous across the internet. In this fascinating conversation, we discussed: How a self-described “auto guy” got into the digital identity space; Th...

My guest on the show today is Clare Flynn Levy, the Founder and CEO of Essentia Analytics. I met Clare several years ago when my prior firm worked with Essentia to help us improve our decision making. The process of having Essentia analyze past successes and mistakes was so insightful that I became a big fan of the product. Accordingly, when I reconnected with Clare recently, I was excited to spea...

My guest on the show today is Nick King, the co-founder and CEO of Vint. Through Vint, Nick is on a mission to turn wine into a financial asset class. Nick was working on the buy-side at a value investment firm but left to work on Vint full-time in 2021. Since then, the company has gone through a rigorous SEC registration process and is now in position to offer investors the ability to participate...

My guest on the show today is Soo Chuen Tan, the Founder and President at Discerene Group. Soo Chuen started the firm over 13 years ago with less than $100mm in assets. Since then, the firm has grown to manage over $2 billion in for clients. Discerene has one of the most compelling structures and relationships with its LPs of any public investing firm I know. I have had the privilege of listening...

My guests on the show today are Corey Henegar and Jeff Fahrenbruch, the co-portfolio managers at Oakview Capital. Oakview is an SEC-registered, Dallas-based investment firm that was started in 2010. Jeff and Corey bring a unique lens into value investing and I enjoyed talking to them about: How decisions are made at Oakview given the co-PM structure; The types of companies they look to invest in;...

My guest on the show today is Jim Falbe, Managing Principal, Portfolio Manager at Saguaro Capital Management. After spending almost 8 years at Vulcan Value Partners, in 2021 Jim left to start Saguaro. The most unique thing about the Saguaro strategy is that it employs an internally-built AI system that helps with screening for stocks as well as with investment decision making. In this in-depth int...

My guest on the show today is Evan Curtis, the Executive Director of Investments at Vanamor Investments, a private real estate investment firm. Given the ongoing turmoil in the real estate market first caused by COVID and then exacerbated by the sharp rise in interest rates, I was excited to have Evan on as our first real estate-focused, private investor. In this wide-ranging conversation, we disc...

My guest on the show today is Josh Collinsworth, the Portfolio Manager at Nomadic Value Partners. Josh started Nomadic in 2019 after spending a number of years as an allocator. Josh is one of the most eclectic investors I know, and his understanding of the byzantine US healthcare system makes him my go-to investor when trying to navigate investments in that industry. In this enlightening conversat...

My guest on the show today is Drew Estes, the Portfolio Manager at Banyan Capital, a firm that has been around since the late-1980s. Drew joined Banyan in 2016 and then took control of the business in 2019. Drew has brought his own brand of long-term focus to build permanent wealth for the firm’s clients. In this engaging conversation, we covered: The history of Banyan and how Drew came to control...

My guest on the show today is Matt Reustle, the CEO of Colossus. For anyone who is not familiar with the platform, Colossus is the home for a number of excellent podcasts, including Invest Like the Best, Founders, The Art of Investing and Business Breakdowns. Given my person experience with podcasts, I was really looking forward to learning from Matt about: The economics of podcasting as a busines...

My guest on the show today is Jimmy Schwartz, the Co-Founder and CIO of Harvey Partners. Jimmy founded the firm in 2006 with his partner, Jeff Moskowitz. Over the last 17 years, the firm has put up an enviable track record by focusing on stocks that other people neglect, as well as companies that are at an inflection point. In this enjoyable conversation, we covered: The types of company-specific...

My guest on the show today is Aoifinn Devitt, the CIO of Moneta, a wealth management firm with about 30 billion dollars of assets under management. Moneta has been around for over 150 years and has been an RIA since the late-1980s. The firm is 100% partner-owned and has grown to have over 400 employees. In this in-depth conversation, we discussed: The general trends that having been driving client...

My guest on the show today is Brandon Halcott, a true entrepreneur. Brandon founded a company called Tru Family Dental, which was a roll up of dental practices that was sold to a private equity owned dental company a few years ago. Now, Brandon is at it again but this time is focused on building both a dental practice platform and one dedicated to engineering and architectural firms. In this fast...

My guest on the show today is Adam Michaels, the Chairman and CEO of Mama’s Creations, a $140 million market cap company that provides products to the deli aisle of large food retailers. Adam became CEO in 2022, after spending about 9 years at the large consumer packaging company, Mondelez. I met Adam at a recent investment conference and wanted to have him on the podcast to discuss: Why he decide...