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On today’s episode, Clay Finck invites Stig Brodersen to discuss current market conditions and one of Stig’s favorite books — Poor Charlie’s Almanack. IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN: 00:00 - Intro 01:23 - How Stig and Clay think about today’s market. 08:02 - Why we expect the stock market to continue to hit new all-time highs. 08:02 - How Stig is protecting himself against potential inflation going...

Jeff Ross, American Hodl, and Joe Carlasare discuss Bitcoin’s historic price surge to $96,000, the influence of Donald Trump's re-election on crypto policy, and global proposals for Bitcoin reserves. Topics include regulatory challenges, institutional inflows, and game-changing corporate strategies. IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN: 00:00 - Intro 06:58 - Why experts believe $96,000 may not be the top...

In today's episode, Kyle Grieve explores the life of Charlie Munger, drawing insights from his biography Damn Right!. He’ll cover Charlie’s similarities and differences with Benjamin Graham, the value of dedicating an hour a day to thinking, the role of decisiveness and conviction in transformative investments, and how independent thinking shaped his life. Plus, he’ll discuss lessons from his days...

In today’s episode, Clay reviews Brett Gardner’s new book, Buffett’s Early Investments.  Brett is an Analyst at Discerene Group LP, a private investment partnership that invests globally based on a fundamental and long-term value investing philosophy. Like us here at TIP, Brett is also a huge fan of Warren Buffett. During Buffett’s early partnership years from 1957 to 1969, he compounded his...

Jack Mallers joins to discuss Bitcoin’s evolving landscape, from the potential for strategic reserves to regulatory shifts and exciting advancements in Lightning and Strike’s new working capital feature. IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN: 00:00 - Intro 06:12 - The potential reality of a Bitcoin strategic reserve. 07:38 - Insights into the rumored $2 billion Bitcoin deposit by the U.S. government. 14:36...

In today's episode, Stig Brodersen speaks to Tobias Carlisle and Hari Ramachandra. Stig only owns five individual stocks, and in this episode, he outlines why Evolution is one of them. Hari’s pick, Occidental Petroleum, a stock Buffett has recently added to, and Tobias pitches Alpha Metallurgical Resources, a value stock that Mohnish Pabrai has loaded up on.  IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN: 00:...

On today’s episode, Clay is joined by Dev Kantesaria to discuss the current market environment, the types of investments he is looking for, FICO, S&P Global, and much more. Dev is the founder and portfolio manager at Valley Forge Capital Management. The firm has been highly successful since its inception in 2007, as it’s outperformed the S&P 500 by a wide margin and has over $4 billion in assets u...

Exploring the art world with Tad Smith, former CEO of Sotheby’s, as we uncover the intersection of art, Bitcoin, and investment strategies. IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN: 00:00 - Intro 02:28 - The significance behind the $6.2M sale of a banana duct-taped to a wall. 08:07 - How stories shape the perception and value of art investments. 08:46 - What makes artwork valuable beyond its aesthetic appeal....

In today’s special episode, William Green looks back at some of the most powerful lessons from the first 50 episodes of the podcast. He highlights four of his favorite interviews: with multibillionaire Ray Dalio, Berkshire Hathaway board member Chris Davis, investing legend Bill Miller, & author Michael Berg. Here, Dalio discusses how to overcome our weaknesses; Miller reveals the insights that ma...

Anyone can buy a stock in a public company, but not all shareholders are equally committed to a company’s long-term succes. Today’s companies need quality shareholders, or shareholders who buy large stakes and hold for long periods. Lawrence Cunningham explains why in his book — Quality Shareholders: How the Best Managers Attract and Keep Them.   When it comes to corporate governance, th...

In this episode, we dive into Bitcoin, on-chain analysis, and future adoption trends, exploring topics from OTC exchanges to Bitcoin’s price potential and regulatory impacts.  IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN: 00:00 - Intro 02:47 - Why Bitcoin exchange balances have declined and what this signals. 03:28 - Why Australian Bitcoiners are prominent despite lagging national adoption. 07:10 - The role...

On today’s episode, Kyle Grieve discusses major takeaways from the book The Warren Buffett Portfolio, including why concentrated portfolios offer the highest probabilities of outperforming, how focus investors think about risk, Warren Buffett’s four-step framework for identifying great investments, the importance of patience, discipline, and self-awareness to investing success, how to widen your c...

On today’s episode, Clay is joined by Roger Fan to discuss Joel Greenblatt’s book, “You can be a Stock Market Genius.” Joel Greenblatt is one of the greatest hedge fund managers of all time. Greenblatt famously averaged 40% a year over 20 years. At that rate, $1 million grows into $836 million.  He’s also the author of best-selling classics like “The Little Book that Beats the Market” and was...

Exploring Bitcoin's Future as Both Store of Value and Medium of Exchange with Roy Sheinfeld, CEO of Breez, a leader in Bitcoin's Lightning Network.   IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN: 00:00 - Intro 02:22 - How Breez uses the Lightning Network to enable seamless Bitcoin transactions. 04:50 - Challenges and solutions to improving Bitcoin’s user experience for mainstream adoption. 08:47 - Why R...

On today’s show, Stig Brodersen talks with co-host William Green, the author of “Richer, Wiser, Happier.” With a strong focus on building meaningful relationships and traveling with friends along the path, they discuss what has made them Richer, Wiser, or Happier in the past quarter IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN: 00:00 - Intro 02:12 - Why the opposite of a virtue is also a virtue 23:06 - Why the No...

On today’s episode, Clay and Kyle give an overview of their best quality stock idea for Q4 2024. This quarter, they discuss Mastercard. Mastercard is a well-known company in the world of quality investors. Since its IPO in 2006, the stock has compounded at north of 30% per year. Alongside Visa, Mastercard operates in a duopolistic industry which enables them to continue to grow for long time perio...

Join us as we delve into Dread’s inspiring story, from his days as a world-class athlete to his significant contributions in the world of Bitcoin. Learn about the Caribbean crypto landscape, challenges of CBDCs, and his work with OpenSats funding innovative Bitcoin projects. Discover more about Flash, his Bitcoin wallet and exchange platform, and the fascinating world of e-cash engineering. IN THI...

In today’s episode, William Green chats with Brad Stulberg about how to thrive amid change. Brad is the best-selling author of Master of Change: How to Excel When Everything is Changing—Including You & The Practice of Groundedness: A Transformative Path to Success that Feeds—Not Crushes—Your Soul. Here, he shares practical tools & strategies based on scientific research, battled-tested wisdom, & h...

On today’s episode, Clay is joined by Andrew Brenton to discuss his biggest investment lessons from beating the market over the past 25 years. Andrew Brenton is the CEO and co-founder of Turtle Creek Asset Management. Since its inception in 1998, Turtle Creek has achieved an average annual return of 20.3% versus just 8.3% for the S&P 500. $10,000 invested into their fund at inception would have gr...

NVK joins the show to discuss the potential of AI, explore the impact of Nostr on data vending and content creation, and share his thoughts on security, hardware manufacturing challenges, and what's exciting in Bitcoin’s evolving tech landscape. IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN: 00:00 - Intro 08:34 - The core concept behind NVK's AI project, Unleashed.chat 14:54 - What digital vending machines are, an...

On today’s episode, Kyle Grieve discusses the anatomy of a speculative event, why it’s so easy for people to take part in them, and why these events are unlikely to stop in the future; a few major euphoric episodes from history outlined in the book, three more recent bubbles that most listeners lived though, why the rise in IPOs are often the result of mini bubbles, six primary takeaways from the...

Many investors who analyze stocks take the numbers provided by the company at face value, but there are times when this can be a massive investing mistake. To help shed light on what the earnings provided by a company really mean for us as investors, we reviewed the book — Quality of Earnings by Thornton O'Glove. Thornton is a Wall Street veteran known for pioneering red flag deviation analysis.&n...

In this episode, Matt Odell discusses how open-source Bitcoin development is funded through initiatives like OpenSats, the significance of ignoring Satoshi’s identity, and why Nostr, Cashu, and Fedi are critical for Bitcoin’s future. He also shares insights on building Bitcoin Park, a community hub, and reveals one of his pet peeves in the Bitcoin space. IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN: 00:00 - Intro...

On today’s episode, Kyle Grieve chats with Larry Connor about why being different is crucial to outperformance, why turning over the most rocks and ruthlessly eliminating opportunities is vital to success, why Larry searches for “train wreck” apartments to optimize, the importance of investing counter-cyclically, how being unconstrained by conventional thinking has propelled his success, the criti...

On today’s episode, Clay reviews the wonderful book — Am I Being Too Subtle by Sam Zell.  Sam Zell has an impressive background, having started his career in real estate in the late 1960s.  He was the founder and chairman of Equity Group Investments, a leading private investment firm. Over the course of his career, Sam made many bold moves and investments, earning him a reputation as a s...