The Investor's Podcast (We Study Billionaires) - The Investor’s Podcast Network

In this special episode, William Green shares several fundamental, life-changing lessons that he’s learned from his conversations with Charlie Munger, Mohnish Pabrai, Tom Gayner, & John Spears. The focus here is on powerful insights that can guide & enrich you both in business & life. IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN: 00:00 - Intro 02:37 - Why Charlie Munger thinks being ethical is a huge competitive...

Clay Finck and Polina Pompliano discuss her book "Hidden Genius," exploring mental frameworks of high performers to unlock their full potential. After five years of writing The Profile, Polina Marinova Pompliano has studied hundreds of successful people and examined how they reason their way through problems, unleash their creativity, navigate relationships, and perform under extreme pressure. IN...

Preston Pysh brings back expert digital asset attorney Joe Carlasare, and resonant realist American Hodl. These two are the perfect mix to cover the Binance and Coinbase battle currently taking place against the SEC. IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: 00:00 - Intro 00:50 - Joe's overview of everything happening from a legal sense in the US over the past 6 months. 00:50 - What is a TRO and how has the...

On today’s show, Stig Brodersen talks with co-host William Green, the author of “Richer, Wiser, Happier.” With a strong focus on books, they discuss what has made them Richer, Wiser, or Happier in the past quarter. IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN: 00:00 - Intro 01:27 - How to curate a book list 12:53 - How can you find books the same way as your pick stocks 23:32 - Which books have made us Wiser, Ric...

On today’s episode, Clay reviews Howard Marks’ book – Mastering the Market Cycle. This is a wonderful book for understanding market cycles and where we are at in the cycle at any given time. Most investors aren’t aware of the cyclicality of markets and are prone to fall victim to greed and fear at the exact wrong times. Superior investors are aware of markets cycles, and position themselves to pro...

Preston Pysh chats with André Neves all about Bitcoin and its integration into gaming. André is the co-founder and CTO at Zebedee. Zebedee is a company that lets developers make turnkey financial transactions native to their apps and games. IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: 00:00 - Intro 01:41 - What exactly is Zebedee and what makes it unique in the Bitcoin and gaming space? 06:01 - Could you descri...

On today’s classic episode, we study Billionaire Peter Thiel. Peter co-founded PayPal and he was the CEO until the sale to eBay in 2002 for $1.5 billion. After the sale of PayPal, Thiel started a big data analysis company called Palantir Technologies. He also became the founder of a venture capital firm called Founders Fund. With this firm, Thiel became Facebook’s first outside investor when he ac...

On today’s episode, Clay chats with Scott Patterson about his new book - The Chaos Kings.  The Chaos Kings tells the story of the hedge fund that achieved average annual returns of over 105% from 2008 through 2019, and how Bill Ackman had a $27 million dollar bet that turned into over $2.6 billion.  IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN: 00:00 - Intro. 02:35 - Who the Chaos Kings are. 05:38 - The story of...

Preston Pysh talks to Bitcoin layer two Lightning expert Jesse Shrader on the show about all the fascinating stuff they have going on with their Amboss website. Amboss is a website that analyzes all the Bitcoin full nodes and immediately settling channels that are open between the nodes on the network. IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: 00:00 - Intro 01:43 - How did Jesse get into Layer 2 Lightning Bi...

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 he added Teqnion as the newest addition to his portfolio. Hari’s pick, Palantir, has recently traded at a 52-week high after a preceding 80% drop, and Tobias pitches Virtu Financial, a value stock with strong cash flows in uncertain times. ...

On today’s episode, Clay reviews Thomas Phelps’s book - 100 to 1 in the Stock Market, and also highlights writings put out by Akre Capital Management. IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN: 00:00 - Intro. 02:30 - Common characteristics of companies that increased their share price by 100x. 11:11 - Why most investors aren’t able to hang onto their winners as Phelps suggests. 14:05 - Why good stock selection...

Anil Patel talks about his new book, The Bitcoin Handbook. There are many different fields of study Bitcoin touches that it can be difficult for people to grasp all the complexity in harmonizing concepts that are happening on this protocol. In this interview, Anil went on an intellectual journey simplifying and stitching it all together. IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: 00:00 - Intro 01:15 - What wa...

In this episode, William Green chats with hedge fund manager Christopher Begg, who is the CEO, Chief Investment Officer, & co-founder of East Coast Asset Management. Chris is also a revered professor at Columbia Business School, where he teaches the Security Analysis class that was originally taught by Warren Buffett’s mentor, Ben Graham. Here, Chris shares powerful lessons on how to identify high...

On today’s episode, Clay reviews one of Warren Buffett’s favorite investment books called The Outsiders by William Thorndike Jr. IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN: 00:00 - Intro. 01:56 - How we should evaluate the performance of a CEO during their tenure. 03:01 - How Henry Singleton led Teledyne to deliver a 20.4% average annual return to shareholders during his 30 year tenure. 09:18 - How most CEOs th...

In part two of Preston Pysh's discussion with Tuur Demeester, they go deep into Tuur's latest report on why right now in particular is a great time to be a Bitcoin bull. Tuur talks about numerous on-chain metrics, and circumstances happening in the macro backdrop that only contribute to the bullish narrative. IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: 00:00 - Intro 01:59 - What do inscriptions actually mean f...

On today’s episode, Clay chats with John Jennings about his new book - The Uncertainty Solution.  John Jennings is President and Chief Strategist of St. Louis Trust & Family Office, which has $12 billion dollars in assets under management. He is also a member of the firm’s Management Committee, on its Board of Directors, and also serves on the Investment, Risk Management, and Trust Committees. Joh...

On today’s episode, Clay Finck brings back Tavi Costa to chat about the beginning of a commodity supercycle. Tavi gives a masterclass in why we are just in the beginning phases of a bull market for gold, silver, and hard assets like commodities.  Tavi is a partner and portfolio manager at Crescat Capital. His research has been featured in financial publications such as Bloomberg, The Wall Street J...

In this first of a two-part series, Preston Pysh and Tuur Demeester cover all the talk about the inscriptions and the high fees that we’re currently seeing on layer one of the network. They also talk about scalability on layer two regulatory developments and plenty more.  IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: 00:00 - Intro 01:59 - What do inscriptions actually mean for L1 and L2 bitcoin networks? 08:19 -...

On today’s show, we have the honor of interviewing legendary real estate investor and entrepreneur, Sam Zell. Sam Zell has an impressive background, having started his career in real estate in the late 1960s. He is the founder and chairman of Equity Group Investments, a leading private investment firm. Over the course of his career, Sam has made many bold moves and investments, earning him a reput...

In this episode, Clay Finck presents his favorite clips from the 2023 Berkshire Hathaway annual shareholder meeting, featuring insightful responses from Buffett and Munger during the marathon Q&A session, along with his own thoughts on their answers. IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN: 00:00 - Intro. 05:30 - Buffett and Munger’s thoughts on the commercial real estate. 09:37 - Why value investors must ev...

Alex Gladstein previously discussed his groundbreaking article on the IMF and the World Bank. On today's episode, he is back with even more as he’s turned all of his research into a full-blown book on the topic. Preston and Alex cover new and additional ideas, which are vital information for understanding the impact of the legacy financial system and the abundant hope that Bitcoin brings to so man...

On today’s show, Stig Brodersen talks with legend investor Mohnish Pabrai. In the interview, Mohnish Pabrai generously shares his investment framework and touches on various stocks, including Alibaba, Constellation Software, Reysas Logistics, and Shinoken. Disclaimer: Stig Brodersen is invested in Pabrai Funds.  IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN: 00:00 - Intro. 01:35 - How to stay objective when you ge...

On today’s episode, Clay Finck does analysis on two high-quality compounders – Topicus.com and Copart. Topicus.com is a spin off of Constellation Software and is at a size similar to what CSI was back in 2010. They provide vertical market software and vertical market platforms in Europe. Copart provides online auctions and vehicle remarketing services in the United States, Canada, and many other c...

Preston Pysh interviews the author of one of his favorite books of all time, Kevin Kelly. Kevin is the founding editor of the global brand Wired Magazine. In this episode, they talk about all the interesting ideas about technology, AI, where it’s going, and more. IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: 00:00 - Intro 02:12 - What is the Technium and how did Kevin come to understand the term? 02:12 - Why are...

Stig has invited legend investor Chris Bloomstran from Semper Augustus to teach us how to value Berkshire Hathaway on today's show. Semper Augustus has an outstanding track record with a CAGR of 11.5% since his fund's inception on 2/28/1999, compared to 6.9% for the S&P500.  There is no one in the space we respect as much as Chris Bloomstran when valuing the intrinsic value of Berkshire Hathaway. ...