We Study Billionaires - The Investor’s Podcast Network

The Investor's Podcast Network

We interview and study famous financial billionaires, including Warren Buffett, Ray Dalio, and Howard Marks, and teach you what we learn and how you can apply their investment strategies in the stock market. We Study Billionaires is the largest stock investing podcast show in the world with 180,000,000+ downloads and is hosted by Stig Brodersen, Preston Pysh, William Green, Clay Finck, and Kyle Grieve. This podcast also includes the Richer Wiser Happier series hosted by best-selling author William Green. William regularly interviews legendary investors such as Mohnish Pabrai and Guy Spier, exploring what they can teach us about how to succeed in markets and life. And finally, our Bitcoin Fundamentals series is hosted by Preston Pysh, where he interviews prominent figures in the Bitcoin and macroeconomic space. To learn more about TIP, you can visit theinvestorspodcast.com or subscribe to our free daily newsletter here. Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm

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Classic 17: Smarter, Faster, Better By Charles Duhigg

We Study Billionaires - The Investor’s Podcast Network

06/21/22 • 48 min

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 timestamp discrepancies may occur due to podcast platform differences.

BOOKS AND RESOURCES

Join the exclusive TIP Mastermind Community to engage in meaningful stock investing discussions with Stig, Clay, and the other community members.
Charles Duhigg’s book, Smarter Faster Better – Read reviews of this book.
Preston and Stig’s episode on Charles Duhigg’s book. The Power of Habits.
Preston and Stig’s episode on Malcolm Gladwell’s book, Outliers.
Preston and Stig’s episode about how to focus.
Preston and Stig’s episode on the importance of trust in business.
Preston and Stig’s episode about creativity.
Our tool for picking stock winners and managing our portfolios: TIP Finance Tool.
Check out our favorite Apps and Services.
New to the show? Check out our We Study Billionaires Starter Packs.

SPONSORS

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TIP652: Best Quality Idea Q3 2024 w/ Clay Finck & Kyle Grieve

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08/16/24 • 94 min

On today’s episode, Clay and Kyle give an overview of their best quality stock idea for Q3 2024. This quarter, they discuss Old Dominion Freight Line.

Over the past 20 years, Old Dominion has been one of the best performing stocks in the market. This seemingly boring best-in-class trucking company outperformed well-known companies like Amazon, Costco, and Microsoft. Tune into today’s episode to hear Clay and Kyle’s thoughts on Old Dominion’s business and what the prospective returns might look like going forward.

IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN:

00:00 - Intro

02:14 - What is important to know about Old Dominion’s history going back to the Great Depression?

21:06 - An overview of Old Dominion’s business model and competitive advantages.

21:06 - The development of the LTL trucking industry over the past 20 years.

41:53 - Why Old Dominion Freight Line has similar competitive advantages to Copart.

And so much more!

Disclaimer: Slight discrepancies in the timestamps may occur due to podcast platform differences.

BOOKS AND RESOURCES

Join the exclusive TIP Mastermind Community to engage in meaningful stock investing discussions with Stig, Clay, Kyle, and the other community members.
The Direction of the Moat by Eagle Point Capital.
Books mentioned: Helping the World Keep Promises, Junk to Gold, 7 Powers.
Related Episode: Listen to TIP604: Best Quality Idea Q1 2024 w/ Clay Finck & Kyle Grieve, or watch the video.
Related Episode: Listen to TIP627: Best Quality Idea Q2 2024 w/ Clay Finck & Kyle Grieve, or watch the video.
Related Episode: Listen to TIP587: Dino Polska: A Polish Compounder w/ Clay Finck & Kyle Grieve, or watch the video.
Episode Mentioned: TIP543: 100 Baggers w/ Chris Mayer.
Follow Kyle on Twitter.
Follow Clay on Twitter.
Check out all the books mentioned and discussed in our podcast episodes here.
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RWH013: Move Slow, Win Big W/ Thomas Russo

We Study Billionaires - The Investor’s Podcast Network

09/18/22 • 99 min

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN:

02:17 - What Tom Russo learned from a life-changing encounter with Warren Buffett in 1982.
09:53 - Why “agency” cost is one of the greatest risks facing all investors.
14:02 - Why Tom favors companies that willingly endure pain today for gain tomorrow.
16:02 - How he rode Berkshire Hathaway from $900 to more than $430,000 per share.
21:08 - Why Buffett’s team of successors should do fine when Berkshire is in their hands.
27:17 - What Tom learned while working for investment legend Bill Ruane.
38:16 - Why Tom immediately sold Wells Fargo & Altria after realizing they’d lost their way.
48:46 - Why Tom loves brands where consumers believe there’s “no adequate substitute.”
53:39 - Why Tom is bullish about Heineken’s long-term future, even after owning it for 36 years.
01:07:08 - How Tom succeeds by resisting short-term temptations & deferring gratification.
01:16:09 - What Tom failed to understand about Alibaba & the political risks of investing in China.
01:23:11 - How Tom thinks about moral questions like whether it’s okay to own tobacco stocks.
01:25:51 - How innovators like Nestlé & Heineken are helping to combat climate change.
01:35:13 - How Tom’s investment success is fueled by his insatiable curiosity.
01:37:41 - What Tom learned from Charlie Munger about the importance of trusting your gut.

*Disclaimer: Slight timestamp discrepancies may occur due to podcast platform differences.

BOOKS AND RESOURCES

Join the exclusive TIP Mastermind Community to engage in meaningful stock investing discussions with Stig, Clay, and the other community members.
Thomas Russo’s 2018 Google Talk on “Global Value Investing.”
Warren Buffett discusses Bill Ruane, who ran the Sequoia Fund & helped train Tom Russo.
William Green’s book, “Richer, Wiser, Happier” – read the reviews of this book.
William Green’s Twitter.

NEW TO THE SHOW?

Check out our We Study Billionaires Starter Packs.
Browse through all our episodes (complete with transcripts) here.
Try our tool for picking stock winners and managing our portfolios: TIP Finance Tool.
Enjoy exclusive perks from our favorite Apps and Services.
Stay up-to-date on financial markets and investing strategies through our daily newsletter, We Study Markets.
Learn how to better start, manage, and grow your business with the best business podcasts.

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TIP681: Mastermind Q4, 2024 w/ Stig Brodersen, Tobias Carlisle, and Hari Ramachandra

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12/08/24 • 88 min

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:

00:00 - Intro

01:34 - What to make of Berkshire’s $300B+ cash pile

33:16 - Stig’s bull case is for Evolution (Ticker on the Swedish Stock Exchange: EVO)

41:03 - The bear case for Evolution, including why their margins will likely decline

44:02 - Why Hari is bullish on Occidental Petroleum (Ticker on NYSE: OXY)

47:44 - The bear case of Occidental Petroleum, including macro headwinds

56:46 - Why Toby has invested in Alpha Metallurgical Resources (Ticker on NYSE: AMR)

1:06:28 - The bear case for Alpha Metallurgical Resources, including the role of China

Disclaimer: Slight discrepancies in the timestamps may occur due to podcast platform differences.

BOOKS AND RESOURCES

Join the exclusive TIP Mastermind Community to engage in meaningful stock investing discussions with Stig, Clay, Kyle, and the other community members.
Listen to Mastermind Discussion Q3 2024 or watch the video.
Listen to Mastermind Discussion Q2 2024 or watch the video.
Tune in to the Mastermind Discussion Q1 2024 or watch the video.
Listen to Mastermind Discussion Q4 2023 or watch the video.
Tune in to the Mastermind Discussion Q3 2023 or watch the video.
Listen to Mastermind Discussion Q2 2023 or watch the video.
Tune in to Mastermind Discussion Q1 2023 or watch the video.
Stig Brodersen’s Portfolio and Track record.
Occidental Petroleum’s 2023 annual report.
Tobias Carlisle's podcast, The Acquirers Podcast
Tobias Carlisle's ETF, ZIG.
Tobias Carlisle's ETF, Deep.
Tobias Carlisle's book, The Acquirer's Multiple – read reviews of this book.
Tobias Carlisle's Acquirer's Multiple stock screener: AcquirersMultiple.com.
Tweet directly to Tobias Carlisle.
Hari's Blog: BitsBusiness.com.
Tweet directly to Hari.
Check out all the books mentioned and discussed in our podcast episodes here.
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BTC217: MicroStrategy 2025 w/ Jeff Walton (Bitcoin Podcast)

We Study Billionaires - The Investor’s Podcast Network

01/15/25 • 66 min

Join us as Jeff Walton unpacks MicroStrategy's innovative financial strategies, including leveraging Bitcoin volatility, issuing convertible bonds, and building a balance sheet of permanent capital. We dive into valuations, ETF dynamics, accretive dilution, and what it means to be the "bank of the future."

IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN:

00:00 - Intro

01:49 - What "capturing the spread" means in MicroStrategy's strategy.

02:32 - The difference between issuing convertible notes and common stock.

06:26 - An explanation of accretive dilution and its role in corporate strategy.

09:44 - How MicroStrategy's Bitcoin holdings position it as a "bank of the future."

20:52 - Insights into constructing a leveraged balance sheet with permanent capital.

23:04 - Why MicroStrategy issued two consecutive convertible bonds.

28:49 - How Michael Saylor's "Bitcoin nuclear reactor" concept reshapes volatility.

39:47 - The impact of entering the NASDAQ and index weighting on stock performance.

48:33 - Metrics to consider when starting a position in MicroStrategy or Bitcoin.

Disclaimer: Slight discrepancies in the timestamps may occur due to podcast platform differences.

BOOKS AND RESOURCES

Check out all the books mentioned and discussed in our podcast episodes here.
Enjoy ad-free episodes when you subscribe to our Premium Feed.

NEW TO THE SHOW?

Join the exclusive TIP Mastermind Community to engage in meaningful stock investing discussions with Stig, Clay, Kyle, and the other community members.
Follow our official social media accounts: X (Twitter) | LinkedIn | | Instagram | Facebook | TikTok.
Check out our Bitcoin Fundamentals Starter Packs.
Browse through all our episodes (complete with transcripts) here.
Try our tool for picking stock winners and managing our portfolios: TIP Finance Tool.
Enjoy exclusive perks from our favorite Apps and Services.
Stay up-to-date on financial markets and investing strategies through our daily newsletter, We Study Markets.
Learn how to better start, manage, and grow your business with the best business podcasts.

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TIP459: The Equation for a Meaningful Life w/ Vitaliy Katsenelson

We Study Billionaires - The Investor’s Podcast Network

06/24/22 • 71 min

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 classical composers as well as painters such as Van Gogh.
01:08:34 - The equation for a meaningful life.
And a whole lot more!

*Disclaimer: Slight timestamp discrepancies may occur due to podcast platform differences.

BOOKS AND RESOURCES

Join the exclusive TIP Mastermind Community to engage in meaningful stock investing discussions with Stig, Clay, and the other community members.
Soul in the Game Book.
Vitaliy Katsenelson Twitter.
Contrarian Edge Website.
IMA's Website.
Between Races Poem.
Trey Lockerbie Twitter.
Related Episode: Value Investing And Market Cycles w/ Vitaliy Katsenelson.
Related Episode: Discovering Value Investments w/ Vitaliy Katsenelson.
Check out our favorite Apps and Services.
New to the show? Check out our We Study Billionaires Starter Packs.
Our tool for picking stock winners and managing our portfolios: TIP Finance Tool.

SPONSORS

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TIP685: Top Takeaways From 2024 w/ Kyle Grieve & Clay Finck

We Study Billionaires - The Investor’s Podcast Network

12/22/24 • 89 min

In today's episode, Kyle Grieve is joined by co-host Clay Finck to summarize key learnings from 2024. We chat about the importance of focus and avoiding confusing noise, data that shows how difficult individual stock picks are to succeed in, why you should welcome disconfirming evidence, the impermanence of seemingly impenetrable businesses, how to close feedback loops to ensure investments are on the right track, the importance of being trustworthy and reliable, and much more!

IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN:

00:00 - Intro

03:11 - Why investors need to focus on the things that matter and how to avoid spending time on noise.

09:19 - Why investors should be aware of the base rates of success of investing in individual stocks (hint, making money is a lot harder than you think).

25:42 - How you can utilize and search out disconfirming evidence to improve your thinking processes.

29:46 - The impermanence of business success and the importance of updating your thinking when new information becomes available.

33:00 - The three sources of investing returns that drive the performance of a stock.

42:53 - How to use punctuated equilibrium to be active at the correct times and inactive at the proper times.

50:52 - Critical lessons on how to close feedback loops for long-term investors.

1:00:29 - How to utilize the "cone of uncertainty" to signal conviction in great ideas.

1:02:49 - Why a great business can still have times of high uncertainty.

1:07:00 - The importance of being trustworthy and reliable.

And so much more!

Disclaimer: Slight discrepancies in the timestamps may occur due to podcast platform differences.

BOOKS AND RESOURCES

Join the exclusive TIP Mastermind Community to engage in meaningful stock investing discussions with Stig, Clay, Kyle, and the other community members.
Listen to Clay’s interview with Chris Mayer here | YouTube Video.
Listen to Clay’s interview with Hendrick Bessimbinder here | YouTube Video.
Listen to William Greens’ interview with Bryan Lawrence here | YouTube Video.
Listen to Clay’s interview with Morgan Housel here | YouTube Video.
Listen to Clay’s interview with John Huber here | YouTube Video.
Listen to Kyle’s review of What I Learned About Investing From Darwin here | YouTube Video.
Listen to Kyle’s interview with Annie Duke here | YouTube Video.
Listen to Kyle’s review of the Nomad Partnership Letters here | YouTube Video.
Listen to Stig’s interview with Mohnish Pabrai here | YouTube Video.
Follow Kyle on Twitter and LinkedIn.
Check out all the books mentioned and discussed in our podcast episodes <...

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TIP435: Why the Youngest Billionaire Walked Away from Wall Street w/ John Arnold & Michael Faye

We Study Billionaires - The Investor’s Podcast Network

04/01/22 • 60 min

Trey Lockerbie chats with a powerhouse duo, billionaire philanthropist, John Arnold and the cofounder of GiveDirectly, Michael Faye. They discuss Billionaire Philanthropy Strategies and much more!

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN:

02:57 - John's relationship with money and experience with philanthropy.
07:48 - John's experience as an early employee at Enron, becoming the head of their natural gas trading desk. His early career that led him to become the youngest billionaire in the US in 2007.
15:48 - John's journey in founding his own hedge fund.
51:17 - What led Michael to cofound GiveDirectly.
52:44 - How GiveDirectly operates and why it’s important to start your own philanthropy efforts today.
And a whole lot more!

*Disclaimer: Slight timestamp discrepancies may occur due to podcast platform differences.

BOOKS AND RESOURCES

Join the exclusive TIP Mastermind Community to engage in meaningful stock investing discussions with Stig, Clay, and the other community members.
ArnoldVentures.org.
AccelerateCharitableGiving.org.
John on Elon's recent $5.7B DAF contribution.
GiveDirectly.org/WSB - listeners get their first gift to people in extreme poverty matched up to $1000
Michael's op-ed on Foundations / DAFs.
John Arnold’s Twitter.
Michael Faye’s Twitter.
Arnold Ventures’ Twitter.
Give Directly’s Twitter.
Trey Lockerbie Twitter.

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TIP671: Unconventional Value: Contrarian Thinking and Outperformance w/ Larry Connor

We Study Billionaires - The Investor’s Podcast Network

10/27/24 • 58 min

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 critical importance of being disciplined to your core values, and a whole lot more!

Larry Connor is the founder and managing partner of The Connor Group. He founded the Connor group in 1992 with $400k and one investor to purchase three apartment communities. Today, the business has over 1,300 investors and $5 billion in assets. It operates in 18 markets across the United States. Larry is also the founder of The Connor Group Kids & Community Partners, a non-profit organization that helps disadvantaged kids in communities where The Connor Group operates.

IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN:

00:00 - Intro

09:17 - The power of thinking of assets as operating businesses

12:11 - Why process is so essential in the refining process for filtering ideas

15:05 - Why Larry looks to purchase train wreck operations, he can optimize at the highest possible rates

17:51 - How utilizing counter-cyclicality is vital to outperformance

20:36 - Why you should position your business to grow during economic turmoil

21:33 - Why to think of failure as a learning experience and why failing is necessary to have exceptional returns

32:51 - The importance of people, plan, process, and perseverance in the success equation

35:30 - The importance of treating employees as owners and how Larry successfully aligned incentives

39:14 - Why being unconstrained from conventional thinking is so important

44:19 - Why long-term thinking has been so powerful for building conviction during economic downturns and how that long-term thinking has been vital to success

And so much more!

Disclaimer: Slight discrepancies in the timestamps may occur due to podcast platform differences.

BOOKS AND RESOURCES

Join the exclusive TIP Mastermind Community to engage in meaningful stock investing discussions with Stig, Clay, Kyle, and the other community members.
Follow Larry Connor on LinkedIn.
Learn more about Larry Connor here.
Follow Kyle on Twitter and LinkedIn.
Check out all the books mentioned and discussed in our podcast episodes here.
Enjoy ad-free episodes when you subscribe to our Premium Feed.

NEW TO THE SHOW?

Follow our official social media accounts: X (Twitter) | LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook | TikTok.
Check out our We Study Billionaires Starter Packs.
Browse through all our episodes (complete with transcripts) here.
Try our tool for picking stock winners and managing our portfolios: TIP Finance Tool.
Enjoy exclusive perks from our favorite Apps and Services.
Stay up-to-date on financial markets and investing strategies through our daily newsletter, We Study Markets.
Learn how to better start, manage, and grow your business with the best business podcasts.

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TIP230: Billionaire Larry Ellison Lessons (Business Podcast)

We Study Billionaires - The Investor’s Podcast Network

02/17/19 • 27 min

On today's show, we learn valuable lessons from Silicon Valley billionaire Larry Ellison.

IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN:

How to deal with critique and search for the truth.
How the very early years of a persons life might greatly impact their personality and approach to solving problems.
Why Apple might not have been the Apple we know today without Larry Ellison.
The Investor’s Podcast: What is the difference between Warren Buffett’s Owner Earning and EBITDA.

BOOKS AND RESOURCES

Join the exclusive TIP Mastermind Community to engage in meaningful stock investing discussions with Stig, Clay, and the other community members.
Preston’s video about Owner’s Earnings.

NEW TO THE SHOW?

Check out our We Study Billionaires Starter Packs.
Browse through all our episodes (complete with transcripts) here.
Try our tool for picking stock winners and managing our portfolios: TIP Finance Tool.
Enjoy exclusive perks from our favorite Apps and Services.
Stay up-to-date on financial markets and investing strategies through our daily newsletter, We Study Markets.
Learn how to better start, manage, and grow your business with the best business podcasts.

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