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Commodities in a structural bull market
The guest argued the commodities asset class is in a structural bull market, driven by deglobalization, increased costs of doing business, and demand from AI and energy transition.
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CONTESTED · 794 MENTIONS · 402 EPISODES · 50 SHOWS
30 JUN 2025 — 26 AUG 2026 · YESTERDAY
190 SUPPORT · 88 CHALLENGE · 2 REPEAT · 514 MENTIONED
- THE ALPHA EXCHANGE
53 EPISODES BETWEEN · 128 MENTIONS · 342 NOT KEPT
- 342 EPISODES NOT SHOWN
- THE BEST EVER CRE SHOW
- MASTERS IN BUSINESS · 3 MENTIONS
- TOP TRADERS UNPLUGGED · 4 MENTIONS
- EXCESS RETURNS
- THE POMP PODCAST
- THE TWENTY MINUTE VC · 2 MENTIONS
- PLANET MICROCAP PODCAST · 2 MENTIONS
- THOUGHTFUL MONEY
- WE STUDY BILLIONAIRES - THE INVESTORS PODCAST NETWORK · 2 MENTIONS
- THOUGHTFUL MONEY
- ANIMAL SPIRITS · 3 MENTIONS
- PROF G MARKETS
- THE LONG VIEW · 2 MENTIONS
- THE OPTIONS INSIDER RADIO NETWORK
- MONETARY MATTERS WITH JACK FARLEY
- THE OPTIONS INSIDER RADIO NETWORK
- THE ALPHA EXCHANGE · 4 MENTIONS
- THE RATIONAL REMINDER PODCAST
- MACROVOICES
- GOLDMAN SACHS EXCHANGES: THE MARKETS
- THE MEB FABER SHOW · 5 MENTIONS
- BLOOMBERG SURVEILLANCE · 4 MENTIONS
- BLOOMBERG SURVEILLANCE
- MASTERS IN BUSINESS · 3 MENTIONS
- TOP TRADERS UNPLUGGED
- PLANET MICROCAP PODCAST
- THE POMP PODCAST
- THOUGHTFUL MONEY
- MONETARY MATTERS WITH JACK FARLEY
- MOTLEY FOOL MONEY
- PALISADES GOLD RADIO · 5 MENTIONS
- COMMODITY CULTURE · 3 MENTIONS
- EXCESS RETURNS · 9 MENTIONS
- Value investing's forgotten catalyst: time
- Misunderstood fundamentals create own catalyst
- Grassroots macro via bottom-up business analysis
- Passive investing creates active stock-picking opportunities
- AI's physical demand call on underinvested assets
- Negative news can signal long-term opportunity
- Avoiding mega-cap tech amid vertical competition · CHALLENGES
- Active ownership over traditional activism
- Analyze companies, don't just index
- THOUGHTFUL MONEY · 4 MENTIONS
- THE LONG VIEW · 2 MENTIONS
- WEALTHION - BE FINANCIALLY RESILIENT · 2 MENTIONS
- WEALTHION - BE FINANCIALLY RESILIENT
- TOP TRADERS UNPLUGGED · 13 MENTIONS
- AI earnings bottlenecks will dissipate
- Total Portfolio Approach: drivers over asset classes
- Growth and tech as core portfolio exposures
- Market-neutral strategies as scarce diversifiers
- Combine public and private credit for income
- AI supercharges fundamental analyst breadth and velocity
- Systematic multi-strat as hedge fund core
- Macro shift: supply-driven world replaces demand-driven
- Systematic strategies isolate pure alpha
- Greater dispersion boosts hedge fund opportunity
- The guest argued that portable alpha strategies, which separate beta exposure from a long-short market-neutral alpha engine, are a superior solution in concentrated equity markets.
- Modern portfolio beyond traditional 60/40
- Valuations not stretched in AI theme
- THE MEB FABER SHOW
- MASTERS IN BUSINESS · 5 MENTIONS
- PLANET MICROCAP PODCAST · 6 MENTIONS
- THOUGHTFUL MONEY
- THE GRANT WILLIAMS PODCAST
- THE COMPOUND AND FRIENDS
- THE JULIA LA ROCHE SHOW · 4 MENTIONS
- BLOOMBERG SURVEILLANCE
- EXCESS RETURNS · 7 MENTIONS
- Five core skills of stock picking
- Micro-cap investing requires active selling
- Active patience as a veteran skill
- Four-part survival guide for concentrated microcap
- Good, Great, and GOAT stock pickers defined
- Betting on proven leadership in early-stage shells
- Target 25% CAGR via growth, not multiple expansion
- THOUGHTFUL MONEY
- BLOOMBERG SURVEILLANCE
- THE LONG VIEW
- THE POMP PODCAST
- AFFORD ANYTHING
- TOP TRADERS UNPLUGGED · 4 MENTIONS
- ANIMAL SPIRITS
- PALISADES GOLD RADIO · 2 MENTIONS
- WEALTHION - BE FINANCIALLY RESILIENT · 3 MENTIONS
- MONETARY MATTERS WITH JACK FARLEY · 3 MENTIONS
- MONETARY MATTERS WITH JACK FARLEY
- Commodities in a structural bull market · THIS IDEA
- MASTERS IN BUSINESS
HOW THE SHOWS HAVE DISCUSSED THIS THESIS OVER TIME · NOT A PERFORMANCE RECORD