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Investment as a probabilistic, positive EV game

The guest argued that the firm's core investment philosophy is to think in probabilistic terms, focusing on positive expected value by assessing scenarios and understanding how to lose money in any investment.

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CONTESTED · 701 MENTIONS · 370 EPISODES · 49 SHOWS

30 JUN 2025 — 16 AUG 2026 · 2D AGO

162 SUPPORT · 75 CHALLENGE · 2 REPEAT · 462 MENTIONED

30 JUN 2025 · FIRST HEARD
THE ALPHA EXCHANGE
- Meme stock phenomenon driven by leveraged retail options
292 EPISODES NOT SHOWN
22 APR 2026
GOLDMAN SACHS EXCHANGES · 2 MENTIONS
- Investment as a probabilistic, positive EV game · THIS IDEA
- AI revolution to impact every industry and portfolio
52 EPISODES BETWEEN · 97 MENTIONS · 18 NOT KEPT
1. 18 EPISODES NOT SHOWN
2. 28 JUL 2026 · 3W AGO
  EXCESS RETURNS · 2 MENTIONS
  - Variance as risk misleads long-term investors
  - Focused portfolios increase long-term outperformance odds
3. 30 JUL 2026 · 3W AGO
  OPTIMAL FINANCE DAILY
  - Inactivity outperforming active portfolio management over time
4. 30 JUL 2026 · 3W AGO
  CAPITAL ALLOCATORS
  - Mid-market real asset funds outperform mega-caps
5. 30 JUL 2026 · 3W AGO
  THE RATIONAL REMINDER PODCAST
  - Redefining risk as goal failure versus volatility
6. 30 JUL 2026 · 3W AGO · CHALLENGES
  COMMODITY CULTURE
  - Cash allocation to avoid market drawdowns
7. 30 JUL 2026 · 3W AGO
  THE DERIVATIVE
  - Trend following requires discipline, not constant tinkering
8. 31 JUL 2026 · 3W AGO
  MASTERS IN BUSINESS · 2 MENTIONS
  - T-minus 20 years as critical portfolio structuring window
  - Product returns often differ from investor experience
9. 1 AUG 2026 · 2W AGO
  COMMODITY CULTURE · 2 MENTIONS
  - Declare war on feelings, think vs feel
  - Compounding and sloth as the greatest edge
10. 2 AUG 2026 · 2W AGO
  YET ANOTHER VALUE PODCAST · 3 MENTIONS
  - Longitudinal interviews build credibility assessment
  - AI amplifies alpha from great interviewing
  - Management interview value varies by investment style
11. 3 AUG 2026 · 2W AGO
  BLOOMBERG SURVEILLANCE · 2 MENTIONS
  - Market underpricing physical goods shortage risk · CHALLENGES
  - Look outside tech to cash-flowing, dividend-paying names
12. 3 AUG 2026 · 2W AGO
  WEALTHION - BE FINANCIALLY RESILIENT · 2 MENTIONS
  - Real assets as a core portfolio holding
  - Energy as a 'paid to wait' sector
13. 4 AUG 2026 · 2W AGO
  THE JULIA LA ROCHE SHOW · 2 MENTIONS
  - Observer discipline over headline chasing
  - Avoid long-term bonds, protect capital first · CHALLENGES
14. 4 AUG 2026 · 2W AGO
  THE KNOWLEDGE PROJECT · 2 MENTIONS
  - Cognitive self-management for business performance
  - Contrarian value investing for alpha
15. 4 AUG 2026 · 2W AGO
  EXCESS RETURNS
  - All trading strategies have a finite lifespan
16. 4 AUG 2026 · 2W AGO · CHALLENGES
  THOUGHTFUL MONEY · 2 MENTIONS
  - AI bubble exceeds dot-com, debt funding at risk
  - Another 'lost decade' for stocks ahead
17. 4 AUG 2026 · 2W AGO
  BLOOMBERG SURVEILLANCE
  - Markets becoming discerning within AI winners and losers
18. 4 AUG 2026 · 2W AGO
  MONETARY MATTERS WITH JACK FARLEY · 6 MENTIONS
  - Five-star screen for risky assets
  - Market driven by extrapolators and corporate flows, not fundamentals
  - Multi-agent model explains market puzzles
  - Overweight non-US equities on valuation
  - Combining value and momentum is most robust
  - Static asset allocators drive market volatility
19. 4 AUG 2026 · 2W AGO
  WEALTHION - BE FINANCIALLY RESILIENT
  - Momentum factor break signals shift to value
20. 4 AUG 2026 · 2W AGO
  YET ANOTHER VALUE PODCAST
  - Thematic investing's price problem
21. 5 AUG 2026 · 2W AGO
  TOP TRADERS UNPLUGGED · 6 MENTIONS
  - Team diversity and consensus decision-making
  - Secondary market for private assets as a source of alpha
  - Diversifier hedge funds for uncorrelated returns
  - Skepticism on bonds as equity hedge · CHALLENGES
  - Private investments must clear public hurdle
  - Yale model's deeper lesson on inefficiency
22. 5 AUG 2026 · 2W AGO
  BLOOMBERG SURVEILLANCE
  - Market timing is a wealth-damaging disease
23. 5 AUG 2026 · 2W AGO
  THOUGHTFUL MONEY
  - Cleansing bubble excesses for a better future
24. 5 AUG 2026 · 2W AGO
  WEALTHION - BE FINANCIALLY RESILIENT
  - Patience over chasing: 'buy low or just say no'
25. 6 AUG 2026 · 2W AGO
  OPTIMAL FINANCE DAILY
  - For most, ignore market waves with a boring strategy
26. 6 AUG 2026 · 2W AGO
  THE ACQUIRERS PODCAST · 3 MENTIONS
  - Management teams over-maximize a single variable
  - Illiquidity in micro-caps as a double-edged sword
  - Screen for micro-caps via capital allocation purity
27. 6 AUG 2026 · 2W AGO
  THE RATIONAL REMINDER PODCAST · 2 MENTIONS
  - Just keep buying through bull and bear markets
  - Personal experience vs market-cap reality gap
28. 6 AUG 2026 · 2W AGO
  THE JULIA LA ROCHE SHOW · 2 MENTIONS
  - Capital preservation as the current imperative
  - Passive investing as a flawed long-term strategy · CHALLENGES
29. 6 AUG 2026 · 2W AGO
  EXCESS RETURNS · 2 MENTIONS
  - Investing is playing a game with constraints
  - Key lesson: Avoid unforced errors
30. 6 AUG 2026 · 2W AGO
  THE DERIVATIVE
  - Implementation details are key in risk premium strategies
31. 6 AUG 2026 · 2W AGO · CHALLENGES
  WEALTHION - BE FINANCIALLY RESILIENT
  - Higher rates threaten to pop equity bubble
32. 7 AUG 2026 · 2W AGO
  GOLDMAN SACHS EXCHANGES · 2 MENTIONS
  - Oil service as a COVID dislocation play
  - 30-year TIPS as a gift on absolute value
33. 7 AUG 2026 · 2W AGO
  THE BEST EVER CRE SHOW
  - Radical transparency builds investor trust
34. 7 AUG 2026 · 2W AGO
  MASTERS IN BUSINESS · 3 MENTIONS
  - SPAC trading loss as a risk management lesson
  - SPAC bubble fueled by pandemic retail mania
  - Market cycles accelerating due to information speed
35. 8 AUG 2026 · 1W AGO
  TOP TRADERS UNPLUGGED · 4 MENTIONS
  - AI trade unwind highlights theme concentration risk
  - Slower trend speeds outperforming in 2024
  - Trend as a diversifier against an AI bubble burst
  - Leverage as a diversification tool
36. 8 AUG 2026 · 1W AGO
  EXCESS RETURNS
  - Extreme consensus signals market reversal risk
37. 8 AUG 2026 · 1W AGO
  THE POMP PODCAST
  - AI stock lows are in, new highs ahead
38. 8 AUG 2026 · 1W AGO
  THE TWENTY MINUTE VC · 2 MENTIONS
  - Discipline versus fund size in venture
  - Applied AI as a value theme ahead of momentum
39. 8 AUG 2026 · 1W AGO
  PLANET MICROCAP PODCAST · 2 MENTIONS
  - Catalyst-driven microcap investing
  - Seeking uncorrelated, recession-resistant microcaps
40. 8 AUG 2026 · 1W AGO
  THOUGHTFUL MONEY
  - Factor rotation model outperforming market
41. 9 AUG 2026 · 1W AGO
  WE STUDY BILLIONAIRES - THE INVESTORS PODCAST NETWORK · 2 MENTIONS
  - Dynamic asset allocation via risk environment signals
  - Skepticism on factor investing's future efficacy
42. 9 AUG 2026 · 1W AGO
  THOUGHTFUL MONEY
  - Risk management as trend-following, not predicting
43. 10 AUG 2026 · 1W AGO
  PROF G MARKETS
  - Advice: diversify and de-leverage ahead of correction
44. 11 AUG 2026 · 1W AGO
  THE LONG VIEW · 2 MENTIONS
  - Diversification remains prudent even for business builders
  - Complex investment products often hinder wealth building
45. 12 AUG 2026 · 6D AGO
  THE OPTIONS INSIDER RADIO NETWORK
  - European self-sufficiency as a long-term theme
46. 12 AUG 2026 · 6D AGO
  MONETARY MATTERS WITH JACK FARLEY
  - Market turning points are non-random signals
47. 13 AUG 2026 · 5D AGO
  THE OPTIONS INSIDER RADIO NETWORK
  - Market psychology: arguing with price action
48. 13 AUG 2026 · 5D AGO
  THE ALPHA EXCHANGE · 4 MENTIONS
  - Diversify return drivers, not just asset classes
  - Passive investing & pod shops increase fragility · CHALLENGES
  - Portfolio overlay targets robust alpha with tail protection
  - Systematic risk management avoids leverage blow-ups
49. 13 AUG 2026 · 5D AGO · CHALLENGES
  THE RATIONAL REMINDER PODCAST
  - Hyperscalers transitioning from cash cows to cash consumers
50. 13 AUG 2026 · 5D AGO
  MACROVOICES
  - Asset allocation in speculation regime
51. 14 AUG 2026 · 4D AGO
  GOLDMAN SACHS EXCHANGES: THE MARKETS
  - Long-term value in elevated real yields
52. 14 AUG 2026 · 4D AGO
  THE MEB FABER SHOW · 5 MENTIONS
  - High cash allocation for optionality
  - Reduce US equity concentration, add Japan/EM
  - Secular shift: bonds are confiscation, gold is duration
  - Stocks soar in dollars, lag in real terms
  - Gold as the essential real-return anchor
53. 14 AUG 2026 · 4D AGO
  BLOOMBERG SURVEILLANCE · 4 MENTIONS
  - Trend deterioration signals exit, not picking tops
  - Position sizing as the secret sauce
  - AI trade vacillates between infrastructure and ROI
  - Market risk is earnings growth slowdown
14 AUG 2026 · 4D AGO
BLOOMBERG SURVEILLANCE
- Overweight cash penalizes long-term growth
14 AUG 2026 · 4D AGO
MASTERS IN BUSINESS · 3 MENTIONS
15 AUG 2026 · 3D AGO
TOP TRADERS UNPLUGGED
- Trend following as early trend capture
15 AUG 2026 · 3D AGO
PLANET MICROCAP PODCAST
- Concentrated portfolio in high-conviction names
15 AUG 2026 · 3D AGO
THE POMP PODCAST
- Bayesian mindset for adjusting to new data
16 AUG 2026 · 2D AGO
THOUGHTFUL MONEY
- Production for security as a durable macro trend

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