Human nature drives repeating market cycles
The guest argued that human nature is slow to change, which is why financial bubbles and crashes repeat throughout history, as people are driven by the same desires for recognition, wealth, and to avoid pain.
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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
- THE ALPHA EXCHANGE
- 79 EPISODES NOT SHOWN
- THE BUSINESS BREW · 4 MENTIONS
- Managing downside risk to improve investor outcomes
- Diversified 80-stock portfolio to manage volatility
- Firm structure as alpha generator via reduced friction
- Human nature drives repeating market cycles · THIS IDEA
52 EPISODES BETWEEN · 97 MENTIONS · 231 NOT KEPT
- 231 EPISODES NOT SHOWN
- EXCESS RETURNS · 2 MENTIONS
- OPTIMAL FINANCE DAILY
- CAPITAL ALLOCATORS
- THE RATIONAL REMINDER PODCAST
- COMMODITY CULTURE
- THE DERIVATIVE
- MASTERS IN BUSINESS · 2 MENTIONS
- COMMODITY CULTURE · 2 MENTIONS
- YET ANOTHER VALUE PODCAST · 3 MENTIONS
- BLOOMBERG SURVEILLANCE · 2 MENTIONS
- WEALTHION - BE FINANCIALLY RESILIENT · 2 MENTIONS
- THE JULIA LA ROCHE SHOW · 2 MENTIONS
- THE KNOWLEDGE PROJECT · 2 MENTIONS
- EXCESS RETURNS
- THOUGHTFUL MONEY · 2 MENTIONS
- BLOOMBERG SURVEILLANCE
- MONETARY MATTERS WITH JACK FARLEY · 6 MENTIONS
- WEALTHION - BE FINANCIALLY RESILIENT
- YET ANOTHER VALUE PODCAST
- TOP TRADERS UNPLUGGED · 6 MENTIONS
- BLOOMBERG SURVEILLANCE
- THOUGHTFUL MONEY
- WEALTHION - BE FINANCIALLY RESILIENT
- OPTIMAL FINANCE DAILY
- THE ACQUIRERS PODCAST · 3 MENTIONS
- THE RATIONAL REMINDER PODCAST · 2 MENTIONS
- THE JULIA LA ROCHE SHOW · 2 MENTIONS
- EXCESS RETURNS · 2 MENTIONS
- THE DERIVATIVE
- WEALTHION - BE FINANCIALLY RESILIENT
- GOLDMAN SACHS EXCHANGES · 2 MENTIONS
- 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
- 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
HOW THE SHOWS HAVE DISCUSSED THIS THESIS OVER TIME · NOT A PERFORMANCE RECORD