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Quality compounders at a discount

The investment philosophy was described as 'more Buffett than Graham,' favoring high-quality, compounder businesses when they are cheap, rather than deep-value 'net nets.'

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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
256 EPISODES NOT SHOWN
9 APR 2026
THE ACQUIRERS PODCAST · 3 MENTIONS
- Current market shows extreme speculation · CHALLENGES
- Quality compounders at a discount · THIS IDEA
- Private engagement over public activism
52 EPISODES BETWEEN · 97 MENTIONS · 54 NOT KEPT
1. 54 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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