Millennial Investing - The Investor’s Podcast Network

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Millennial Investing - The Investor’s Podcast Network

Millennial Investing by The Investor’s Podcast Network is hosted by Shawn O'Malley.  This popular podcast has been downloaded over 10 million times and dives into a range of topics from a value investor’s perspective. From the lessons of history’s best investors to breaking down interesting companies, outlining different approaches to stock investing, recapping the most influential investing books ever written, and more — Millennial Investing has everything you need to help you on your investment journey.Tune in each week and start growing your knowledge and wealth today! Follow Shawn on X @Shawn_OMalley_. Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm

  1. MI381: Joel Greenblatt: Behind the Magic Formula w/ Shawn O’Malley

    2 DAYS AGO

    MI381: Joel Greenblatt: Behind the Magic Formula w/ Shawn O’Malley

    In today’s episode, Shawn O’Malley (@Shawn_OMalley_) takes you into the classroom of legendary investor Joel Greenblatt, sharing his biggest takeaways from watching Greenblatt’s lectures at Columbia. Greenblatt is a wildly successful investor, professor, founder of the Value Investor’s Club forum, and best-selling author of some of the most popular stock investing books ever written. You’ll learn how Greenblatt thinks about the upside and downside potential for investments through three case studies, how Joel Greenblatt derived his Magic Formula for investing, why buying cheap stocks still works even though the strategy is well-known, where to look for the rarest but most attractive types of stock investments, what was Joel Greenblatt’s biggest investing mistake, plus so much more!  Prefer to watch? Click here to watch this episode on YouTube. IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN 00:00 - Intro 02:34 - How to think through stock investments via case studies on the best pitches ever submitted to the Value Investor’s Club forum 03:02 - How Joel Greenblatt derived the Magic Formula for investing 05:12 - Which investments are the rarest but most attractive 07:34 - Why it’s important to condense an investment thesis down to just a few sentences 11:52 - How bankruptcy restructurings can actually generate undervalued and overlooked stocks 19:02 - Why so many great investors get their start with microcap stocks and special situations 30:16 - Why value investing still works and has worked across time 41:29 - How Joel Greenblatt made his biggest investing mistake And much, much 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 Kyle and the other community members. Joel Greenblatt's book, The Little Book that Beats the Markets. Watch the Video summary of The Little Book that Beats the Markets. Joel Greenblatt’s site: MagicFormulaInvesting.com. Playlist of Joel Greenblatt’s video lectures. Check out Value Investors Club (VIC). Norbert Lou interview (Charlie479). Joel Greenblatt’s 2022 interview on the Richer, Wiser, Happier podcast | YouTube Video. Joel Greenblatt’s 2021 interview on the We Study Billionaires podcast | YouTube Video. Check out NVR Pitch on VIC. Take a look at the NII Pitch on VIC. See the SGDE Pitch on VIC. Review the WNMLA Pitch on VIC. Check out the books mentioned in the podcast 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 Millennial Investing Starter Packs. Browse through all our episodes (complete with transcripts) here. Try Kyle's favorite tool for picking stock winners and managing our portfolios: TIP Finance. 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. SPONSORS Support our free podcast by supporting our sponsors: Toyota Bluehost Fundrise Public Airbnb NetSuite Connect with Shawn: Twitter | LinkedIn | Email HELP US OUT! Help us reach new listeners by leaving us a rating and review on Spotify! It takes less than 30 seconds and really helps our show grow, which allows us to bring on even better guests for you all! Thank you – we really appreciate it!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm

    57 min
  2. MI380: Hidden Compounders: The Best Stocks Hiding In Plain Sight w/ Shawn O’Malley

    2 DEC

    MI380: Hidden Compounders: The Best Stocks Hiding In Plain Sight w/ Shawn O’Malley

    In today’s episode, Shawn O’Malley (@Shawn_OMalley_) discusses the concept of hidden compounders, where some of the most boring businesses can make the best long-term investments. Compared to well-known compounders like Apple and Amazon, which have well-known track records in compounding returns for investors, there are loads of lesser-known companies with less obvious competitive advantages that operate in less exciting industries with equally impressive track records in recent years.  You’ll learn what it means to be a hidden compounder, why many hidden compounders have invisible moats, what to look for in finding hidden compounders, what makes companies like Old Dominion and Teqnion so successful, why intangible assets can provide more enduring advantages than physical assets, why Peter Lynch loves boring businesses, plus so much more! Prefer to watch? Click here to watch this episode on YouTube. IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN 00:00 - Intro 03:13 - What is a hidden compounder, and how to think about their invisible moats 03:43 - Why Peter Lynch loves boring businesses 06:44 - What signs to look for in identifying hidden compounders 31:36 - What the Lindy effect is, and how it relates to hidden compounders 32:27 - How Warren Buffett has set the standard for investing in boring, hidden compounders 37:48 - Why intangible competitive advantages can be the most enduring 40:17 - Morgan Stanley’s conclusions on investing in compounders And much, much 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 Kyle and the other community members. We Study Billionaires episode 295 with Mohnish Pabrai | YouTube Video. Millennial Investing episode 373 on Monster Beverage | YouTube Video. Millennial Investing episode 379 on quality investing for the long-term | YouTube Video. Read One Up On Wall Street by Peter Lynch. Check out Invisible Moats blog post from Chris Mayer. Guy Spier’s interview with Mohnish Pabrai on Hidden Moats. Check out Teqnion stock explained, YouTube interview for We Study Billionaires. Morgan Stanley’s 2016 report on the value of equity “compounders”. Check out the books mentioned in the podcast 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 Millennial Investing Starter Packs. Browse through all our episodes (complete with transcripts) here. Try Kyle's favorite tool for picking stock winners and managing our portfolios: TIP Finance. 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. SPONSORS Support our free podcast by supporting our sponsors: Toyota Bluehost Fundrise Public Airbnb NetSuite Connect with Shawn: Twitter | LinkedIn | Email HELP US OUT! Help us reach new listeners by leaving us a rating and review on Spotify! It takes less than 30 seconds and really helps our show grow, which allows us to bring on even better guests for you all! Thank you – we really appreciate it!  Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm

    54 min
  3. MI379: Quality Investing: Learnings From John Huber w/ Shawn O’Malley

    25 NOV

    MI379: Quality Investing: Learnings From John Huber w/ Shawn O’Malley

    In today’s episode, Shawn O’Malley (@Shawn_OMalley_) explores the fundamentals of, and merits in, being a long-term, quality-focused investor, using John Huber’s success and philosophy as an example to follow. Huber is the rare money manager who truly aligns incentives with his investors by using the template created by Warren Buffett back in his days before Berkshire Hathaway.  You’ll learn about what makes Huber’s fee structure special, Huber’s philosophy for investing long-term in high-quality companies, how time-arbitrage gives long-term investors a structural advantage in markets, how to blend both a focus on value and quality, the importance of assessing compounding power, how much to pay for quality companies, how changes in valuation multiples affect returns even for great businesses, plus so much more!  Prefer to watch? Click here to watch this episode on YouTube. IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN 00:00 - Intro 01:36 - Why John Huber used the Buffett partnership fee structure in his fund 03:44 - How time-arbitrage gives investors an advantage over time 04:55 - What it means to find investments where you can win big, and if you lose, not lose much 11:40 - How to calculate ROIC and why it matters for compounders 28:11 - What price to pay for the highest-quality businesses 32:33 - How changes in price-to-earnings multiples can affect returns over time 35:36 - How to blend both value and quality as investing styles And much, much 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 Kyle and the other community members. Saber Capital Management’s website. Check out What Is Your Investing Edge? Article from John Huber. John Huber’s latest interviews on Millennial Investing (YouTube Video) and We Study Billionaires (YouTube Video). Follow John’s Substack: Base Hit Investing. Buffett’s 1987 shareholder letter discussing returns on capital. Check out the books mentioned in the podcast 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 Millennial Investing Starter Packs. Browse through all our episodes (complete with transcripts) here. Try Kyle's favorite tool for picking stock winners and managing our portfolios: TIP Finance. 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. SPONSORS Support our free podcast by supporting our sponsors: Toyota Bluehost Fundrise Public Airbnb NetSuite Connect with Shawn: Twitter | LinkedIn | Email HELP US OUT! Help us reach new listeners by leaving us a rating and review on Spotify! It takes less than 30 seconds and really helps our show grow, which allows us to bring on even better guests for you all! Thank you – we really appreciate it!  Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm

    55 min
  4. MI378: The Aggressive Conservative Investor: Lessons From Martin Whitman w/ Shawn O'Malley

    18 NOV

    MI378: The Aggressive Conservative Investor: Lessons From Martin Whitman w/ Shawn O'Malley

    In today’s episode, Shawn O’Malley (@Shawn_OMalley_) explores the highs and lows of famed investor Martin Whitman’s career. Whitman is the founder of Third Avenue Management, which, at its peak in 2006, managed 26 billion dollars across a handful of funds. For nearly two decades, Whitman outperformed market benchmarks with average annual returns of 12 percent.  Whitman’s approach to investing is unique, and in this episode, you’ll learn about why the balance sheet is just as important or more important than the income statement, how Whitman got his reputation for being a “vulture” investor, how Whitman was able to profit from companies going through bankruptcy, the legal differences between being a bondholder and stockholder, what Whitman looks for in the companies he owns long-term, and takeaways from Whitman’s legacy, plus so much more!  Prefer to watch? Click here to watch this episode on YouTube. IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN 00:00 - Intro 07:13 - Why investors should focus on creditworthiness 08:20 - Why the balance sheet is just as important or more important than the income statement 11:35 - How Whitman’s legacy was tarnished by the 2008 Financial Crisis 15:05 - How to assess earnings power using assets 28:58 - What strategies Whitman used to beat the market averages 35:09 - How different markets have varying degrees of efficiency 37:42 - What issues Whitman has with current accounting standards 43:16 - The case for thinking more like a creditor in stock investing And much, much 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 Kyle and the other community members. Request a free copy of Whitman’s book, Dear Fellow Shareholders, on this page. Whitman’s book Distress Investing. Case studies on legend investors from past episodes: Howard Marks, Bill Ackman, Bill Miller, George Soros. William Thorndike Jr.'s book, The Outsiders. Hunter Hopcroft’s blog post on Martin Whitman — check out Hunter on Twitter. Check out the books mentioned in the podcast 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 Millennial Investing Starter Packs. Browse through all our episodes (complete with transcripts) here. Try Kyle's favorite tool for picking stock winners and managing our portfolios: TIP Finance. 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. SPONSORS Support our free podcast by supporting our sponsors: Toyota Bluehost Fundrise Public Airbnb NetSuite Connect with Shawn: Twitter | LinkedIn | Email HELP US OUT! Help us reach new listeners by leaving us a rating and review on Spotify! It takes less than 30 seconds and really helps our show grow, which allows us to bring on even better guests for you all! Thank you – we really appreciate it!  Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm

    58 min
  5. MI377: How Aswath Damodaran Invests Across The Corporate Lifecycle w/ Shawn O’Malley

    11 NOV

    MI377: How Aswath Damodaran Invests Across The Corporate Lifecycle w/ Shawn O’Malley

    In today’s episode, Shawn O’Malley (@Shawn_OMalley_) discusses how companies can age just like people, how to define and understand the corporate life cycle, why the corporate decline phase is both inevitable and almost always poorly managed, how to invest across the corporate life cycle, plus so much more from studying Aswath Damodaran and recent research from Michael Mauboussin & Dan Callahan of Morgan Stanley. Aswath Damodaran is a renowned professor of finance at NYU who recently published a book on corporate life cycles. Shawn pulls from Aswath and other sources in painting an actionable picture of the corporate life cycle and how it affects investors while also diving into case studies on three aging companies: Intel, Walgreens, and Starbucks. Prefer to watch? Click here to watch this episode on YouTube. IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN 00:00 - Intro 02:18 - Why companies age  07:37 - What the corporate life cycle looks like 18:03 - How companies can age gracefully (and why most don’t) 23:35 - How Intel, Walgreens, and Starbucks face different and similar challenges of aging 29:23 - Which declining stock Aswath Damodaran is investing in 34:31 - Investing strategies based on the corporate life cycle 36:59 - Why it’s important to diversify across the corporate life cycle 43:19 - Why younger companies carry more duration risk And much, much 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 Kyle and the other community members. Clay Finck’s interview with Aswath Damodaran on We Study Billionaires | YouTube Video. Morgan Stanley’s paper on stages of the corporate life cycle.  Damodaran’s free online course about the corporate life cycle. Book: The Corporate Lifecycle by Aswath Damodaran. Book: The Little Book of Valuation by Aswath Damodaran. Blog post on the investing implications of the corporate life cycle. Check out the case study on aging on Intel, Starbucks, and Walgreens. Aswath Damodaran’s YouTube channel. Aswath Damodaran’s free mobile app for valuation. Check out the books mentioned in the podcast 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 Millennial Investing Starter Packs. Browse through all our episodes (complete with transcripts) here. Try Kyle's favorite tool for picking stock winners and managing our portfolios: TIP Finance. 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. SPONSORS Support our free podcast by supporting our sponsors: Toyota Bluehost Fundrise Public Airbnb NetSuite Connect with Shawn: Twitter | LinkedIn | Email HELP US OUT! Help us reach new listeners by leaving us a rating and review on Spotify! It takes less than 30 seconds and really helps our show grow, which allows us to bring on even better guests for you all! Thank you – we really appreciate it!  Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm

    58 min
  6. 4 NOV

    MI376: Why Do Great Companies Fail? The Innovator’s Dilemma w/ Shawn O’Malley

    In today’s episode, Shawn O’Malley (@shawn_OMalley_) discusses why great companies fail, as outlined by Clayton Christensen in his timeless book, The Innovator’s Dilemma, which was first published in 1997. The Economist actually named it one of the six most important business books ever written. Christensen was an academic and business consultant who wrote a number of compelling books, but the Innovator’s Dilemma is by far his best-known work. Christensen worked at Harvard Business School for a decade before founding a consulting firm in 2000 and a venture capital firm focused on investing in Southeast Asia in 2005.  In this episode, you’ll learn how disruptive innovations shift the status quo, the difference between disruptive and sustaining innovations, why companies can seemingly do everything right and still lose out to new competition, how following logical incentives can actually lead management to disregard threats from disruptive technology, why disruptive technologies tend to emerge on the fringes of established customer demographics, and what companies can do to prepare themselves for the inevitable rise of disruptive technologies, plus so much more! Prefer to watch? Click here to watch this episode on YouTube. IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN 00:00 - Intro 02:11 - What is a disruptive innovation, and how it differs from sustaining innovations. 02:52 - How the “paradox” of innovation impacts industry leaders. 05:11 - Why even the best of the best companies aren’t immune to disruptive innovation. 08:03 - How to think about disruptive technologies from the vantage point of a value investor. 08:55 - How Tesla disrupted the automotive industry. 13:15 - Why the fast-paced hard-drive industry is such a good case study on innovation. 21:10 - How value networks shape biases and outcomes in companies. 31:28 - What industry leaders can do to manage disruptive innovation. 36:20 - How Honda stumbled into disruptive innovation in the U.S. market. *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 Kyle and the other community members. Sign up for TIP’s free newsletter, We Study Markets. The Innovator’s Dilemma by Clayton Christensen. Clayton Christensen’s website. Executive Summary of the book. Clayton Christensen’s Essential Articles, from the Harvard Business Review. Check out the books mentioned in the podcast 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 Millennial Investing Starter Packs. Browse through all our episodes (complete with transcripts) here. Try Kyle's favorite tool for picking stock winners and managing our portfolios: TIP Finance. 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. SPONSORS Support our free podcast by supporting our sponsors: Toyota Facet Fundrise Public Bluehost Airbnb Fundrise NetSuite Connect with Shawn: Twitter | LinkedIn | Email HELP US OUT! Help us reach new listeners by leaving us a rating and review on Spotify! It takes less than 30 seconds and really helps our show grow, which allows us to bring on even better guests for you all! Thank you – we really appreciate it!  Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm

    53 min
  7. MI375: How George Soros Beat the Markets: The Alchemy of Finance w/ Shawn O’Malley

    28 OCT

    MI375: How George Soros Beat the Markets: The Alchemy of Finance w/ Shawn O’Malley

    In today’s episode, Shawn O’Malley (@Shawn_OMalley_) discusses The Alchemy of Finance by George Soros. George Soros is a controversial political figure, but he is a legend on Wall Street. Many know him as the man who “broke the Bank of England” for his epic short bets against the British pound that broke its currency peg. Soros’s hedge fund is among the best performing ever, generating billions of dollars in wealth and giving rise to a number of Soros’s protégés who would make their own names for themselves.  You’ll learn about Soros’s life growing up in Nazi-occupied Hungary, how he went from immigrant to hedge fund titan, why philosophy and abstract thinking were critical to Soros’s success, Soros’s unique theory on investing called Reflexivity and how it has helped him throughout his career, which shortcomings Soros identified in markets, how he used reflexivity to profit from a boom in conglomerates, plus so much more! Prefer to watch? Click here to watch this episode on YouTube. IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN 00:00 - Intro 02:18 - What it was like for George Soros growing up in Nazi-occupied Hungary 03:15 - How Soros went from immigrant to hedge fund titan 10:01 - What is reflexivity, and how did Soros use it 12:16 - Why markets are a place to test hypotheses 24:30 - Why Soros thinks free markets have shortcomings 26:33 - What value investors miss about reflexivity and stock prices 29:45 - How Soros profited from a boom in conglomerates using reflexivity 32:06 - What causes reversals in markets  And much, much 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 Kyle and the other community members. George Soros's book, The Alchemy of Finance. George Soros's book, Soros on Soros: Staying Ahead of the Curve. George Soros’s wiki. How Soros broke the Bank of England. Check out the books mentioned in the podcast 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 Millennial Investing Starter Packs. Browse through all our episodes (complete with transcripts) here. Try Kyle's favorite tool for picking stock winners and managing our portfolios: TIP Finance. 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. SPONSORS Support our free podcast by supporting our sponsors: Toyota Bluehost Fundrise Public Airbnb NetSuite Connect with Shawn: Twitter | LinkedIn | Email HELP US OUT! Help us reach new listeners by leaving us a rating and review on Spotify! It takes less than 30 seconds and really helps our show grow, which allows us to bring on even better guests for you all! Thank you – we really appreciate it!  Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm

    54 min
  8. MI374: Fortune’s Formula: The Scientific Betting System For Beating Wall Street w/ Shawn O’Malley

    21 OCT

    MI374: Fortune’s Formula: The Scientific Betting System For Beating Wall Street w/ Shawn O’Malley

    In today’s episode, Shawn O’Malley (@Shawn_OMalley_) discusses the formula used by some of history’s best investors to systematically beat the market averages. It’s not a secret formula for winning if you don’t have any investing edge, but it is a system for maximizing wealth over time by properly sizing bets based on your conviction in terms of how favorable bets are for you ( your “edge.”) You’ll learn about the great minds of Bell Labs behind the Kelly formula, how Ed Thorpe used the Kelly formula to beat the dealers in Las Vegas, which investors have used the Kelly formula and found success with it, how to define having an “edge” in investing and what that can mean for you, the controversies surrounding the Kelly formula, and why the Kelly formula isn’t better known, plus so much more! Prefer to watch? Click here to watch this episode on YouTube. IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN 00:00 - Intro 01:57 - The origins of the esteemed Bell Labs and how its research led to the Kelly formula’s creation 02:27 -How to define and use the Kelly formula 18:22 - Why the Kelly formula is helpful 23:40 - Why there are limits to the Kelly formula 25:17 - How Ed Thorpe beat the dealer and the markets with the Kelly formula 28:22 - How Claude Shannon’s approach to beating the markets with the Kelly formula differed from Thorpe’s 36:38 - What it means to have an edge in markets  38:52 - Why the Kelly formula is controversial 41:02 - How to think about your own edge in markets 41:44 - Why the Kelly formula isn’t better known And much, much 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 Kyle and the other community members. Check out Fortune’s Formula by William Poundstone. Check out Beat the Dealer by Ed Thorpe. Read Beat the Market (free PDF) by Ed Thorpe. Bell Labs’ history. Read about the Information theory. The Kelly Formula, explained. William Thorndike's book The Outsiders. Check out the books mentioned in the podcast 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 Millennial Investing Starter Packs. Browse through all our episodes (complete with transcripts) here. Try Kyle's favorite tool for picking stock winners and managing our portfolios: TIP Finance. 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. SPONSORS Support our free podcast by supporting our sponsors: Toyota Bluehost Fundrise Public Airbnb NetSuite Connect with Shawn: Twitter | LinkedIn | Email HELP US OUT! Help us reach new listeners by leaving us a rating and review on Spotify! It takes less than 30 seconds and really helps our show grow, which allows us to bring on even better guests for you all! Thank you – we really appreciate it!  Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm

    58 min

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Millennial Investing by The Investor’s Podcast Network is hosted by Shawn O'Malley.  This popular podcast has been downloaded over 10 million times and dives into a range of topics from a value investor’s perspective. From the lessons of history’s best investors to breaking down interesting companies, outlining different approaches to stock investing, recapping the most influential investing books ever written, and more — Millennial Investing has everything you need to help you on your investment journey.Tune in each week and start growing your knowledge and wealth today! Follow Shawn on X @Shawn_OMalley_. Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm

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