18 episodes

The Insightful Investor is a weekly podcast hosted by Alex Shahidi, Co-CIO of one of the nation’s leading RIAs. In a conversational, “fireside chat” format, Alex interacts with some of the world’s premier investors and business icons to share market insights rarely found elsewhere. While many investors echo common sentiments, our “insights” include concepts that we believe are counterintuitive, widely misunderstood, or underappreciated. With over two decades of experience managing billions of dollars in client assets, Alex offers unique access to some of the industry’s top thinkers. He has authored two investment books and contributed to leading journals, and he consistently ranks among the elite financial advisors by Forbes and Barron’s. As an independent and innovative voice, Alex offers a fresh take on investing. We invite you to tune in and would love to hear your feedback.

https://insightfulinvestor.org/

Insightful Investor Alex Shahidi

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    • 5.0 • 8 Ratings

The Insightful Investor is a weekly podcast hosted by Alex Shahidi, Co-CIO of one of the nation’s leading RIAs. In a conversational, “fireside chat” format, Alex interacts with some of the world’s premier investors and business icons to share market insights rarely found elsewhere. While many investors echo common sentiments, our “insights” include concepts that we believe are counterintuitive, widely misunderstood, or underappreciated. With over two decades of experience managing billions of dollars in client assets, Alex offers unique access to some of the industry’s top thinkers. He has authored two investment books and contributed to leading journals, and he consistently ranks among the elite financial advisors by Forbes and Barron’s. As an independent and innovative voice, Alex offers a fresh take on investing. We invite you to tune in and would love to hear your feedback.

https://insightfulinvestor.org/

    #17 - Hal Hershfield: Behavioral Finance, Future Self

    #17 - Hal Hershfield: Behavioral Finance, Future Self

    Hal is a Professor of Marketing, Behavioral Decision Making, and Psychology at UCLA’s Anderson School of Management, and the author of Your Future Self: How to Make Tomorrow Better Today. Hal shares key insights about how people make decisions and common behavioral biases.

    • 59 min
    #16 - Gerard O'Reilly: DFA, Financial Science, Indexing

    #16 - Gerard O'Reilly: DFA, Financial Science, Indexing

    Gerard is Co-CEO, Co-CIO and Director of Dimensional Fund Advisors. DFA applies financial science to investing and manages over $700B. Gerard shares his perspectives about flexible index investing, market cycles, diversification and AI.

    • 1 hr 15 min
    #15 – Kjerstin Hatch: Muni Bond Market

    #15 – Kjerstin Hatch: Muni Bond Market

    Kjerstin is Founder and Managing Principal of Lapis Advisers, which she launched in 2009 to focus on special situation securities in the municipal bond market. Kjerstin provides insights into the unique nature of the muni market and the inefficiencies that lead to investment opportunities.

    • 52 min
    #14 – Glenn August: Oak Hill Advisors, Private Credit

    #14 – Glenn August: Oak Hill Advisors, Private Credit

    Glenn is Founder, Senior Partner and CEO of Oak Hill Advisors, a $63B alternative investment firm. In a broad ranging conversation, Glenn talks about his formative years in the investment industry, explains how to scale an organization and shares insights about private credit.

    • 1 hr 18 min
    #13 – Jim Haskel: Bridgewater, Diversification, Outlook

    #13 – Jim Haskel: Bridgewater, Diversification, Outlook

    Jim is a Senior Portfolio Strategist and Head of Client Service at Bridgewater Associates, the world’s largest hedge fund. He is also Editor of the Bridgewater Daily Observations, which launched about 40 years ago. Jim discusses his experience at Bridgewater and shares insights about diversification and his market outlook.

    • 1 hr 4 min
    #12 - Jeremy Grantham: Bubbles, AI, Climate Change, Population Growth

    #12 - Jeremy Grantham: Bubbles, AI, Climate Change, Population Growth

    Jeremy Grantham is the Co-Founder and Long-Term Investment Strategist of GMO, which manages over $60B. Jeremy discusses his background and shares fascinating insights about a broad range of topics including investment bubbles, AI, crypto, reversion to the mean, climate change, population growth and natural resources.

    • 1 hr 42 min

Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5
8 Ratings

8 Ratings

aaroniba ,

Indeed insightful

I really like this podcast. Like Alex himself, his guests are deep thinkers, and I enjoy how Alex guides the conversation along.

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