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    Squawk on the Street
    SOTS 2nd Hour: The September Set-up, Healthcare & Energy Playbooks, Plus: Pepsico/Kraft Heinz - Exclusive Comments 9/2/25

    Squawk on the Street

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2025 46:25


    First trading day of September and stocks taking a leg lower: Carl Quintanilla and Sara Eisen broke down the market set-up – along with fresh data and commentary around the consumer and prices paid top of the hour. Bespoke Invest Co-Founder Paul Hickey pointing out what he calls a bullish environment, while former Fed Vice Chair Alan Blinder gave his predictions for a make-or-break Jobs Report this Friday – and what could result from Fed Gov. Lisa Cook's ongoing DC trial. Plus: get key analysis and more on what to do with stocks in 2 volatile sectors – energy and healthcare, as headlines roll-out of Washington from both industries.   Also in focus: Kraft Heinz and Pepsico. Hear what Warren Buffett had to say about news Kraft Heinz plans to split the company – and why he's “disappointed” – along with Pepsico's response to a new activist investor in the name.  Squawk on the Street Disclaimer

    Handelsblatt Morning Briefing
    Arbeitsplätze: Der Staat hat kräftig eingestellt / Investment: Die kleine Krise von Berkshire

    Handelsblatt Morning Briefing

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2025 8:12


    Während in der Industrie Arbeitsplätze verschwinden, werden sie beim Staat neu geschaffen. Ob das die Servicequalität verbessert, ist fraglich. Steuergeld kostet es trotzdem.

    Global Value
    The Biggest Risk to Your Wealth Isn't the Market

    Global Value

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2025 10:37


    Most investors think the biggest danger comes from recessions, inflation, or the Fed. But Chris Davis, a $20B fund manager mentored by Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger, says the real threat is closer to home: your own behavior.In this episode, we break down why emotions sabotage returns, how to build the patience to outlast bubbles and crashes, and the timeless principles of value investing that have guided the Davis family for three generations.You'll learn:Why all real investing is value investing and everything else is gambling.The difference between growth, value, and dangerous momentum bets.How to protect your wealth from yourself by building discipline and systems.Lessons from Buffett and Munger on patience, resilience, and compounding.Whether you're a seasoned trader or just starting out, this episode will change how you think about risk and show you why mastering behavior is the ultimate edge.Want to support Global Value? https://www.interactivebrokers.com/mkt/?src=gvp1&url=%2Fen%2Fwhyib%2Foverview.phphttps://www.patreon.com/GlobalValueThank you for watching. ❤️ Please support the channel by checking out our affiliates. All commissions are reinvested to improve the quality of videos!- TIKR is the website I use for financial data in my videos. Join me and 250,000+ investors worldwide by using TIKR in your investment analysis. Referral link - https://www.tikr.com/globalvalue- Check out Seeking Alpha Premium and score an exclusive 20% off plus a free 7 day trial! Affiliate link - https://www.sahg6dtr.com/H4BHRJ/R74QP/- Try Sharesight https://www.sharesight.com/globalvalue (remember you get 4 months free if you sign up for an annual subscription!)

    Das Leben ist ein Spiel
    Warum langfristiges Denken entscheidend ist | Folge 117

    Das Leben ist ein Spiel

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2025 35:41


    Marco Mattes erklärt, wie er es geschafft hat, mit einem großen Zeithorizont die Resultate zu erreichen, die wirklich zählen. Inspiriert von Charles Munger und Warren Buffett betont er, dass wir oft überschätzen, was kurzfristig möglich ist, und unterschätzen, was langfristig erreicht werden kann. Es geht darum, Entscheidungen zu treffen, die auf Dauer wirken, eine Vision zu verfolgen und den Mut zu haben, in einer schnelllebigen Welt konsequent langfristig zu denken.

    How Ya Livin' ?
    Core Connections & Habits Series: Easy (Encore)

    How Ya Livin' ?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2025 20:09


    What do Warren Buffett, Oprah, Jeff Bezos, Kobe Bryant, and Tiger Woods have in common?  Each one mastered the easy in their respective fields. And mastering the easy is something you can do today to begin your journey to greatness no matter your endeavor.  Whether you're peeling a potato, waking up in the morning, or improving yourself, the only way to develop mastery is by mastering the basics.  Mastering the basics isn't as fun, but it unlocks your full potential in no time at all. And you can carry this mastery to everything else you attempt.  In this episode, you'll discover how mastering the easy unlocks an unlimited amount of opportunities in anything you try.  Listen now and begin your journey to mastery.  Show highlights include:  The “Mastering Easy” secret for achieving excellence in everything you do (2:09)  Why hand washing and waxing your car unleashes pure bliss throughout every bone in your body (3:15)  The “Every Single Detail” method for boosting your memory and unlocking your true potential (8:07)  Why using an alarm clock in the morning prevents you from attaining greatness (9:47)  How reading for 30 minutes every day can make you the wealthiest person in your neighborhood (10:43)  The “Train Hard, Fight Easy” mindset responsible for Tiger Woods's success (and how to apply this to everything you do) (15:25)  Do you want to stop existing and start living your best life right now? Click here to get the first chapter of Dr. Rick's best-selling book, Lessons From a Third Grade Dropout, for free.

    echtgeld.tv - Geldanlage, Börse, Altersvorsorge, Aktien, Fonds, ETF
    egtv #420 CK Hutchison, Berkshire, Nestlé & Diageo – Die neuesten Käufe von Helmut Jonen (waikiki5800)

    echtgeld.tv - Geldanlage, Börse, Altersvorsorge, Aktien, Fonds, ETF

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2025 101:19


    Helmut Jonen aka Waikiki5800 ist zurück bei echtgeld.tv! Was bewegt einen Investor mit über 40 Jahren Börsenerfahrung dazu, ausgerechnet jetzt bei CK Hutchison, Berkshire Hathaway, Diageo und Nestlé aufzustocken? In seinem Comeback bei echtgeld.tv beleuchtet Helmut Jonen gemeinsam mit Tobias Kramer nicht nur Bewertungs-Chancen, sondern auch politische Risiken – vom US-Wahljahr über China bis zur deutschen Rentenkrise. Und er spricht über Value-Chancen im Depot und wie man in unruhigen Zeiten nachjustiert.

    MONEY FM 89.3 - Your Money With Michelle Martin
    Market View: Buffett, BYD, and the Bulls

    MONEY FM 89.3 - Your Money With Michelle Martin

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2025 17:00


    Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway is doubling down on Japan’s trading houses — but what does the Oracle of Omaha see that others might miss? Tech stocks continue to power Wall Street, lifting indices to fresh highs. It’s our daily game of UP or DOWN: Meituan, Didi, Tesla vs BYD, Geo Energy, GuocoLand, and Pop Mart. Plus, a check on the Straits Times Index, with Thai Bev leading and Genting Singapore dragging.And for our Last Word: Cadillac speeds into Formula 1 with Sergio Pérez and Valtteri Bottas at the wheel. All this and more, hosted by Michelle Martin with Ryan Huang. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Podcasts der Shareholder Value Management AG

    Herzlich willkommen zu einem Blick auf eine Börsenlegende: Warren Buffett! Dieser legendäre Investor feiert am 30. August 2025 seinen 95. Geburtstag und ist immer noch aktiv. Sein Erfolgsgeheimnis und seine positive Lebenseinstellung machen ihn zum Vorbild für viele im Bereich Investment. ✍️ Frankfurter Investmentblog - Kapitalmarktupdates und Einzeltitel-Analysen: https://www.shareholdervalue.de/frankfurter-investmentblog ✍️ Frank Fischer Kolumne - Politik, Börse und Fonds-Updates: https://www.shareholdervalue.de/frank-fischer-kolumne

    JIJI news for English Learners-時事通信英語学習ニュース‐
    三菱商事株の保有比率10%超 日本の商社評価、買い増し―米バフェット氏

    JIJI news for English Learners-時事通信英語学習ニュース‐

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2025 0:29


    ウォーレン・バフェット氏、2015年4月撮影【ニューヨーク時事】米著名投資家ウォーレン・バフェット氏率いる投資会社バークシャー・ハサウェイによる三菱商事株の保有比率が議決権ベースで10%に達したことが28日、分かった。 Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. has raised its stake in Mitsubishi Corp. to over 10 pct, the Japanese trading house said Thursday.

    Lifestyle Asset University
    Episode 303 - Airbnb Adds Hotels, Friendly Debates, Housing Market Changes & MORE

    Lifestyle Asset University

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2025 45:08


    Want to learn more about Vodyssey or start your STR journey. Book a call here:https://meetings.hubspot.com/vodysseystrategysession/booknow?utm_source=vodysseycom&uuid=80fb7859-b8f4-40d1-a31d-15a5caa687b7In this episode of the Vacation Rental Revolution Podcast, hosts Shawn Moore and Jake Sheehy discuss various topics including the traditional 9 to 5 work model, Cracker Barrel's recent branding changes, Airbnb's expansion into the hotel industry, and Warren Buffett's significant investment in home builders.FOLLOW US:https://www.facebook.com/share/g/16XJMvMbVo/https://www.instagram.com/vodysseyshawnmoorehttps://www.facebook.com/vodysseyshawnmoore/https://www.linkedin.com/company/str-financial-freedomhttps://www.tiktok.com/@vodysseyshawnmooreChapters00:00:00 Intro00:03:39 Debate on the 9 to 5 Work Model00:14:21 Cracker Barrel's Branding Misstep00:20:43 Airbnb's Expansion into Hotels00:22:11 Booking.com and the Hotel Space Expansion00:28:18 Warren Buffett's Investment in Home Builders00:42:56 Timing the Market: When to Buy a Home

    George Kamel
    Warren Buffett's Brutal Plan to End America's Debt in 5 Minutes

    George Kamel

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2025 10:45


    Stuff That Interests Me
    The Useless Metal That Rules the World

    Stuff That Interests Me

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2025 16:57


    The Secret History of Gold comes out this week. Here for your viewing pleasure is a fim about gold based on the first chapter.“Gold will be slave or master”HoraceIn 2021, a metal detectorist with the eyebrow-raising name of Ole Ginnerup Schytz dug up a hoard of Viking gold in a field in Denmark. The gold was just as it was when it was buried 1,500 years before, if a little dirtier. The same goes for the jewellery unearthed at the Varna Necropolis in Bulgaria in 1972. The beads, bracelets, rings and necklaces are as good as when they were buried 6,700 years ago.In the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, there is a golden tooth bridge — a gold wire used to bind teeth and dental implants — made over 4,000 years ago. It could go in your mouth today.No other substance is as long-lasting as gold — not diamonds, not tungsten carbide, not boron nitride. Gold does not corrode; it does not tarnish or decay; it does not break down over time. This sets it apart from every other substance. Iron rusts, wood rots, silver tarnishes. Gold never changes. Left alone, it stays itself. And it never loses its shine — how about that?Despite its permanence, you can shape this enormously ductile metal into pretty much anything. An ounce of gold can be stretched into a wire 50 miles long or plate a copper wire 1,000 miles long. It can be beaten into a leaf just one atom thick. Yet there is one thing you cannot do and that is destroy it. Life may be temporary, but gold is permanent. It really is forever.This means that all the gold that has ever been mined, estimated to be 216,000 tonnes, still exists somewhere. Put together it would fit into a cube with 22-metre sides. Visualise a square building seven storeys high — and that would be all the gold ever.With some effort, you can dissolve gold in certain chemical solutions, alloy it with other metals, or even vaporise it. But the gold will always be there. It is theoretically possible to destroy gold through nuclear reactions and other such extreme methods, but in practical terms, gold is indestructible. It is the closest thing we have on earth to immortality.Perhaps that is why almost every ancient culture we know of associated gold with the eternal. The Egyptians believed the flesh of gods was made of gold, and that it gave you safe passage into the afterlife. In Greek myth, the Golden Apples of the Hesperides, which Hercules was sent to retrieve, conferred immortality on whoever ate them. The South Americans saw gold as the link between humanity and the cosmos. They were not far wrong.Gold was present in the dust that formed the solar system. It sits in the earth's crust today, just as it did when our planet was formed some 4.6 billion years ago. That little bit of gold you may be wearing on your finger or around your neck is actually older than the earth itself. In fact, it is older than the solar system. To touch gold is as close as you will ever come to touching eternity.And yet the world's most famous investor is not impressed.‘It gets dug out of the ground in Africa, or some place,' said Warren Buffett. ‘Then we melt it down, dig another hole, bury it again and pay people to stand around guarding it. It has no utility. Anyone watching from Mars would be scratching their head.'He's right. Gold does nothing. It does not even pay a yield. It just sits there inert. We use other metals to construct things, cut things or conduct things, but gold's industrial uses are minimal. It is a good conductor of electricity, but copper and silver are better and cheaper. It has some use in dentistry, medical applications and nanotechnology. It is finding more and more use in outer space — back whence it came — where it is used to coat spacecraft, astronauts' visors and heat shields. But, in the grand scheme of things, these uses are paltry.Gold's only purpose is to store and display prosperity. It is dense and tangible wealth: pure money.Though you may not realise it, we still use gold as money today. Not so much as a medium to exchange value but store it.In 1970, about 27 per cent of all the gold in the world was in the form of gold coinage and central bank or government reserves. Today, even with the gold standard long since dead, the percentage is about the same.The most powerful nation on earth, the United States, keeps 70 per cent of its foreign exchange holdings in gold. Its great rival, China, is both the world's largest producer and the world's largest importer. It has built up reserves that, as we shall discover, are likely as great as the USA's. If you buying gold or silver coins to protect yourself in these “interesting times” - and I urge you to - as always I recommend The Pure Gold Company. Pricing is competitive, quality of service is high. They deliver to the UK, the US, Canada and Europe or you can store your gold with them. More here.Ordinary people and institutions the world over use gold to store wealth. Across myriad cultures gold is gifted at landmark life events — births and weddings — because of its intrinsic value.In fact, gold's purchasing power has increased over the millennia, as human beings have grown more productive. The same ounce of gold said by economic historians to have bought King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon 350 loaves of bread could buy you more than 1,000 loaves today. The same gold dinar (roughly 1/7 oz) that, in the time of the Koran in the seventh century, bought you a lamb would buy you three lambs today. Those same four or five aurei (1 oz) which bought you a fine linen tunic in ancient Rome would buy you considerably more clothing today.In 1972, 0.07 ounces of gold would buy you a barrel of oil. Here we are in 2024 and a barrel of oil costs 0.02 ounces of gold — it's significantly cheaper than it was fifty years ago.House prices, too, if you measure them in gold, have stayed constant. It is only when they are measured in fiat currency that they have appreciated so relentlessly (and destructively).In other words, an ounce of gold buys you as much, and sometimes more, food, clothing, energy and shelter as it did ten years ago, a hundred years ago or even thousands of years ago. As gold lasts, so does its purchasing power. You cannot say the same about modern national currencies.Rare and expensive to mine, the supply of gold is constrained. This is in stark contrast to modern money — electronic, debt-based fiat money to give it its full name — the supply of which multiplies every year as governments spend and borrowing balloons.As if by Natural Law, gold supply has increased at the same rate as the global population — roughly 2 per cent per annum. The population of the world has slightly more than doubled since 1850. So has gold supply. The correlation has held for centuries, except for one fifty-year period during the gold rushes of the late nineteenth century, when gold supply per capita increased.Gold has the added attraction of being beautiful. It shines and glistens and sparkles. It captivates and allures. The word ‘gold' derives from the Sanskrit ‘jval', meaning ‘to shine'. That's why we use it as jewellery — to show off our wealth and success, as well as to store it. Indeed, in nomadic prehistory, and still in parts of the world today, carrying your wealth on your person as jewellery was the safest way to keep it.The universe has given us this captivatingly beautiful, dense, inert, malleable, scarce, useless and permanent substance whose only use is to be money. To quote historian Peter Bernstein, ‘nothing is as useless and useful all at the same time'.But after thousands of years of gold being official money, in the early twentieth century there was a seismic shift. Neither the British, German nor French government had enough gold to pay for the First World War. They abandoned gold backing to print the money they needed. In the inter-war years, nations briefly attempted a return to gold standards, but they failed. The two prevailing monetary theories clashed: gold-backed versus state-issued currency. Gold standard advocates, such as Montagu Norman, Governor of the Bank of England, considered gold to be one of the key pillars of a free society along with property rights and habeas corpus. ‘We have gold because we cannot trust governments,' said President Herbert Hoover in 1933. This was a sentiment echoed by one of the founders of the London School of Economics, George Bernard Shaw — to whom I am grateful for demonstrating that it is possible to have a career as both a comedian and a financial writer. ‘You have to choose (as a voter),' he said, ‘between trusting to the natural stability of gold and the natural stability of the honesty and intelligence of the members of the Government… I advise you, as long as the Capitalist system lasts, to vote for gold.'On the other hand, many, such as economist John Maynard Keynes, advocated the idea of fiat currency to give government greater control over the economy and the ability to manipulate the money supply. Keynes put fixation with gold in the Freudian realms of sex and religion. The gold standard, he famously said after the First World War — and rightly, as it turned out — was ‘already a barbarous relic'. Freud himself related fascination with gold to the erotic fantasies and interests of early childhood.Needless to say, Keynes and fiat money prevailed. By the end of the 1930s, most of Europe had left the gold standard. The US followed, but not completely until 1971, in order to meet the ballooning costs of its welfare system and its war in Vietnam.But compare both gold's universality (everyone everywhere knows gold has value) and its purchasing power to national currencies and you have to wonder why we don't use it officially today. There is a very good reason: power.Sticking to the discipline of the gold standard means governments can't just create money or run deficits to the same extent. Instead, they have to rein in their spending, which they are not prepared to do, especially in the twenty-first century, when they make so many promises to win elections. Balanced books, let alone independent money, have become an impossibility. If you seek an answer as to why the state has grown so large in the West, look no further than our system of money. When one body in a society has the power to create money at no cost to itself, it is inevitable that that body will grow disproportionately large. So it is in the twenty-first century, where state spending in many social democracies is now not far off 50 per cent of GDP, sometimes higher.Many arguments about gold will quickly slide into a political argument about the role of government. It is a deeply political metal. Those who favour gold tend to favour small government, free markets and individual responsibility. I count myself in that camp. Those who dismiss it tend to favour large government and state planning.I have argued many times that money is the blood of a society. It must be healthy. So much starts with money: values, morals, behaviour, ambitions, manners, even family size. Money must be sound and true. At the moment it is neither. Gold, however, is both. ‘Because gold is honest money it is disliked by dishonest men,' said former Republican Congressman Ron Paul. As Dorothy is advised in The Wizard of Oz (which was, as we shall discover, part allegory), maybe the time has come to once again ‘follow the yellow brick road'.On the other hand, maybe the twilight of gold has arrived, as Niall Ferguson argued in his history of debt and money, The Cash Nexus. Gold's future, he said, is ‘mainly as jewellery' or ‘in parts of the world with primitive or unstable monetary and financial systems'. Gold may have been money for 5,000 years, or even 10,000 years, but so was the horse a means of transport, and then along came the motor car.A history of gold is inevitably a history of money, but it is also a history of greed, obsession and ambition. Gold is beautiful. Gold is compelling. It is wealth in its purest, most distilled form. ‘Gold is a child of Zeus,' runs the ancient Greek lyric. ‘Neither moth nor rust devoureth it; but the mind of man is devoured by this supreme possession.' Perhaps that's why Thomas Edison said gold was ‘an invention of Satan'. Wealth, and all the emotions that come with it, can do strange things to people.Gold has led people to do the most brilliant, the most brave, the most inventive, the most innovative and the most terrible things. ‘More men have been knocked off balance by gold than by love,' runs the saying, usually attributed to Benjamin Disraeli. Where gold is concerned, emotion, not logic, prevails. Even in today's markets it is a speculative asset whose price is driven by greed and fear, not by fundamental production numbers.Its gleam has drawn man across oceans, across continents and into the unknown. It lured Jason and the Argonauts, Alexander the Great, numerous Caesars, da Gama, Cortés, Pizarro and Raleigh. Brilliant new civilisations have emerged as a result of the quest for gold, yet so have slavery, war, deceit, death and devastation. Describing the gold mines of ancient Egypt, the historian Diodorus Siculus wrote, ‘there is absolutely no consideration nor relaxation for sick or maimed, for aged man or weak woman. All are forced to labour at their tasks until they die, worn out by misery amid their toil.' His description could apply to many an illegal mine in Africa today.The English critic John Ruskin told a story of a man who boarded a ship with all his money: a bag of gold coins. Several days into the voyage a terrible storm blew up. ‘Abandon ship!' came the cry. The man strapped his bag around his waist and jumped overboard, only to sink to the bottom of the sea. ‘Now,' asked Ruskin, ‘as he was sinking — had he the gold? Or had the gold him?'As the Chinese proverb goes, ‘The miser does not own the gold; the gold owns the miser.'Gold may be a dead metal. Inert, unchanging and lifeless. But its hold over humanity never relents. It has adorned us since before the dawn of civilisation and, as money, underpinned economies ever since. Desire for it has driven mankind forwards, the prime impulse for quest and conquest, for exploration and discovery. From its origins in the hearts of dying stars to its quiet presence today beneath the machinery of modern finance, gold has seen it all. How many secrets does this silent witness keep? This book tells the story of gold. It unveils the schemes, intrigues and forces that have shaped our world in the relentless pursuit of this ancient asset, which, even in this digital age, still wields immense power.That was Chapter One of The Secret History of Gold The Secret History of Gold is available to pre-order at Amazon, Waterstones and all good bookshops. I hear the audiobook, read by me, is excellent. The book comes out on August 28.Hurry! Amazon is currently offering 20% off.Until next time,Dominic This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.theflyingfrisby.com/subscribe

    Success Sundays With Harrison
    This One Shift Took Me From Burnout To BREAKTHROUGH

    Success Sundays With Harrison

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2025 4:25


    So many of us have been taught to hustle, grind, and force things to happen. But here's the truth: until you align with God's plan, all that striving is just vanity—it won't bring you lasting results.// If you're looking for exactly what it takes to succeed as an executive, then you're in the right place!So much of it comes down to becoming excellent at communication.In fact, Warren Buffet famously said,  “You can improve your value by 50% by learning communication skills or public speaking.”That's why Harrison and his wife, Eileen, created Speaking School™, so you can leverage effective communication to get anything you want from life.   For more, go to https://www.speakingschool.com/?el=hw-show https://www.speakingschool.com/?el=hw-show and grab the Elite Business Success Toolkit for free just for trying out our Speaking School™ membership. 

    Trends Podcast
    Trends Beleggen Podcast #226: Berkshire van premie naar korting - Aandelen: Lotus & Sipef

    Trends Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2025 23:26


    In tegenstelling tot de S&P500 die de recordkoersen aaneenrijgt, heeft de aandelenkoers van Berkshire Hathaway, de holding van Warren Buffett het al een tijdje moeilijk. Danny Reweghs vertelt waarom en fileert daarnaast de resultaten van koekjesbakker Lotus en diens palmolieleverancier Sipef. In Trends podcasts vind je alle podcasts van Trends en Trends Z, netjes geordend volgens publicatie.  De redactie van Trends brengt u verschillende podcasts over wat onze wereld en maatschappij beheerst.  Vanuit diverse invalshoeken en met een uitgesproken focus op economie en ondernemingen, op business, personal finance en beleggen.  Onafhankelijk, relevant, telkens constructief en toekomstgericht. 

    FreightCasts
    Tariffs, Rail Splits, and Rate Plummets | FreightWaves Editorial

    FreightCasts

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2025 19:03


    This week, we dive into the pivotal shifts creating a complex and challenging freight landscape. We start at the U.S.-Mexico border, where a fascinating paradox is unfolding: U.S. tariffs are leading to job losses in the maquiladora industry, even as wages and foreign investment hit record highs. Then, we shift tracks to the rail industry, where Warren Buffett's BNSF is rejecting the mega-merger trend, creating a strategic split among Class I railroads. We also cover urgent regulatory changes, including the sudden elimination of the de minimis exemption that's throwing international parcel shipping into chaos, and the federal crackdown on trucker compliance that comes with multi-million dollar penalties. Finally, we break down why trans-Pacific ocean rates have plummeted to pre-Red Sea crisis lows, despite ongoing geopolitical risks. This is your essential guide to the interconnected forces that will define your operational strategy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    The Business of Meetings
    285: What Buffett Never Said (But Every Small Business Owner Must Hear Before 2025 Ends)

    The Business of Meetings

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2025 8:26


    Now is a great time to reflect on both personal milestones and business goals! Planning your priorities now can set you up for a strong finish to this year and prepare you for a successful start to 2026. Transitions and Emotional Awareness When your children start school or college, it can be emotionally intense as it reminds you how quickly time passes. Embracing the emotions of those moments can help you process change while you focus on other areas of life.  Planning Your Year-End Goals With roughly 85 working days left in the year, it is essential to define what you want to accomplish before this year comes to an end. You should also start thinking about next year.  Using Mind Maps Effectively Mind maps make it easier to translate abstract ideas into actionable steps. They can help you organize your ideas, set your priorities, and clarify your objectives. Mind mapping is a technique popularized by Tony Buzan that visually allows you to structure ideas around a central topic. Mapping your thoughts for the rest of this year and next will help you to identify your priorities and avoid distractions.  The 25-5 Rule Prioritization is the key. Identify your top 25 goals first, then select the five of your most critical objectives. Focus on those five, and deliberately avoid distractions from the remaining 20. That will ensure your energy goes toward what truly matters. Eric explains that even if the famous Warren Buffett story about this method is unverified, the principle of disciplined prioritization is still powerful. Action and Focus Once you have set your priorities, dedicate your energy to achieving your top goals. The rest of the year will go quickly, so focus on what matters most to determine your success, both personally and professionally. Preparing now will set the stage for a productive and fulfilling year-end and a strong start to 2026. Connect with Eric Rozenberg On LinkedIn Facebook Instagram On Website Listen to The Business of Meetings podcast Subscribe to The Business of Meetings newsletter  

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    Are you looking to save time, make money, and start winning with less risk? Then head to https://www.ovtlyr.com.What does Michael Burry really see in today's market? In this video, we break down his boldest portfolio moves in years, what he sold, what he bought, and what it all means for traders right now. This isn't just about following a famous name. It's about understanding the psychology, the timing, and the signals that drive conviction trades when the rest of the market is uncertain.While most investors are still stuck playing defense, Burry has gone on offense. After clearing out a dozen major positions in Q1—including giants like Alibaba, Baidu, and JD.com—he came back in Q2 with a shockingly tight portfolio. Just five names now make up nearly his entire book, and each one reveals a lot about how he's positioning for the next phase of the market.Here's what you'll learn in this video:➡️ Why Burry dumped Chinese tech, healthcare, and consumer brands in Q1➡️ The concentrated list of five stocks he loaded up on in Q2➡️ Why Lululemon, down 50% from highs, could be a contrarian play➡️ Bruker and Regeneron as health-care names with unique setups➡️ MercadoLibre's explosive growth and why it's Latin America's Amazon➡️ UnitedHealth as the classic Burry pick—cash-rich, stable, temporarily beaten down➡️ How OVTLYR's trend template and fear & greed models expose the difference between “crashing up” and “crashing down” stocks➡️ Why price action and moving averages beat so-called fair value every timeWe also dive into OVTLYR 4.0 and how new breadth models and sector heatmaps are delivering results up to 6X stronger than before. With upgrades like 10/20/50 EMA filters, sector vs. SPY strength comparisons, and real-time fear & greed scoring, traders now have a sharper edge to catch moves while avoiding traps.The big takeaway: don't confuse headlines with signals. Michael Burry, Warren Buffett, or anyone else trades on their own time frames, and blindly copying them rarely works. The key is building your own plan, sticking to your own risk rules, and treating your account like a fund manager would. That means respecting the trend, avoiding “hope” trades, and waiting for setups that align with your rules.Whether it's yoga pants at Lululemon, biotech instruments from Bruker, or e-commerce dominance from MercadoLibre, the lesson is the same: price trends and math-backed signals matter far more than hype or ratios. If you're serious about trading with clarity, OVTLYR gives you the framework to save time, cut risk, and take higher-probability trades.Trading isn't about chasing every move. It's about knowing when to sit out, when to press in, and when to let the market prove itself before you commit. Watch this breakdown to see how Burry's moves stack up against the data, and how you can use the same disciplined approach to sharpen your own edge.Gain instant access to the AI-powered tools and behavioral insights top traders use to spot big moves before the crowd. Start trading smarter today

    Money Talks
    Money Talks| Warren Buffett quotes

    Money Talks

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2025 48:35


    Money Talks is hosted by Dr Nancy Lottridge Anderson, President of New Perspectives and Ryder Taff, Portfolio Manager at New Perspectives. To email a question to the show, send it to money@mpbonline.org. In this episode, we discuss some colorful quotes from Warren Buffett and dig in to the meaning. If you enjoy listening to this podcast, please consider contributing to MPB. https://donate.mpbfoundation.org/mspb/podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Retirement Coffee Talk
    Should We Follow Warren Buffett's Current Investment Strategy? | A Retirement Lesson from George Carlin | The One Question You Should Ask Yourself BEFORE You Retire

    Retirement Coffee Talk

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2025 27:00


    On this episode: Warren Buffett is pulling back from the stock market. Should you? We all need a place for our stuff. Is all your financial stuff in the right place? Are you ready to retire? First ask yourself THIS. Like this episode? Hit that Follow button and never miss an episode!

    Squawk on the Street
    “Powell Rally” and Beyond, Trump and the Intel Stake, Keurig Dr Pepper's $18B Deal 8/25/25

    Squawk on the Street

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2025 42:43


    After Friday's big rally fueled by Fed Chair Powell's Jackson Hole speech, Carl Quintanilla, Jim Cramer and David Faber explored what's ahead for stocks -- including Nvidia's earnings due out Wednesday. Sticking with chips: the anchors reacted to President Trump's social media post stating the U.S. government taking a 10% stake in Intel is "making the USA RICHER, AND RICHER." National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett spoke on CNBC about the potential for similar investments in other companies. Also in focus: Keurig Dr Pepper agrees to buy Peet's Coffee parent JDE Peet's in an $18 billion deal, a historic box office win for Netflix, "Faber Report" on CSX, railroad M&A and where Warren Buffett fits into the picture. Squawk on the Street Disclaimer

    The Young Investors Podcast
    Warren Buffett & Michael Burry Bought A New Stock

    The Young Investors Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2025 40:53


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    Real Estate News: Real Estate Investing Podcast
    Warren Buffett Bets $1 Billion on U.S. Homebuilders

    Real Estate News: Real Estate Investing Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2025 2:58


    Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway just invested nearly $1 billion in homebuilders Lennar and D.R. Horton. Kathy Fettke unpacks why Buffett is doubling down on housing, what it signals for supply, demand, and policy, and what investors should watch as the market heats up. LINKS: JOIN RealWealth® FOR FREE https://realwealth.com/join-step-1  FOLLOW OUR PODCASTS Real Wealth Show: Real Estate Investing Podcast https://link.chtbl.com/RWS SOURCE: https://www.housingwire.com/articles/berkshire-hathaways-warren-buffett-bets-big-on-homebuilders/

    Your Retirement Navigator
    Charting the Course: Navigating Market Turns and Retirement Challenges

    Your Retirement Navigator

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2025 30:01


    Strap yourselves in for this week's episode of "Your Retirement Highway," where financial aficionados Kyle Jones and Matt Allgeyer of Fyra Capital Management guide you through the ever-changing landscape of retirement planning. Feeling adrift amid market volatility, soaring energy costs, and inflation fears? You're not alone—but fear not! Kyle and Matt have your roadmap to help you make sense of the chaos and set your course straight toward the retirement you've envisioned.In this engaging episode, we uncover key insights into maintaining your financial momentum amidst challenges as monumental as AI's rise in energy demand and steep market valuations. Can you balance the preservation of your nest egg with capturing market opportunities? What exactly does Warren Buffett know that most investors overlook? From the art of compounding to tax strategies, we've got the talking points to fuel your financial confidence. Don't miss out on this enlightening trip through today's financial maze—your future self will thank you for it.As always, remember this journey is educational—enlist the guidance of legal and compliance experts to ensure your personal situation aligns with your financial map.

    Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu
    From French Revolution to China's Rise: What Every American Needs to Know Now | The Tom Bilyeu Show LIVE

    Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2025 44:50


    From the unpredictable state of the global economy and the looming threats to the middle class, to hard-hitting takes on inflation, asset management, and the very real dangers of deficit spending—nothing is off the table. Tom unpacks why the erosion of the middle class is destabilizing society, shares timeless investment advice that goes beyond market hype (yes, even when it comes to bitcoin), and lays out the framework for how individuals and governments can respond to growing inequality. You'll also hear candid debates on the AI bubble, Warren Buffett's cash moves, housing deregulation, and the messy realities behind economic “solutions” like wealth redistribution and debt forgiveness. CHECK OUT OUR SPONSORS Vital Proteins: Get 20% off by going to ⁠https://www.vitalproteins.com⁠ and entering promo code IMPACT at check out Allio Capital: Macro investing for people who want to understand the big picture. Download their app in the App Store or at Google Play, or text my name “TOM” to 511511. SleepMe: Visit ⁠https://sleep.me/impact⁠ to get your Chilipad and save 20% with code IMPACT. Try it risk-free with their 30-night sleep trial and free shipping. Tailor Brands: 35% off ⁠https://tailorbrands.com/podcast35⁠Shopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at ⁠https://shopify.com/impact⁠Hims: Start your free online visit today at ⁠https://hims.com/IMPACT⁠. Even Realities: Smart glasses, real style ⁠https://evenrealities.bio/6e396d⁠ What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: If you want my help... STARTING a business:⁠ ⁠⁠join me here at ZERO TO FOUNDER⁠ SCALING a business:⁠ ⁠⁠see if you qualify here.⁠ Get my battle-tested strategies and insights delivered weekly to your inbox:⁠ ⁠⁠sign up here.⁠ ********************************************************************** If you're serious about leveling up your life, I urge you to check out my new podcast,⁠ Tom Bilyeu's Mindset Playbook⁠ —a goldmine of my most impactful episodes on mindset, business, and health. Trust me, your future self will thank you. ********************************************************************** Join me live on my⁠ Twitch stream⁠. I'm live daily from 6:30 to 8:30 am PT at⁠ ⁠⁠www.twitch.tv/tombilyeu⁠ ********************************************************************** LISTEN TO IMPACT THEORY AD FREE + BONUS EPISODES on APPLE PODCASTS:⁠ ⁠⁠apple.co/impacttheory⁠ ********************************************************************** FOLLOW TOM: Instagram:⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/⁠ Tik Tok:⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en⁠ Twitter:⁠ ⁠⁠https://twitter.com/tombilyeu⁠ YouTube:⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    No Payne No Gain Financial Podcast
    Common Sense Capitalism with John Catsimatidis Jr. Ep#215

    No Payne No Gain Financial Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2025 52:36


    Common Sense Capitalism with John Catsimatidis Jr. In this week's episode of Payne Points of Wealth, we sit down with John A. Catsimatidis Jr., President and COO of Red Apple Group, a $7 billion powerhouse spanning energy, supermarkets, media, real estate, and investments. In a wide-ranging conversation, we discuss how John applies elements of Warren Buffett's investment philosophy to his own portfolio management. We forecast the direction of energy prices and their impact on inflation, and explore what Fed interest rate cuts could mean for an ailing real estate market. We also dive into Gen Z's affordability crisis and how to solve the current New York City housing shortage without resorting to socialism. John's approach to life, business, and investing is refreshingly straightforward—rooted in common sense, the ability to integrate principles across many disciplines, driven with clarity & conviction. Whether you're an investor, entrepreneur, or just curious about the current forces shaping our economy, this episode offers invaluable insights from one of NYC's rising business leaders.

    Wealthion
    Government in Markets & Buffett in Healthcare: What Should You Own? | Rise UP!

    Wealthion

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2025 36:44


    Is there a bubble in markets driven by AI, and should you be concerned? This week on Rise UP!, Rise Growth Managing Partner Terri Kallsen sits down with Grimes & Company CEO/CIO Kevin Grimes and Financial Advisor Christopher Deeley to unpack the biggest stories moving markets ahead of Fed Chair Jay Powell's highly anticipated Jackson Hole address. From the U.S. government weighing a stake in Intel, to Warren Buffett's bold $5M UnitedHealthcare buy, to the sweeping new flexibility in 529 education savings plans, Kevin and Chris break down what these developments mean for investors and portfolios in today's volatile market. Get Chris and Kevin's great insights one-on-one with a free review of your portfolio. Go to https://www.wealthion.com/free and select Grimes & Company on the form. Hard Assets Alliance - The Best Way to Invest in Gold and Silver: https://hardassetsalliance.com/?aff=WTH Chapters: 1:49 - What's Going on with Intel? 6:46 - The Warren Buffett Effect and the Healthcare Sector 12:16 - 529 Plan Changes and the Expansion of Qualified Education Expenses 15:48 - How to Invest When Concerned About a Market Bubble 18:57 - What Other Options Are Out There Aside from the Mag7? 24:27 - What Are Some Good Long-Term Investments for High Risk Tolerance? 30:08 - Jay Powell's Jackson Hole Address - Any Surprises to Come? 31:35 - Consumer Confidence and GDP Revisions Next Week 32:29 - What to Watch For: PCE Reading Connect with us online: Website: https://www.wealthion.com X: https://www.x.com/wealthion Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wealthionofficial/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/wealthion/ ________________________________________________________________________ IMPORTANT NOTE: The information, opinions, and insights expressed by our guests do not necessarily reflect the views of Wealthion. They are intended to provide a diverse perspective on the economy, investing, and other relevant topics to enrich your understanding of these complex fields. While we value and appreciate the insights shared by our esteemed guests, they are to be viewed as personal opinions and not as investment advice or recommendations from Wealthion. These opinions should not replace your own due diligence or the advice of a professional financial advisor. We strongly encourage all of our audience members to seek out the guidance of a financial advisor who can provide advice based on your individual circumstances and financial goals. Wealthion has a distinguished network of advisors who are available to guide you on your financial journey. However, should you choose to seek guidance elsewhere, we respect and support your decision to do so. The world of finance and investment is intricate and diverse. It's our mission at Wealthion to provide you with a variety of insights and perspectives to help you navigate it more effectively. We thank you for your understanding and your trust. #Magnificent7 #BigTech #AIStocks #TechInvesting #StockBubble #Markets #Investing #Portfolio #StockMarket #WealthManagement Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Chit Chat Money
    6 Growth Stocks That Just Turned Profitable; Brett's Hot Buffett Take; Latest Super Investor Buys: Plus, We Have a New Chamath SPAC

    Chit Chat Money

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2025 64:52


    The Investing Power Hour is live-streamed every Thursday on the Chit Chat Stocks Podcast YouTube channel at 5:00 PM EST. This week we discussed:(01:05) Intel Nationalization and Government Involvement(10:01) Zoom Earnings Review and Market Position(15:37) Super Investors: 13F Season Insights(27:52) Warren Buffett's Investment in United Health(34:58) Buffett's Influence and Retirement(41:00) Chamath's SPAC Ventures(45:57) AI Innovations and Market Reactions(53:56) Growth Stocks Turning Profitable(01:02:40) Retail Roundup: Trends and Insights*****************************************************JOIN OUR NEWSLETTER AND CHAT COMMUNITY: https://chitchatstocks.substack.com/ *********************************************************************Chit Chat Stocks is presented by Interactive Brokers. Get professional pricing, global access, and premier technology with the best brokerage for investors today: https://www.interactivebrokers.com/ Interactive Brokers is a member of SIPC. *********************************************************************Fiscal.ai is building the future of financial data.With custom charts, AI-generated research reports, and endless analytical tools, you can get up to speed on any stock around the globe. All for a reasonable price. Use our LINK and get 15% off any premium plan: ⁠https://fiscal.ai/chitchat *********************************************************************Disclosure: Chit Chat Stocks hosts and guests are not financial advisors, and nothing they say on this show is formal advice or a recommendation.

    The Diary Of A CEO by Steven Bartlett
    Mohnish Pabrai (Billionaire Investor): The $100 Investment Hack That's Disappearing Fast! The Fastest Way To Financial Freedom!

    The Diary Of A CEO by Steven Bartlett

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2025 106:49


    Is copying Warren Buffett the fastest way to get rich? Mohnish Pabrai reveals the strategy to turn 1K into 10K in 30 days, quit your job safely, build passive income, and master the step-by-step formula millionaires actually use! Mohnish Pabrai is a renowned value investor and founder of Pabrai Funds, who is best known for his successful implementation of Warren Buffett's value investing principles. He is also the bestselling author of books such as, ‘The Dhandho Investor', which guides people on low-risk, high-return investing.  He explains:  ⬛ Why building passive income is simpler than you think ⬛ How to build a business or portfolio with no risk ⬛ Why copying ideas made Mohnish a millionaire ⬛ How to find low-risk, high-reward investment opportunities ⬛ Why 99% of people follow the wrong advice about money 00:00 Intro 02:27 Mental Models for Business and Investing 14:08 Never Start a Company for This Reason, It'll Fail 16:26 How to Focus Your Sales and Pitches 20:53 The Importance of Attention to Detail 26:39 Why the Low Engagement in 9–5 Jobs 34:44 How to Reach Financial Freedom 43:10 You Have to Reach Out to Thousands of Places 45:28 Signal vs. Noise Ratio 47:48 Ads 52:37 The 3 Categories All Humans Fall Into 56:35 How to Scale Your Company as a Solopreneur 59:25 Mastering the Art of Hiring 01:01:29 Hire Slow, Fire Fast 01:03:00 Do People Build More Wealth from Business or Investing? 01:06:12 The Magic of Compounding 01:11:10 How to Invest in Indexes 01:14:01 Ads 01:16:10 Why Do They Call You the Dhandho Investor? 01:17:45 The Patels' Framework to Take Over the U.S. Motel Industry 01:21:09 Heads I Win, Tails I Don't Lose Much 01:22:07 What Is the New Opportunity in the AI Era? 01:26:34 Business Moats 01:27:46 Loyalty Points Models 01:29:54 Is Apple a Good Investment? 01:34:55 The Importance of Making Fewer Big and Infrequent Bets 01:37:35 Is Day Trading Worth It? Can You Make Money from It? 01:38:16 Circling the Wagons Follow Mohnish: Instagram - https://bit.ly/4lCFFO6  YouTube - https://bit.ly/4fKRroh  You can purchase Mohnish's book, ‘The Dhandho Investor: The Low-Risk Value Method to High Returns', here: https://amzn.to/4mUZz88  The Diary Of A CEO: ⬛ Join DOAC circle here - https://doaccircle.com/  ⬛ Buy The Diary Of A CEO book here - https://smarturl.it/DOACbook  ⬛ The 1% Diary is back - limited time only: https://bit.ly/3YFbJbt  ⬛ The Diary Of A CEO Conversation Cards (Second Edition): https://g2ul0.app.link/f31dsUttKKb  ⬛ Get email updates - https://bit.ly/diary-of-a-ceo-yt  ⬛ Follow Steven - https://g2ul0.app.link/gnGqL4IsKKb  Sponsors: Fiverr - https://www.fiverr.com/diary with code DIARY for 10% off your first order Netflix - http://netflix.com/title/81725526  KetoneIQ - Visit https://ketone.com/STEVEN for 30% off your subscription order Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    WEALTHSTEADING Podcast investing retirement money stock market & wealth
    Warren Buffett keeps selling APPLE: should you? 250821

    WEALTHSTEADING Podcast investing retirement money stock market & wealth

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2025 20:32


    Episode 489 There are 3 reasons not to like Apple short term and none of them have anything to do with Warren Buffett. Sign up for free ALERTs & Market Commentary at:  https://www.investablewealth.com/subscribe/ ------------------------------------------------------

    The Best Storyteller In Texas Podcast
    Crisis, CO₂, and Carl Icahn: How Vicki Hollub Led Oxy Through the Storm

    The Best Storyteller In Texas Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2025 26:19


    "What do you do when oil prices crash, a pandemic hits, and your boardroom turns into a battlefield?" In this gripping continuation of Kent Hance's conversation with Vicki Hollub, CEO of Occidental Petroleum, listeners are taken behind the scenes of one of the most turbulent chapters in energy industry history. From navigating the high-stakes Anadarko acquisition to surviving a price war and global pandemic, Hollub shares how she led with resilience, strategy, and heart. This episode dives deep into: The moment Oxy's stock plummeted and how Hollub responded within hours. The emotional toll of cutting dividends and the tough calls that followed. Boardroom drama with Carl Icahn, and the importance of knowing who's truly on your team. Her candid conversations with Warren Buffett, and what she's learned from one of the world's greatest investors. Oxy's bold climate strategy, including the groundbreaking direct air capture technology and the acquisition of Carbon Engineering. Why leadership means putting people first, even when the stakes are high. With powerful reflections like, “You've got to be there when your employees need you the most,” and “Crises can either break you or bring you closer,” this episode is a masterclass in leadership under pressure. Whether you're in business, energy, or just love a good story of grit and innovation, this episode will leave you inspired and informed.

    The Courageous Life
    On Unlocking Our Primal Intelligence | Angus Fletcher

    The Courageous Life

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2025 65:38


    How are some people so much smarter than the rest of us? Where do visionary creatives and savvy decision-makers like Vincent Van Gogh, Marie Curie, Albert Einstein, Maya Angelou, Warren Buffet, and William Shakespeare,get their extraordinary mental abilities?In 2021, researchers at Ohio State's Project Narrative, the world's leading academic think-tank for the study of how stories work, and a place renowned for collaborations with NASA, Hollywood, and Silicon Valley, announced they had the answer. They named it Primal Intelligence. And they published scientific proof that Primal Intelligence was impossible for computers—but could be strengthened in humans.Intrigued, U.S. Army Special Operations developed Primal training for its most classified units. The training succeeded. The Operators saw the future faster. They healed quicker from trauma. In life-and-death situations, they chose wiser.From there the Army authorized training for civilian entrepreneurs, doctors, engineers, managers, coaches, teachers, investors, and NFL players. Their leadership and innovation improved significantly. They coped better with change and uncertainty. They experienced less anger and anxiety. And when they offered the training to college and K-12 classrooms it produced substantial effects in students as young as eight.In today's conversation with Angus Fletcher who serves as Professor of story science at Project Narrative,holds dual degrees in neuroscience and literature, a PhD in Shakespeare, and is author of the powerful new book: Primal Intelligence: You Are Smarter than You know.We'll take a deep dive into the groundbreaking research and training they've been developing at Project Narrative over the past 4 years. And Angus will share his often surprising and unexpected journey into this work. Including some of the most potent insights and practices he gained from collaborating with U.S. Special Operations along the way.To learn more about Primal Intelligence, including the inspiring new book, Angus's work, and Primal trainings please visit operationhuman.comEnjoying the show? Please rate it wherever you listen to your podcasts!Did you find this episode inspiring? Here are other conversations we think you'll love:On How the Arts Transform Us | Susan Magsamen & Ivy RossUnwinding Anxiety | Dr. Jud BrewerThanks for listening!Support the show

    C-SPAN Radio - C-SPAN's The Weekly
    Warren Buffett's Father: The Rep. Howard Buffett Story

    C-SPAN Radio - C-SPAN's The Weekly

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2025 14:36


    Think you know everything there is to know about Warren Buffett? You likely know how he got wealthy as CEO and chairman of Berkshire Hathaway.... And you probably know his support for Democratic Party politicians, like Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. .. And you might also remember President Obama giving him a Medal of Freedom. But did you know this: Warren Buffett's father was ... a member of Congress. Warren Buffett recently announced he's stepping down from Berkshire Hathaway. And that's what inspires this week's episode of C-SPAN's podcast "The Weekly." But instead of using that news to reflect on Warren Buffett's own connection to politics-- we focus on someone else: His father. What did Warren Buffett have to say about his father — a Republican congressman? What did Doris Buffett — Warren's sister — also say about Howard Buffett? And what did Howard Buffett say in Congress — at the height of the Cold War? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Becker Group C-Suite Reports Business of Private Equity
    8 Stories We Are Following This Morning 8-20-25

    Becker Group C-Suite Reports Business of Private Equity

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2025 2:20


    In this episode, Scott Becker covers eight key business stories including tech stock declines, Target's leadership changes, the growing US deficit, Warren Buffett's latest investments, and more.

    Coffee with Cascade
    QP: The Tapeworm Eating ODOT's Record Gas Tax Revenue

    Coffee with Cascade

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2025 1:25


    Governor Tina Kotek has called a special session of the legislature to secure more funding for the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT). She wants to raise gas taxes by six cents per gallon, double vehicle registration fees, and increase titling fees.The governor claims that ODOT revenue has been declining due to improved fuel economy of cars, but comprehensive annual reports online show the opposite, as does the Legislative Revenue Office presentation. In 2024 gas tax revenue hit an all-time high of $652 million, as nearly did registration and titling fees ($550 million) and weight and mile fees ($455 million). Total ODOT revenue increased by 30 percent between 2018 and 2024 while debt service increased 41 percent and is growing. The debt is not scheduled to be retired until 2049.It's not a revenue problem; it's a spending problem.First, since 2001, as part of the Oregon Transportation Investment Act bond program (OTIA), the legislature has forced ODOT to spend most new gas tax monies on construction projects while ignoring highway maintenance. Thus, while gas tax revenue has increased, the amount going to operations has decreased.Secondly, the legislature voted to sell nearly $4 billion in bonds backed by gas tax revenues. As a result, ODOT paid $358 million out of the gas tax revenues toward debt service last year compared to only $70 million in 2007.To paraphrase Warren Buffett, debt service is the tapeworm eating 55 percent of ODOT's gas tax money.When legislators meet on August 29th, they should repeal gas tax restrictions put in place by OTIA Programs I, II and III. They should also pay down ODOT's remaining bond debt of $3.9 billion with lottery funds. This would free up gas tax revenue to be spent on road maintenance and set a course correction ODOT and the people of Oregon need.  

    Becker Group Business Strategy 15 Minute Podcast
    8 Stories We Are Following This Morning 8-20-25

    Becker Group Business Strategy 15 Minute Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2025 2:20


    In this episode, Scott Becker covers eight key business stories including tech stock declines, Target's leadership changes, the growing US deficit, Warren Buffett's latest investments, and more.

    Market Mondays
    MM #272: NVIDIA- Bitcoin Buy Prices | Tabitha Brown on Target Boycott, Cedric Nash on $100M & Divorce Advice

    Market Mondays

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2025 121:04 Transcription Available


    This week on Market Mondays, we break down the biggest moves in the market as stock futures rise ahead of Zelensky's White House visit and Jerome Powell's speech at Jackson Hole. We also dive into the real risks facing retail — not Q2 earnings, but the weak forecasts driven by tariffs and cautious consumer behavior. On the crypto side, we debate if now is the right time to buy Bitcoin and share our picks for the stock or cryptocurrency with the most upside potential through year-end.We're joined by wealth-building expert Cedric Nash, who shares lessons from real estate, divorce, and prenups, as well as insights on structuring wealth that lasts. We also cover U.S. trade changes that hit Shein and Temu hard while boosting Amazon, break down why TQQQ isn't a smart long-term play compared to QQQ, and analyze Warren Buffett's surprising bet on UnitedHealth. Plus, we unpack how traders can start treating their portfolios like businesses, from reinvestments to taxes and personal spending.Later, Tabitha Brown joins us for a powerful conversation on the Target boycott, its impact on Black business owners, and the importance of marketing with purpose. We also answer the burning question for investors late to the party: what's the right entry point for NVDA? Don't miss this packed episode full of insights at the intersection of money, markets, and culture.Invest Fest Ticket Link: https://investfest.com (code: Reform) for free tickets (first 50)#MarketMondays #EarnYourLeisure #Investing #StockMarket #Crypto #Bitcoin #WealthBuilding #CedricNash #TabithaBrown #Retail #NVDA #TQQQ #QQQ #WarrenBuffett #Shein #Temu #AmazonOur Sponsors:* Check out PNC Bank: https://www.pnc.com* Check out Square: https://square.com/go/eylSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/marketmondays/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

    InvestTalk
    Why Investors Who Trade More Often Tend to Make Less

    InvestTalk

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2025 45:51 Transcription Available


    Warren Buffett has warned that frequent trading often leads to lower returns and instead he advocates for the patient, long-term approach of holding quality companies. Today's Stocks & Topics: EQT - EQT Corp., Market Wrap, DECK - Deckers Outdoor Corp., Why Investors Who Trade More Often Tend to Make Less, Cash Balance Plan, Bear Market in Equities?, Fed Rate Cut, DASH - DoorDash Inc., BX - Blackstone Inc., Credit Markets.Our Sponsors:* Check out Avocado Green Mattress: https://www.avocadogreenmattress.com* Check out Ka'Chava and use my code INVEST for a great deal: https://www.kachava.com* Check out Mint Mobile: https://mintmobile.com/INVESTTALK* Check out Upwork: https://upwork.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

    The W. Edwards Deming Institute® Podcast
    A Deming Approach to Real Estate

    The W. Edwards Deming Institute® Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2025 74:08


    Discover how Andy Novins turns business challenges into big wins! Andy shares with host Andrew Stotz how he uses Deming strategies to outsmart competitors, watch for market shifts, and win loyal clients in one of the toughest industries around. TRANSCRIPT Andrew Stotz: My name is Andrew Stotz and I'll be your host as we continue our journey into the teachings of Dr. W. Edwards Deming. Today, I'm here with featured guest Andy Novins. Andy, are you ready to join and share your Deming journey?   Andy Novins: I sure am. Yep.   Andrew Stotz: We've done a lot of prep for this, had some good conversations, and I'm looking forward to it. Let me introduce you to the audience. Andy first got introduced to the teachings of Dr. Deming more than 30 years ago and has been hooked ever since. He attended Dr. Deming's four-day seminar in August of 1993, only four months before the passing of Dr. Deming on December 20th of 1993 at the age of 93. Andy was a co-owner of a women's athletic apparel company, which was eventually purchased by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway. For the past 23 years, he's been applying Dr. Deming's philosophy to his work in real estate, which traditionally has operated in what could be described as in opposition to the teachings of Dr. Deming. Andy, why don't you tell us a little bit about what you're doing right now and maybe a little bit about how you got into what you're doing now, and then later we're going to talk a little bit about your experience with Dr. Deming and all that. But just let us know, where are you at? What are you doing?   Andy Novins: Okay. Well, I am in Northern Virginia, just outside Washington, D.C., and after my partners and I sold the company that Andrew just referred to, I had to decide what I was going to do. And I had about six months to do that because part of the contract required me to help the purchaser, which originally was Russell Corporation, a big athletic, they made all the Major League Baseball uniforms and everything. We had to transfer my company's systems to their systems, and that was one of the worst six months of my career, watching everything we had done, which was really all Deming-based, being sort of dismantled and worked into another Fortune 500 company at the time. It was, somewhat, actually it was a few years later that Berkshire Hathaway bought it, and it was because Russell was not doing very well. It was a rescue-type purchase by Berkshire Hathaway, which sort of had some satisfaction in mind that their systems weren't all that good. So that's where I got into Deming, and I've taken a lot of what I learned from the apparel company into real estate, which, as Andrew just mentioned, is very volume-centric, volume-focused, and focusing on processes as opposed to systems.   Andrew Stotz: And in the real estate world, for those people that don't know, let's say real estate, what position are you in? For instance, my sister is a mortgage broker in Maine, and that's a different place within the whole sphere of it, but maybe you can explain exactly where you are in the value chain.   Andy Novins: Okay. We focus on residential real estate. What we call in real estate farm, okay? I send out 5,000 newsletters a month that show to eight different areas, really, but they're all within, believe it or not, two miles of my house. And those news, I've been doing that for over 20 years. I've never made a cold call. I will never call anybody and say, are you thinking of selling or anything like that. Yet, using this process, which is all really Deming-based, I've done about 10 times the volume of any other realtor in the 5,000 homes that I service. It's the process... I don't want to use process. The system we used is based on Michael Porter, his concept of competitive advantage. And it's a system that's focused on a value chain, things that we do that other people can't do. For example, there are close to 300 sales a year in my 5,000 home market. I see every one of them. And when you see a house that's on the market, you know a lot more than anybody else does by looking at pictures. If you've ever been to an open house and after seeing it on the internet, it's a lot different than what you saw in the pictures. No other agent can do that because most agents in my area focus on Northern Virginia, which would be about 20,000 transactions a year, not 300. So they can't even try to compete with me in my area. So that's the whole concept of it is doing things. As Michael Porter would say, you have a value proposition. That's my expertise in my local area.   Andrew Stotz: Porter talks about different strategies. One, he says, is the low-cost leader. Another is the differentiation. And the third one he talks about is focus and where you're focused on a niche in the market. And then I guess I always kind of think that really he's talking about two, because with focus, you're picking a niche, but then you're going to either be a low-cost leader or probably a differentiator in that focused area. But when you talk about Porter and what he's teaching, can you explain a little bit more for those people that don't know what he talked about?   Andy Novins: Sure. Yes. Basically, yes. I mean, I'll never forget. My partner and I were at a breakfast, realtor breakfast at one point, and there was an agent sitting across the table from us and he said, I just got this listing. And he said, but I had to go down to 1%. And he's, you know, for commission. And at that time, commissions were pretty much 3%. And he kind of looked at us and said, that's better than nothing, right? And that's the low-cost. Low-cost producers will never win. It'll always be somebody else. And Porter says, you can't be the best either. Okay. There's no such thing as the best realtor. There's always going to be somebody else. So the concept for real estate is picking a niche, that for me, it was farming. I'm a pretty good writer. So I write a newsletter, and people call me when they're ready to sell their house. And it's worked beautifully for... I started that in 2003. Okay. But there's people that focus on luxury, the luxury market or people that focus on first time buyers, or people that focus on... There's all kinds of different niches downsizing or upsizing. And so you can become an expert in anything. And that's how you differentiate yourself in real estate.   Andrew Stotz: And that concept of not competing to be best that Porter talks about is great because it also forces you to think. You're focused on the wrong thing if you're focusing on how to beat the competitor. And I always enjoyed the fact that Deming was so focused on the customer.   Andy Novins: Yes.   Andrew Stotz: And that, I think with Porter, I like that. But with Deming, I just really love the idea that he saw quality in the eyes of the customer. He saw innovation and continuous improvement in relation to the customer as primary over trying to benchmark off of some competitor.   Andy Novins: Exactly. And if I go back to my apparel business, the name of our company was Moving Comfort, and we just made women's apparel. Nobody else ever stuck to just that. We were the only company. Just, everybody broadened out to try to get more. So again, it's the same concept of a niche. Okay. But one of the policies, I guess, we've developed, it was a Deming related policy, which was fun, okay, was when we made a mistake, which we often did, whether we shipped somebody the wrong thing or we did other things, our objective was to make the, delight the customer, as he would say, make them happy we made the mistake. And that didn't matter what that cost to do that, sending them free stuff, doing whatever. And I think that's a Deming concept that we used in the apparel business aside from many, many others. Back to real estate, that's, I don't know anybody else in the Washington area that does what we do, because nobody's willing, that's the so-called trade-offs. Nobody's willing to say, I'm just going to focus on 5,000 houses.   Andrew Stotz: Yeah. It's scary.   Andy Novins: They can pick whatever they get.   Andrew Stotz: Yep. Yep. And maybe why don't we now go back to August of 1993. How did you find yourself in a four-day seminar? And I'm kind of jealous because what... My seminars I went to in '90 and '92 were two-day seminars.   Andy Novins: Really? Okay.   Andrew Stotz: And I had thought that he... I had thought by that time, maybe he was only doing two days, but then I learned that he was still doing four days. But what got you to that seminar? Where was it, and what got you there?   Andy Novins: Okay, I was going on vacation. Okay, this was in 1990. We were going to go to Cancun. And there's this, I guess they're still around, but there was a bookstore in DC on K Street called Reiter's. And it was all business and science. And I used to go there because pre-Amazon or anything like that. I think it was even pre-Borders. But I used to go there and spend an afternoon looking at books. And I found Out of the Crisis. And I brought it home and I said to my wife, by perusing through it, I didn't know anything about Deming at that point. But perusing through it, it just struck me as something I really wanted to read. And I went home and I said, I'm taking this book to Cancun, and I'm going to sit on the beach and read it. Well, I actually didn't read it till got home. But I got completely enthralled with it.   Andy Novins: And being in suburban DC, we're like eight miles from the White House. The Deming Study Group was very active in DC. Dr. Deming lived in DC. And there were just a lot of very well-known, famous speakers that would be part of our group, including Deming at one point, but I wasn't. But I think it was before I joined the group. So I read the book, joined the group, and after about three years, I had heard enough about the seminar that I wanted to go. And I went to that in Chicago. It was the first or second week of August of '93. And one of the things that I never really understood that Dr. Deming would say a lot was talking about being transformed, or the transformation that you get when you're studying his philosophies. And I always kind of said, well, that's not going to happen to me. It just was foreign to me. That third day of the seminar, I was transformed. I don't know how to describe it, but ever since then, I look at the world through his eyes and see things and think in systems and variability. And you get all that when you first get exposed to them, but you're not transformed. Somehow it all comes together. I couldn't describe it, I never thought it was, but that happened during that seminar.   Andrew Stotz: And what Dr. Deming talked about was the idea is that the person who's leading the organization has got to go through a transformation in order to truly implement this.   Andy Novins: Exactly.   Andrew Stotz: What was it like there? How many people were in the room? And what was your... You walked in knowing a bit. I walked in knowing nothing, basically. And it was just like, whoa. But I'm just curious, what were your first impressions? For those people that have never and never will have a chance to go in, give us a feeling about how it went.   Andy Novins: I don't know if I mentioned it was in Chicago.   Andrew Stotz: Yep.   Andy Novins: Okay. Which is a great city, and it was in the summer, which is often hot. But I was amazed because at that point, and I may be wrong, but I think it cost $1,000 to go. Okay. And he had 500, and I'm pretty sure that's about what it cost. And do you remember what yours was?   Andrew Stotz: Mine was about 500 people, for sure. I didn't pay for it, so Pepsi paid for it but I would think it was even more than that. But who knows? But maybe mine was a two-day, so it was less, I don't know.   Andy Novins: But it was 500 people. That's what I remember, because being a numbers person, I translate that to 500,000 for the four days. And so that kind of stuck in my mind. And he did a lot of them. And one of the things, too, that he did a lot of them, and I think, geez, he's making a lot of money doing this. He lived in a little tiny house on a street in Washington, and he worked in the basement. One of the things that happened to me after that, again, with the Deming Study Group, was his son-in-law, Bill Ratcliff, okay? Somewhere shortly after the four-day seminar, he called me and he said, I'm getting a lot of feedback, you guys at Moving Comfort are doing a lot of using Deming's theories and everything. Could I come and visit the company and you show me what you're doing? And I said, sure. I mean, any more exposure to any of the people interested in Deming at that point was fascinating to me. And so he came and he spent a good part of the day at the company. And then I'm not even sure if at the time I knew that he was Deming's son-in-law, but then we went out, his wife was Linda Deming Ratcliff, okay? And so he and Linda and my wife went out to dinner a couple of times after that. And it was fascinating to hear both of their stories about Dr. Deming. What I remember is Bill would say, we used to go over there on Sunday mornings and read the newspaper, and Dr. Deming would be down in the basement working. And he'd come up periodically and say, how are you doing, Bill? In his voice, and then go back down and work. And he constantly was focused on his work. And so those relationships just tied me into Deming forever, especially after the four-day seminar.   Andrew Stotz: Yeah. I think it was a discussion with Bill Scherkenbach when I asked him about what it was like in the basement. And Bill was telling me, I don't think we got this recorded, but Bill was telling me that somebody asked him why you have all of this stuff around you and in your office. And he said, I'm desperate. I'm absolutely desperate. And with the idea that he was on such a mission. And I just feel like when I went to the seminar, the first one was in Washington, and then the second one was in Los Angeles. I didn't know how significant he would be in my life at the time, and I didn't understand the transformation I was going through. But what I did later really come to understand is that he inspired me to have a mission. And like, why am I doing what I'm doing? It's one thing for all of us to be busy, working really hard, doing all kinds of stuff and bringing value to our clients. But for what? What's the mission? And was a huge, that's a much bigger takeaway for me now than it was then. But what I witnessed was this man who is very old, just conveying an incredible message. So, yeah.   Andy Novins: Yeah, it was, and he was... Well, DemingNEXT, if anybody is involved in that and can see a lot of the videos with Dr. Deming, especially during the years that I was interested in watching and everything else, he just had a unique way of presentation, but he did have a sense of humor. And it was a dry sense of humor, I guess, maybe going with his dry martinis.   Andrew Stotz: Yeah, tell us that story about Deming Martini.   Andy Novins: Yes. As one of the sessions at the four-day seminar ended, apparently this Deming Martini is famous or was pretty well-known at that point. So he described how he loved martinis and he acted out the process of making one. And again, he's 93 and just you could tell this is just part of his life he loved. And he, so he kept his vermouth in the freezer, okay? And it was, and so he demonstrated how he poured the gin, and then he acted out like he went into the refrigerator freezer and took out the vermouth. And then he would not open the bottle, but he would wave the bottle around the glass and then he'd put it back in the freezer, and he'd say, this is the best martini you can make. And he had a lot of stories that added a lot of spice to it.   Andrew Stotz: So when you left that seminar, what changed in the way that you were operating? And obviously you had already had awareness of the teachings, but did that inspire you to go to a different level or what did it cause?   Andy Novins: Yes, and I'm not sure at what point the so-called transformation took place in the four-day seminar. You knew that that's how you were going to think for the rest of your life. That wasn't, you were going to think in systems and variation and predicting from the system and all those things. But so I can't really remember what years we did it, but as an apparel, our company basically, we designed, manufactured through separate factories and sold women's athletic apparel to specially sporting goods stores around the country. Nordstrom's was a client, one of the bigger ones, L.L. Bean and those kinds of things. And so one of the things we implemented that was really a Deming concept was improving our shipping, the picking process, which is filling an order. And we automated that with a carousel, which brought the product right to the picker, the warehouse person, and barcodes and scanned the order, and it brought the thing right to them. It incredibly reduced our error rate in shipping. And at the time, this would have been like 19, this was '91 or somewhere early on that. And at the time, we were way ahead of other companies.   Andy Novins: Even Nike, they would get an order, they'd walk around and pick their orders. And so that was a Deming-inspired process or way of improving our system. With apparel and you're designing 100 different styles or sizes and styles and everything else, the design development group, the functional silos that, I don't know if Dr. Deming used that term, but the system that every department has to hand off is working for the next department. In apparel, it's really complicated. And that was the biggest Deming issue we would focus on. It never went away. You really had to always, because our designers would put bells and whistles into a garment. We were very high-end and it either wasn't practical price-wise or it wasn't practical in the factory or we didn't have a good source for where we were going to put it, where, what factory we were going to put it in, that type of thing. So that's where really the Caribbean Basin Trade Initiative at that point came out. That's where we had factory, up until about 1990, all our production was in the United States.   Andy Novins: After that, it got too expensive, labor, sewing labor in the United States. That's when most companies started going offshore. We did a lot in the Caribbean. And when you're manufacturing apparel, back at the beginning, you would ship, we would buy the fabric and we would ship it to the Caribbean factory that we were using and they would sew it, and put it together. And then trade agreements came out where the factories could buy the material. And essentially, instead of they being just a sewer, they would be making a finished product for us. That had huge implications on simplifying the system and transferring responsibility to the people that really needed it. But now maybe I'm getting too much into apparel, but...they haven't been doing it for 23 years.   Andrew Stotz: So let's talk about what you're doing about your application of Dr. Deming's teaching in real estate. And I know you've also brought something along to share and go through, but maybe you can just talk a little bit about how you're applying that in the real estate business.   Andy Novins: Yeah, and that's the control chart concept. And all real estate statistics are lagging indicators, whether we're talking median prices or active listings, or I guess active listings are the only one that's not a lagging indicator, but almost virtually every month's supply of inventory, all those things are lagging indicators. So they tell us as realtors what happened. And in my market here, it bottomed out after the 2008 recession in March of 2009. And until this year, it's gone straight up for 16 years. So most realtors, virtually no realtors... Well, most realtors haven't experienced a shift in the market, which is what we're going through now, where the market goes from being a buyer's or seller's market for all those years. And I'm talking about a strong seller's market. A seller's market is defined by the National Association of Realtors as any market where the months' supply is less than six months. And our supply was hovering around two to three weeks. And it's now almost two months, but the market has shifted and it's incredible how many people don't realize that.   Andy Novins: Everybody knows there's something going on, but the media takes care of that. But all the statistics we get are, again, median prices are still very high, okay? But using control charts, you can plot, for example, a couple of months of live inventory. That started going down in April, okay? I mean, that went out of the control limits in April, okay? That's telling us that something's happened. It tells us directly that the market shifted, okay? The other thing that I watch is price drops, okay? How many price drops? That went out of the control limits in, I think, June, they started out, okay? And we're looking at that weekly, and that's showing us every week, the number of price, it's so far out of the control limit right now, it's amazing. There's no... You can't... You can look at price drops, and you can look at months' supply on a graph, okay? But it doesn't tell you that the system's now out of control. But control charts do tell you that, so...   Andrew Stotz: Should we look at your control chart? Maybe that's a good time to do that.   Andy Novins: Sure, yeah. And before we do that, one of the things in real estate is seasonality, okay? And that hides a lot of problems because prices go up in the spring, down in the summer, down in the fall, up a little bit, then down. But let me bring those up and talk about them. Okay, you can see this?   Andrew Stotz: Yep, and for the listeners out there, I'll just describe. You've got a line chart up here, and a line that's going up and down, and then recently is going up a lot. And it starts in July of 2023, and it goes to June of 2025. And so why don't you take that away and help us understand what you've got here?   Andy Novins: Okay. So the control limits, the upper and lower control limit are the red lines on this. And going back to July of '23, everything was stable. And if we went back long before that, it would also have been stable.   Andrew Stotz: Yeah, and by the way, just to make it clear, it's monthly supply, or month supply, sorry, of housing.   Andy Novins: I'm sorry.   Andrew Stotz: Can you explain what it means, month supply?   Andy Novins: Yeah, month supply is the number of active listings at the end of a month divided by the average monthly sales for 12 months, the 12-month average. So it's basically saying if you've got 10 active listings and the average is two a month, that you've got a five-month supply of listings. Okay?   Andrew Stotz: And the average on this is one month supply.   Andy Novins: The average, right. And you can see where during the pandemic, we've had times where it went down to just a number of weeks, which is pretty incredible, but that's our market. So again, this chart is telling us that... Well, there's another thing, other ways that Dr. Deming would look at this. We've got several months where it's going, the month supply is just going up. So starting in December '24, you can see that the supply keeps going up. And then it went out and broke the upper control limit. So what he would say in this, looking at this chart is that up until really of March 2025, the system was in control, it was predictable, okay? And then starting in March or April 2025, it was out of control, it was not a stable market, and the market is a system.   Andrew Stotz: And it went up above the upper control limit of 1.6 roughly or 1.55. And now the highest it went up in May was about one point, almost, yeah, 1.8.   Andy Novins: 1.8, okay. And so Dr. Deming would say that number one, it's a shift in the market, number two, the market is no longer predictable. Okay? Clients don't like to hear that, but using these charts and explaining it to them, they do understand it. And in real estate, one of the most important things when markets are changing, or always actually for that matter, is managing client expectations, okay? And using Deming's theories and control charts, it makes it... And I'll get into that a little bit more in a minute, but managing their expectations becomes more of a science than scripts, which is what...   Andrew Stotz: One of the things I learned from Dr. Deming was be skeptical of data,  and I know I've spent my career as a financial analyst manipulating tons of data. And every time I see something out of control like we see here, the first question I ask is, is there an error in the data? And then the next question is, okay, so what's going on out there that the chart is one thing, but can you just talk briefly about what's going on? What do you think is behind this? What's causing it? What is that shift that you're seeing?   Andy Novins: Well, if you were asking me this in 2008, I could have told you. The irresponsible lending and all kinds of other things. Today, the market is in our market more than others is impacted by uncertainty. Okay. Uncertainty surrounding the impact of tariffs. Okay. But especially in our area, the impact on federal workers job security. Okay. In our area, which is an expensive area, almost any couple that is buying a house is buying it on two incomes. And if one of those, one of the members of the couple is, works for the federal government or is a government or works for a government contractor or is affected by any, in any company that may be impacted by government cutbacks, they're not buying a house right now. They're waiting. So they don't want to buy on one income. And so they pulled out of the market. And that's, that's the biggest reason for the increase in the supply. The other is,  people do want to move. People want to downsize and upsize. Well, most people have a 3% interest rate or better or slightly around there. So with the impact of low, you know, of rising interest rates and everything else, there's people that want to downsize. And if they move, they'd be paying more for their smaller house than they were for their house they're staying in. So they stay.   Andrew Stotz: What are, what are mortgage rates right now? Roughly.   Andy Novins: That's  675, 6.75. 30 year. But what's interesting on that, and I haven't done it, but it would be an interesting exercise is when I began my career as a CPA in New York, I moved down here in 1982 to be part of the company that I talked about before, the apparel company. I, when I said to her, when I had that opportunity, I said to my wife, what do you think about moving down to Washington? We lived in Westchester County, New York, and she said, well, sure, but, and at that point, I was treasurer of a bank in the New York metropolitan area, and she was willing to take the risk. It was a risky move, but she said not, but not, we can't sell our house. We have an eight and a half percent mortgage. We'll rent it, and if it doesn't work in Washington, we can always come back to it. So that eight and a half percent mortgage back in '82 was not something you got rid of, and people don't realize that the average mortgage rate in the past 50 years is eight percent. So at 6.75, it's not that bad, but it's relative to the three percent interest rates we had. It's making it tough for people to move.   Andrew Stotz: So just talking now, I just want to wrap up on the chart by saying, so once you use, you're demonstrating using a control chart in the industry of real estate, and you're discussing the fact that right now, you've got three points that have breaking out of the upper control limit, which now tells us, as you said, it's unpredictable at this point. What else, what do you take from that, and how does that drive your actions when you see this chart? How does that impact you, and in other words, how are you applying Deming's teachings once you've now done this?   Andy Novins: Great question. When you price a house to sell it, you use what we call comparable sales. When a market is going up or stable, comparable sales are a good indication of what you're probably going to price it at if it's going to go on the market soon. What realtors do is what we call a comparative market analysis, and that's comparing at least three homes to their home. There's all different ways of doing that, which is part of a Deming system too. But when you go to somebody and say, well, we got these three homes and they sold it at 800, but if you're going to put your house on the market next month, we're probably looking more like at 750. And most people would say, well, I'm not going to use that guy. This other realtor says 800 is the way to go. And using the control chart showing that the market has shifted and that those comps are no longer valid is one of the most valuable uses of control charts in real estate because, again, it's evidence that the comps aren't valid anymore.   Andy Novins: The other thing is comps represent, even if it closed yesterday, it went under contract a month ago. So the comps are just not necessarily good if the market is shifting, and this is pretty powerful evidence to a potential client that pricing is really important and you can't just use past comps. I'll go to the next chart, which is price drops. And this is something, again, our market really just shifted recently, so this is something I'm actually doing actively right now looking at. But you can see that this is weekly price drops. Okay, it started off monthly because I can't go back and get that data. But if I go back to a stable year, last year is the base. You can see that price drops were pretty stable process in the pricing system. They were...   Andrew Stotz: So what does that mean? Just so we understand, let's say the average is 25% projected monthly price drop. What does that actually mean?   Andy Novins: That's saying that every month that of the active listings on the market, 25% of them are reducing their price. That month.   Andrew Stotz: So in other words, 75% are either keeping it the same or raising it.   Andy Novins: Say that. Yes, right.   Andrew Stotz: The opposite of that. Okay.   Andy Novins: Right. And that's each month. That doesn't mean somebody didn't lower their price on that same house the month before. But it's registering the number of drops that homes on the market are doing.   Andrew Stotz: And that would mean it's like a pretty good seller's market again when only a quarter of listings need to drop their price in order to get the sale.   Andy Novins: Yes, exactly. Yep. Exactly. And you can see this...   Andrew Stotz: And let's just talk about the January 2024 to December of 2024. So for the year of 2024, what's your observation of the data?   Andy Novins: It was stable. It's not a change in the market.   Andrew Stotz: Yep. Okay. Normal variation.   Andy Novins: Yeah, normal variation. Okay. But when it starts to go up like it has, and it's even worse because what I'm using is an average for these weeks. The next week starting tomorrow will have the four-week average. They're actually quite a bit higher, the last two, than what they show here because they were averaged down. But when you see rampant price dropping, that's out of control, so to speak.   Andrew Stotz: Right. So it's gone from a mean of 25 up to 60-plus percent of monthly price drop. I'm just curious. It says on your y-axis, it says projected monthly price drop. Does that mean somebody's making some estimate on that, or what does that mean?   Andy Novins: That's because right now I'm doing it by the week.   Andrew Stotz: Okay. Ah, okay.   Andy Novins: Okay. And I'm averaging the week. And then when I get the month, it'll be like the earlier ones.   Andrew Stotz: So the most recent ones are the projected, and the other ones are the actual month.   Andy Novins: Yeah.   Andrew Stotz: Okay.   Andy Novins: And right, I'm using, I'm multiplying them times four the week. So it's right now I'm projecting what July will be, basically, the total, but it'll be up around 60%.   Andrew Stotz: And this chart corroborates the conclusions that you made in the prior chart, or are there any other additional...   Andy Novins: Yeah. And the month supply chart is more of a leading indicator of a market shift, because this is the reaction of sellers and realtors to a market they didn't anticipate properly. And so this is a much more now type of thing. And again, if I go back to a client and say, you know, all the comps are 800, but we're going to recommend 750, this is pretty convincing evidence that basically almost everybody in the market is reducing their prices.   Andrew Stotz: Yeah.   Andy Novins: And in a falling market, the worst thing you can do is chase the prices, chase it down.   Andrew Stotz: Yeah. And what this doesn't show, it shows that 60% are dropping their price. It doesn't show what the remaining 40% are. And that composition of that could just be, there could be no price increases. We don't know from this data whether that's holding the price the same or increasing it.   Andy Novins: Right. But it doesn't mean that there aren't homes in those active listings that didn't reduce their price, that reduced their price. They may have reduced their price last month. Okay. So it's really just showing the panic that's out there.   Andrew Stotz: Okay. Got it.   Andy Novins: But it's a great leading indicator from that standpoint.   Andrew Stotz: Okay. So two charts that show us the application of control charts and Deming's teachings there in real estate and making a note of the fact that these are now out of control. Interesting.   Andy Novins: Yes. And again, the most important thing you can do, I think, in real estate is accurately manage your client's expectations. Yeah. Because, and I'm going to back up for a second, that's another real benefit of having a niche practice. And again, like the competitive advantage Michael Porter concept. And for me, writing a newsletter, which gives them what we hope to be useful information for the 5,000 homes that get it. When they're ready to sell, again, I don't call them, they call me. And they call me because they trust me. They believe I know what I'm doing. And so part of a system that would be outside of what Dr. Deming talked about, but part of the system is your clients, the quality of your system is going to depend on the quality of your clients. And so having a niche, again, what I'm doing in terms of that so-called farming and the newsletter is I'm attracting clients that will trust me. Okay. That's so much a Deming concept in terms of the overall system and how it affects it. We see all the time when buyers that are buying one of our listings and they have all these problems and the other real estate agents, their buyer's agent says, I know they're crazy. I can't wait till this is over because their buyer clients aren't listening to them and they're asking for unreasonable things or whatever. So a critical part of the system in real estate is getting clients that will listen to you because theoretically we know what we're doing.   Andrew Stotz: And if we look at this chart, one of the things that some people may ask is what about forecasts? And I know I spent my career as a financial analyst in the stock market forecasting earnings. And then when I worked on my PhD for my dissertation, I decided to calculate the accuracy of analysts in earnings forecasts. And as I said, the title of my dissertation was analysts were only 25% wrong. And in other words, here is the highest qualified people to forecast the earnings of these companies and they get it wrong by 25% on average. And so for those people that say, well, what about your forecast and all that? I always say, I live on the cutting edge of history. Don't try to go too far out in the future. Just make sure you understand. And that's where this chart shows July 19th to July 25th that you could say that's pretty much, and if you get the data out the next day, that's the cutting edge of history.   Andy Novins: Yeah, yeah, exactly. And in the past, people say, well, should I wait?  At this time of the year, they might say, should I wait and put the house on the market next spring? Or should we do it after Labor Day? And in the past, I would have said, wait till next spring because things were going to be better. You could... Everything was stable and rising. What these charts show, and they do require some explanation, is that the market is out of control right now. You can't predict it. And then if so,  then it becomes a decision that a client makes based on what they really need. Do they want to move yet? Do they want to wait? Do they... But these control charts are showing that you can't predict. Whereas in the past, you could be pretty safe.   Andrew Stotz: Yeah. And the point of that, too, is that a control chart can't solve every problem. It tells you where things are, so you understand things a lot better. But then, how you're going to actually use that information, well, somebody may use it to say, I need to sell my house now. Somebody else may say, I'm going to wait because I think this is bad and it's going to get better later. And somebody's going to say, I'm going to sell now desperately because I think this is going to get much worse, right? That's the hard part.   Andy Novins: Yeah.   Andrew Stotz: But if you don't know what's actually happening, which the control chart gives you that information, then there's none of that.  It's just, there's no basis in fact of what you're doing.   Andy Novins: Exactly. Right. They provide a window into the market that I have never seen anybody use this or talk about it.   Andrew Stotz: And do you have any more charts? Was that it?   Andy Novins: No. Yeah, I got more.   Andy Novins: Okay. Whoops. Oh, but before we get to that, okay, so this is a concept, and if I'm going too long, cut me off.   Andrew Stotz: No, no. Go ahead.   Andy Novins: So in a falling or stable market like we're in, okay, in a rising market, you pick a price, and if you're good, you're going to do well. If you do it right, they're going to bid it up. That's the way it's been for five years since COVID. Okay. Now the market is not rising. It's falling or even in a stable market. So the PDSA cycle that Deming talked about is absolutely so on target for what we're going through right now. So I'll just briefly go through this. The plan part is you price using comps or adjusted comps based on what the control charts are showing where the market is going rather than where it was. Okay. And then you put the listing on the market in the MLS. And then what we do, okay, is we study what's happening, okay? And again, the market is not in control. It's not a stable system. So we monitor and we subscribe to special services that most agents don't get. They cost money, but they give us a lot of information. We can see the number of views all over the internet that a house is getting that's on the market. And we can subscribe to another service that shows all the showings that are comparable houses in our zip code or any way we want to do it are getting. And then we use the control charts and we look at feedback and everything else.   Andrew Stotz: So do you have more charts, Andy?   Andy : I sure do. This isn't actually a chart. It's one of the core tools that Dr. Deming used. And it's what he called the PDSA cycle. And that is the most important tool that we use with the data we get from the control charts. So I'm going through an example here of pricing. And so the PDSA is plan, do, study, act. And the planning section of this process is we price using comps, like I've described. But we also use the control charts to let us adjust the comps for what's happening in the market right up to today, basically. And the do is just in real estate is just simply putting the listing in the real estate market, MLS, and listing it so people can see it. The study, though, is what's really important. And that's where a lot more data comes in. We subscribe to services where we can monitor all the views all over the Internet of our listings. And we can monitor showings that our listings are getting, which we know, but other listings. We can monitor what they're getting in terms of competitive listings, similar prices, and that type of thing.   Andy : And we also monitor what houses, if any, are going under contract since our property went on the market. And that provides what we talk. So we have to act on that data. And that's the A of the PDSA cycle. And so we use feedback loops. So just as an example, I won't necessarily go through all these. If we have a lot of views, high views, and high showings, we know the price is right. We're going to get offers. On the other hand, if we have high views and low showings, we know buyers are interested in it, they like it, but they're not ready to come and look at it. They're waiting for that price to go down, which in this market, it probably will. So we advise our clients based on the data we're getting, and then we either reprice or we don't. There's also some other things we use to monitor, but I won't go into those at this point.   Andrew Stotz: What's interesting about that is it's like every single listing is a test.   Andy : Exactly.   Andrew Stotz: That's cool.   Andy : Yeah. And that data is so important. And when you tell a client, you're getting all kinds of... You're getting... And we compare it to the other listings. We give them charts, which shows the other houses. And we say, look, you're getting twice the views of these other houses, but nobody's coming to your house, or very few are coming. And the other listings are getting less views and more showings. People think you're overpriced. And it's very convincing to a client.   Andrew Stotz: Is there one of these that you're aiming for? And if you are close to that in your listings, you're hitting the right spot? Or what are you aiming for?   Andy : High views and high showings. That's the best. Everybody's looking at it. People are coming. Okay. There's other tests down the road because traditionally if you get 16 to 18 showings and nobody makes an offer, you're still probably overpriced, but that's very unlikely. Okay.   Andrew Stotz: And is price the only factor that you can adjust here, let's say high views, high showings could be just the type of house, the location, but you don't necessarily control those things?   Andy : No, the one down near the bottom. Low views, high showings. It's ikely a niche piece of property. Not many people are looking at it, but the people that want that niche, whatever may be different, it's a unique piece of property, they'll get a lot of showings relative to their views, because most people aren't interested. But there isn't much else we can do because we spend... We pay for staging. We don't pay for it. We do it. We have our own inventory and staging. We have contractors that we've used for years to help get a house ready. So the product itself, the house, and the presentation, there's never much more we can do to make that better.   Andrew Stotz: And quality in the eyes of the customer is the best price sold quickly, I guess.   Andy : Yes. Yeah. That's right. There's a saying which not everybody agrees with in the real estate industry, but you want to make the most amount of money in the least amount of time with the least amount of hassle.   Andrew Stotz: I think that's everywhere.   Andy : That's true.   Andrew Stotz: Yes. I want that. Great.   Andy : That's what everybody wants, but some people say, well, if it's too fast, you didn't... But that's usually not true. Fast is usually good as long as it's priced right. The next chart I have is a whole other way we use control charts, and that's to evaluate our own performance, which is what this is doing. And it's using sales-to-list price ratios. In other words, what percentage of the list price was the sales? And here we're using a long base period, and I'm just going to back up for a second. In some of the two recent, the ones I did on price drops and supply of inventory, we only had a year worth of, for the base line. And normally it's better to use more than that, but those two years I used were stable, and we didn't go back further because the Fed had been raising interest rates, and that created a... That was not a stable market when they did that, so we didn't want to use that as a history.   Andy : So this is showing our performance, and you can see starting with the pandemic, we went way above the control limits a lot of times. But what you do when you're looking at or using a chart like this for your own improvement is you want to narrow the upper and lower control limits, the two red lines. The closer they get together, the less variation you have, the smaller your standard deviation. And for us, it's 0.2. And our range between what... That's normal is between 95% and 107% of the sales price. And just to how we use it and how we get better at it is we focus on pricing. We focus on improving negotiation, which is a big deal, especially in the last few years. We are always looking to improve our client base. We're always looking to improve our preparation and presentation. We think we got that pretty well down pat. And the other thing is to stay within your area of expertise, because when you go out of that, okay, if I was to work on a house out of my market, okay, I wouldn't get this kind of performance. So that's going to lead me to the next and really the final chart. And that's another group, okay? And I'm using this group because... Just to...   Andrew Stotz: Sorry, when you say another group, what do you mean?   Andy : It's not my team, no offense industry...   Andrew Stotz: So it's a competitor or it's...   Andy : This is a well-known group. It's led by two Ivy League graduates. And it's a much bigger team than ours. Their standard... And it's the same base period, 2017 to '19. Their standard deviation is three times what ours is. Their range of what they do within the control limits is 78% to 114%. And that... Why do we do this? Why do we care? It's always nice to benchmark yourself. But most of all, with groups or agents that we compete with, if these guys put a house on the market, okay, and we thought it was overpriced, or let's say we thought it was underpriced, okay, and it was competing with one of ours, we wouldn't tell our client to reduce their price to match their price, okay, because we know they probably are underpricing. In this case, we'd say let it go. Likewise, if we're working with a buyer who's buying one of their houses and we think it's overpriced, what their listing is overpriced, then we will probably make a lower offer knowing that they also know that their pricing can be way off. So understanding your clients and where they fit on these control charts is useful information.   Andrew Stotz: And I can imagine that some people, let's say, at another firm, as an example, may say, oh, I don't care about this variability because one side of the mean is more favorable than the other, so I'm just trying to get to that other side. Whereas what you're saying is I'm trying to reduce variation around the mean.   Andy : Yes, and that'll take me to this last section I have here. If we compare the two groups, what are the major differences? Number one, if it was a million-dollar listing, okay, we would probably get $43,000 more than they would based on these control charts. Most of all, the biggest difference...   Andrew Stotz: The selling price of your customer would be $43,500 more?   Andy : Well, our average selling price is a little over 100%. Their average selling price is 96%. So on average, they're getting $43,000 less on $1 million house than we are. But the most important thing in this is the consistency and the predictability of when you lower those control chart limits, you're making your performance much more predictable, and it's an important part to all of our clients. I mean, Deming had a... One of the things he used to say is quality is in the customer's eyes, not your eyes. So I can say we do all this great stuff and all that. It all boils down to what does the customer think. And when a group's working on volume, which is pretty typical in our industry, that's what we're taught, how to get more volume, how to get more volume, that's... The customer doesn't care. The client doesn't care about what kind of volume they do. What the customer cares about is service. And you can see some of the other things, consistency over time, process control and all that. I'll get out of here now and say that that's really what control charts and Deming's philosophy and the PDSA, it all focuses on quality in the customer's eyes, consistent performance, better service, and not a lot of guesswork. We're using data that other agents don't even know exists. And that's unfortunately not an exaggeration, really. I've never talked to anybody that knew about this.   Andrew Stotz: When Deming talked about quality, he often referenced the idea that you could have a quality system in place and still go out of business if you weren't looking at quality in the eyes of the customer and being completely connected to the customer. And I have a little story on this from my coffee business. Many years ago, we had a restaurant chain in Thailand that's a global chain come to us and we won the bid. And they said, we chose you over all these other suppliers for coffee and we're going to come to your factory and when we do, we're going to do an audit, we're going to ask 600 questions and if you get below 75% or whatever, you're fired. But, hey, I knew Deming and I knew all of this stuff and we cared about quality and we never had quality problems, so we thought we're in good shape. And they came out and they said, your score was 68, you're fired. You have six weeks to fix it or you won't be our supplier. Well, we learned something very quickly there, which was to them, paperwork was quality.   Andrew Stotz: And that was a quality system to them that meant that we had quality. And so we had a passion for quality, but we didn't have the paperwork system that they wanted. So luckily, when you have passion for quality, it's pretty easy to overlay a paperwork system on it, if that's what the customer required. I would hate to be in the opposite situation where you go and do like many people when they go and get certified or ISO or whatever and they build a paperwork system without that commitment to quality. Now, that's a disaster. But the point is that we had to realize that in order for us to satisfy that customer's needs, we had to appeal to quality as they saw it. And so we've got to always keep the customer in mind as we're working on our quality.   Andy : I got another story. My wife reminded me today that sometimes in probably early '80s, maybe mid '80s at the latest, I looked up in the... I wanted to find a statistician and I looked him up in the yellow pages, which a lot of the listeners may not know what that is. And I wanted to... What I wanted to do was find a way to improve, optimize our inventory and try to approach just-in-time inventory because we had factories all over the place and we were getting stuff in. And we never did it. And I imagine with Dr. Deming, we could have done it, but we never did it because exactly the quality's in the customer's eyes. We were shipping to specialty restock stores primarily, and if we couldn't stock their shelves, okay, they went somewhere else. Didn't matter how much they liked us, they had to have those shelves full. So we decided it wasn't worth the risk of just-in-time and optimizing our inventory at the expense of having maybe too much inventory, but satisfying our customers. And it's just so true.   Andrew Stotz: Yeah. Yeah. In the story that I told, that particular chain never ran out of product and certainly never ran out of coffee. And I know myself, being a customer of that chain, never in my life did I walk in there and they ran out of a particular product. And they made that very clear. That's quality to us is that our supply chains are never broken. And for 16 years, we never broke their supply chains. It was never the case. So in the eyes of the customer, well, on behalf of everyone at the Deming Institute, I want to thank you again for this discussions and for listeners, remember to go to Deming.org to continue your journey. But I thought I would leave the closing comments to you to maybe wrap up and give the audience what you think should be their main takeaway from this discussion.   Andy : I think probably the main takeaway would be that Dr. Deming's philosophy, the Profound Knowledge, everything he taught is as relevant to real estate, okay, pricing, probably most markets as it is to a factory or production or anything like that. I think that it took me a while, after I became a realtor, it took me a while to realize, wow, all these things we can use. And we have more data to play with than anybody. So that's a good takeaway for anybody, especially realtors.   Andrew Stotz: Yeah, I think, and I'll just add on, I enjoyed the conversation because I love Michael Porter's stuff and talking about figuring out where's your niche and trying to bring a differentiated offering to the market. And that differentiated offering could be based on what I like to say from my study and teaching of corporate strategy is there's kind of two main corporate strategies. One I would say is the type that engineers build, which is an operational corporate strategy. And another one is a differentiating strategy that a sales type of person would build, which is about the interaction with sales, with the product and all of that. And so with Dr. Deming, one of the benefits we get is the process part of our business can just be improved forever. And then we can overlay that with whatever we want from what we bring to the market. And I think you've given us an example of how you can apply Deming's principles to the process of your business and do that in a niche area or an area that you've defined and dominate. And so I love that.   Andy : Yeah, and one of the things, just a last thought, is something you and I had talked about, is you don't have to have a PhD in physics or you don't have to get a doctorate in something to understand Deming. And he even says it in his book. You don't have to be an expert in any of it. You just have to understand it. And that's the beauty of it. Anybody can do what I'm doing with just nowhere near the effort you'd have to do if you were going to be a physicist or something else like that. And that's something people can take away.   Andrew Stotz: And on that hopeful note, this is your host, Andrew Stotz, and I'm going to leave you with one of my favorite quotes from Dr. Deming. I always repeat it because it's such a great quote, and that is, "people are entitled to joy in work."      

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    Episode 650: Neal and Toby recap the labor dispute within Air Canada where its workers are defying a government order to return to work. Then, Americans are stuck where they are, literally, as mobility has dipped to its lowest rate. Also, Six Flags is having a roller coaster of a Summer as it sees its attendance drop amid mechanical issues. Meanwhile, #RushTok expands its reach and Warren Buffett's stake in UnitedHealth gives it a jolt in its shares. Finally, what you need to know in the week ahead!  00:00 - Check out our new show Brew Markets! 2:45 - Air Canada labor dispute 8:00 - US economy stuck in a rut 11:00 - Six Flags red flags 17:00 - Rushtok goes global 20:30 - Buffett Bump 23:45 - Week Ahead LinkedIn will even give you a $100 credit on your next campaign so you can try it yourself. Check out LinkedIn.com/mbd for more. Check out Brew Markets here: swap.fm/l/9Qk4z73Z2nEwFiCB4qee   Subscribe to Morning Brew Daily for more of the news you need to start your day. Share the show with a friend, and leave us a review on your favorite podcast app. Submit your MBD Password Answer here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Yzrl1BJY2FAFwXBYtb0CEp8XQB2Y6mLdHkbq9Kb2Sz8/viewform?edit_requested=true Listen to Morning Brew Daily Here:⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.swap.fm/l/mbd-note⁠⁠⁠  Watch Morning Brew Daily Here:⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@MorningBrewDailyShow⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Libros para Emprendedores

    ¿Te has preguntado alguna vez por qué tomas decisiones de las que te arrepientes inmediatamente?¿Por qué reaccionas impulsivamente en momentos cruciales, aunque sabes que hay una mejor manera de responder?En este episodio analizamos Pensar con Claridad (Clear Thinking, 2023) de Shane Parrish, un libro que revela que la mayoría de lo que creemos que es "pensar" en realidad es reaccionar sin razonar.Shane trabajó en una agencia de inteligencia donde las vidas dependían de la calidad de las decisiones. Ahí descubrió que todos tenemos programas biológicos primitivos - defaults - que secuestran nuestro pensamiento en los momentos más importantes.Estos defaults evolucionaron para mantenernos vivos en la sabana africana, pero hoy sabotean nuestro éxito empresarial. A lo largo del episodio exploramos el sistema completo de Pensar con Claridad, estructurado en cuatro partes fundamentales: ✅ Los 4 enemigos del pensamiento claro que operan sin que te des cuenta: el default emocional (reaccionar desde sentimientos), el default del ego (priorizar imagen sobre resultados), el default social (seguir a la manada), y el default de inercia (resistir cambios necesarios).✅ Las 4 fortalezas esenciales para domesticar esos enemigos: auto-responsabilidad, auto-conocimiento, auto-control y auto-confianza. No se trata de eliminar tus instintos, sino de reprogramarlos para que trabajen a tu favor.✅ Las salvaguardas prácticas que protegen tus decisiones cuando las fortalezas no son suficientes: reglas automáticas, aumento de fricción, checklists, y cambios de perspectiva.✅ El proceso sistemático de 4 etapas para decisiones claras: definir el problema real (no los síntomas), explorar múltiples soluciones, evaluar sistemáticamente las opciones, y construir márgenes de seguridad contra lo impredecible. Con ejemplos reales como Warren Buffett, casos históricos fascinantes, y situaciones empresariales concretas, este episodio te da las herramientas para convertir tus momentos ordinarios en resultados extraordinarios.La calidad de tu vida es la calidad de tus decisiones. Y la calidad de tus decisiones depende de la claridad de tu pensamiento.

    Libros para Emprendedores

    ¿Te has preguntado alguna vez por qué tomas decisiones de las que te arrepientes inmediatamente?¿Por qué reaccionas impulsivamente en momentos cruciales, aunque sabes que hay una mejor manera de responder?En este episodio analizamos Pensar con Claridad (Clear Thinking, 2023) de Shane Parrish, un libro que revela que la mayoría de lo que creemos que es "pensar" en realidad es reaccionar sin razonar.Shane trabajó en una agencia de inteligencia donde las vidas dependían de la calidad de las decisiones. Ahí descubrió que todos tenemos programas biológicos primitivos - defaults - que secuestran nuestro pensamiento en los momentos más importantes.Estos defaults evolucionaron para mantenernos vivos en la sabana africana, pero hoy sabotean nuestro éxito empresarial. A lo largo del episodio exploramos el sistema completo de Pensar con Claridad, estructurado en cuatro partes fundamentales: ✅ Los 4 enemigos del pensamiento claro que operan sin que te des cuenta: el default emocional (reaccionar desde sentimientos), el default del ego (priorizar imagen sobre resultados), el default social (seguir a la manada), y el default de inercia (resistir cambios necesarios).✅ Las 4 fortalezas esenciales para domesticar esos enemigos: auto-responsabilidad, auto-conocimiento, auto-control y auto-confianza. No se trata de eliminar tus instintos, sino de reprogramarlos para que trabajen a tu favor.✅ Las salvaguardas prácticas que protegen tus decisiones cuando las fortalezas no son suficientes: reglas automáticas, aumento de fricción, checklists, y cambios de perspectiva.✅ El proceso sistemático de 4 etapas para decisiones claras: definir el problema real (no los síntomas), explorar múltiples soluciones, evaluar sistemáticamente las opciones, y construir márgenes de seguridad contra lo impredecible. Con ejemplos reales como Warren Buffett, casos históricos fascinantes, y situaciones empresariales concretas, este episodio te da las herramientas para convertir tus momentos ordinarios en resultados extraordinarios.La calidad de tu vida es la calidad de tus decisiones. Y la calidad de tus decisiones depende de la claridad de tu pensamiento.

    The Investor Professor Podcast
    Ep. 172 - Earnings Season Showdown

    The Investor Professor Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2025 34:03


    In this episode of The Investor Professor Podcast (Ep. 172), Ryan and Cameron dive deep into the latest market movers. They break down Palantir's blockbuster earnings, Alex Karp's bold comments to short sellers, and the stock's meteoric 134% year-to-date rise. The conversation explores Palantir's growing influence as a talent magnet in tech, its valuation risks, and the competitive landscape with Databricks. The hosts also analyze Figma's roller-coaster IPO performance, the challenges of timing IPO investments, and why investor psychology plays such a crucial role in early trading dynamics.The discussion expands to CoreWeave's volatile lockup expiration, employee stock decisions, and how leverage often amplifies risk in frothy markets. Ryan and Cameron also preview upcoming earnings from Home Depot and Target—highlighting the consumer backdrop, Amazon's aggressive expansion into grocery delivery, and what it means for retail. Wrapping up, they touch on Buffett's new bets in UnitedHealth and DR Horton, Michael Burry's surprising long positions (including Mercado Libre), and how Fed policy and Jackson Hole may shape the next market leg. It's a timely mix of earnings, behavioral finance, and market insights that investors won't want to miss.*This podcast contains general information that may not be suitable for everyone. The information contained herein should not be construed as personalized investment advice. There is no guarantee that the views and opinions expressed in this podcast will come to pass. Investing in the stock market involves gains and losses and may not be suitable for all investors. Information presented herein is subject to change without notice and should not be considered as a solicitation to buy or sell any security. Rydar Equities, Inc. does not offer legal or tax advice. Please consult the appropriate professional regarding your individual circumstance.  Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

    Boardroom Governance with Evan Epstein
    Larry Cunningham: From John Weinberg's 1948 Thesis, Delaware's Challenge, to the Modern Boardroom

    Boardroom Governance with Evan Epstein

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2025 54:50


    (0:00) Intro(1:31) About the podcast sponsor: The American College of Governance Counsel(2:18) Start of interview. *Reference to E36 (June 2021) for personal/professional background, and E90 (March 2023)(3:13) Celebrating 25 Years of the Weinberg Center(3:47) Uncovering John Weinberg's 1948 Thesis. Details for the Symposium at the Weinberg Center on Oct 9, 2025.(6:12) The role of boards and directors from a historical perspective. *Reference to Gilson and Gordon's article on Boards 3.0.(8:17) The contribution of the Weinbergs to corporate governance: Sydney led Goldman Sachs from 1930 to 1969,  and John led GS from 1976-1990.(14:04) The Relevance of Historical Governance Debates. *Reference to the Startup Litigation Digest.(16:53) Delaware's current corporate law challenges: charter competition with Nevada, Texas, and other states (and Fed Govt).(24:35) The Impact of Delaware's SB 21 Legislation. *Reference to a16z's statement on leaving DE (and Larry's take on it). Reference to Delaware's SB 313 partially in response to the Moelis decision (on validity of stockholder agreements).(33:10) On Delaware's DExit: "I barely see a trickle, let alone a flood."(39:27) The Future of Delaware's Corporate Landscape(44:17) Remembering Charlie Munger's Influence(45:56) Warren Buffett's contribution to governance and the future of Berkshire Hathaway(48:22) Goals for the Weinberg Center's Future(49:55) The Evolving Role of Corporate Directors. "[B]oards of directors are here to oversee, not to be experts, to ask discerning questions, to press, to query, but not to micromanage or get in the way." "Nose in, fingers out" attributed to John Nash, founder of NACD.Larry Cunningham is the Director of the John L. Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance at the University of Delaware, and a leading scholar, author, and advisor on corporate governance and board matters.   You can follow Evan on social media at:X: @evanepsteinLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/epsteinevan/ Substack: https://evanepstein.substack.com/__To support this podcast you can join as a subscriber of the Boardroom Governance Newsletter at https://evanepstein.substack.com/__Music/Soundtrack (found via Free Music Archive): Seeing The Future by Dexter Britain is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License

    We Study Billionaires - The Investor’s Podcast Network
    RWH060: What Buffett, Munger & Bill Miller Taught Me w/ Robert Hagstrom

    We Study Billionaires - The Investor’s Podcast Network

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2025 128:33


    In this episode, William Green chats with Robert Hagstrom, Chief Investment Officer & Senior Portfolio Manager at Equity Compass. Robert is the author of a classic book, “The Warren Buffett Way,” which lays out the principles that made Buffett the greatest investor of all. Here, Robert shares life-changing lessons he learned from Buffett & two other icons: Charlie Munger & Bill Miller. He also explains why a focused, low-turnover portfolio is a brilliant but difficult strategy. IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN: 00:00 - Intro 04:39 - How Robert Hagstrom became a multidisciplinary thinker. 08:09 - How to think better & invest better by tuning out the noise. 26:01 - What mistake Warren Buffett made most frequently. 35:30 - Why AI falls short when it comes to investment decisions. 35:30 - Why Nvidia is Robert's biggest holding. 01:04:49 - How Miller endured & recovered from a devastating mistake. 01:14:43 - What insights led Bill Miller to make billions in Amazon & Bitcoin. 01:32:04 - Why it's smart but really hard to own a concentrated portfolio. 01:34:29 - Why Robert views Modern Portfolio Theory with disdain. 01:42:23 - What advice Robert received from investing giant Bill Ruane. 01:48:06 - Why you should be deeply wary of investing in private equity. 02:04:04 - What life lesson Robert has learned from Buffett. Disclaimer: Slight discrepancies in the timestamps may occur due to podcast platform differences. BOOKS AND RESOURCES Join Clay and a select group of passionate value investors for a retreat in Big Sky, Montana. Learn more ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠. Join the exclusive ⁠⁠⁠⁠TIP Mastermind Community⁠⁠⁠⁠ to engage in meaningful stock investing discussions with Stig, Clay, Kyle, and the other community members. Robert Hagstrom's investment firm, Equity Compass Investment Management. Robert Hagstrom's books: The Warren Buffett Way, The Warren Buffett Portfolio, Investing: The Last Liberal Art. Mortimer Adler's How to Read a Book. Louis Menand's The Metaphysical Club. William Green's podcast interview with Bill Miller. William Green's podcast interview with Bill Nygren. William Green's book, “Richer, Wiser, Happier” – ⁠⁠read the reviews of this book⁠⁠. Follow William Green on ⁠⁠⁠⁠X⁠⁠⁠⁠. Check out all the books mentioned and discussed in our podcast episodes ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠. Enjoy ad-free episodes when you subscribe to our ⁠⁠⁠⁠Premium Feed⁠⁠⁠⁠. NEW TO THE SHOW? Get smarter about valuing businesses in just a few minutes each week through our newsletter, ⁠⁠⁠⁠The Intrinsic Value Newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠. Check out our ⁠⁠⁠⁠We Study Billionaires Starter Packs⁠⁠⁠⁠. Follow our official social media accounts: ⁠⁠⁠⁠X (Twitter)⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠. Browse through all our episodes (complete with transcripts) ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠. Try our tool for picking stock winners and managing our portfolios: ⁠⁠⁠⁠TIP Finance Tool⁠⁠⁠⁠. Enjoy exclusive perks from our ⁠⁠⁠⁠favorite Apps and Services⁠⁠⁠⁠. Learn how to better start, manage, and grow your business with the ⁠⁠⁠⁠best business podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠. SPONSORSSupport our free podcast by supporting our sponsors: SimpleMining HardBlock AnchorWatch Human Rights Foundation Cape Unchained Vanta Shopify Onramp Abundant Mines 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

    The Tai Lopez Show
    #731 - Warren Buffett Was Right: The Wrong City Will Beat You Every Time

    The Tai Lopez Show

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2025 55:04


    In this episode of The Tai Lopez Show, Tai unpacks the power of environment in shaping your long-term success, drawing from a viral tweet about Warren Buffett’s wisdom: “When a good manager meets a bad business, the bad business wins.” Tai expands this into life and wealth—how the wrong city, country, or social circle can quietly sabotage even the most disciplined person. You’ll learn: Why willpower is finite and can’t outlast a toxic environment How “flow maxing” can guide the cities you live in, the industries you choose, and the people you date When to move into big cities to grow your wealth—and when to get out before ambition consumes you The ancient “Lindy” principle for making better life choices Why knowing your genetic limits is as important in business as it is in sports The danger of never having an “enough” number, from Napoleon to modern billionaires How to rotate between environments for money, happiness, and long-term health If you’ve ever wondered where you should live to make the most money—and when to leave so you can actually enjoy it—this deep dive will change the way you think about your surroundings, your ambition, and your optimal stopping point. Links:https://18strategies.com – Tai’s advanced system to scale your net worth https://privatementor.com – Work 1-on-1 with Tai Lopez https://tailopez.com/trustpilot – Leave a review of Tai’s work

    Motley Fool Money
    Warren Buffett Is Making Big Buys Again

    Motley Fool Money

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2025 42:01


    Warren Buffett bought $1.6 billion of United Health stock in Q2, inflation may be ticking higher after all, and play “Ohh, No! or Let's Go!!” Travis Hoium, Lou Whiteman, and Rick Munarriz discuss: - Inflation is a boogeyman again - UFC gets a $7.7 billion deal with Paramount - Buffett makes a big buy - Stocks on our radar Companies discussed: Lululemon (LULU), TKO Group (TKO), Rigetti Computing (RGTI), Eli Lilly (LLY), Reddit (RDDT), Celsius (CELH), Crocs (CROX), Alphabet (GOOG), NVIDIA (NVDA), United Health (UNH) Host: Travis Hoium Guests: Lou Whiteman, Rick Munarriz Engineer: Dan Boyd Disclosure: Advertisements are sponsored content and provided for informational purposes only. The Motley Fool and its affiliates (collectively, “TMF”) do not endorse, recommend, or verify the accuracy or completeness of the statements made within advertisements. TMF is not involved in the offer, sale, or solicitation of any securities advertised herein and makes no representations regarding the suitability, or risks associated with any investment opportunity presented. Investors should conduct their own due diligence and consult with legal, tax, and financial advisors before making any investment decisions. TMF assumes no responsibility for any losses or damages arising from this advertisement. We're committed to transparency: All personal opinions in advertisements from Fools are their own. The product advertised in this episode was loaned to TMF and was returned after a test period or the product advertised in this episode was purchased by TMF. Advertiser has paid for the sponsorship of this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit ⁠megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    DarrenDaily On-Demand
    A Thought Experiment to Rock Your World

    DarrenDaily On-Demand

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2025 5:34


    Darren Hardy introduces a powerful mental exercise used by Warren Buffett—one that will challenge how you see others… and yourself. What you uncover could influence your future success more than any strategy or skillset. The insight you gain from this might surprise you—and change everything. Get more personal mentoring from Darren each day. Go to DarrenDaily at http://darrendaily.com/join to learn more.

    CNBC's
    Dow Hits Fresh Record High… And Gearing Up For Target & Walmart Results 8/15/25

    CNBC's "Fast Money"

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2025 43:45


    The Dow Industrials finally recouping its tariffs losses from April and hitting a fresh record high. The insurance giant helping fuel those gains, and the big stake Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway is making in the name. Plus Earnings season continues, with big box retailers like Target and Walmart gearing up to report. What to expect from those results, and how our traders are positioning in the retail trade.Fast Money Disclaimer

    Squawk on the Street
    UnitedHealth Surges on Buffett Bet, Trump and Intel Stake Buzz, Applied Materials Tumbles 8/15/25

    Squawk on the Street

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2025 41:21


    Carl Quintanilla, Scott Wapner and Mike Santoli discussed UnitedHealth Group leading the Dow to a new all-time high -- after Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway disclosed a $1.6 billion stake in the health insurer, whose stock remains the Dow's worst performer this year. The anchors also reacted to reports the Trump Administration is in talks with Intel to have the U.S. government acquire a stake in the chipmaker. Also in focus: Applied Materials tumbles on weak guidance, July retail sales rise, what Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee told CNBC about tariffs and rate cuts, software stocks slump, Target downgraded, Trump-Putin summit. Squawk on the Street Disclaimer