The Meb Faber Show - Better Investing

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Ready to grow your wealth through smarter investing decisions? With The Meb Faber Show, bestselling author, entrepreneur, and investment fund manager, Meb Faber, brings you insights on today’s markets and the art of investing. Featuring some of the top investment professionals in the world as his guests, Meb will help you interpret global equity, bond, and commodity markets just like the pros. Whether it’s smart beta, trend following, value investing, or any other timely market topic, each week you’ll hear real market wisdom from the smartest minds in investing today. Better investing starts here. For more information on Meb, please visit MebFaber.com. For more on Cambria Investment Management, visit CambriaInvestments.com.

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May 25, 2022 · 9 min
Mebisode – Red Light | #418
In this Mebisode, Meb reads his post from February 2022 titled “" which discussed the risk of an expensive market entering a downtrend. As he said in the piece, "historically speaking, markets have performed poorly when in a downtrend, characterized...
May 23, 2022 · 52 min
Andrew Peck, Baron Capital – A Growth Manager’s Take on The Market | #417
Today’s guest is , co-CIO for Baron Capital, which is known for its long-term, fundamental, active approach to growth investing. In today’s episode, we’re talking to a growth manager to hear how he’s handling the volatility in 2022. Andrew...
May 18, 2022 · 1 hr 3 min
Jan van Eck, VanEck – Thematic Investing, Gold & Digital Assets, and Financial History | #416
Today’s guest is , President & CEO of VanEck, which offers value-added exposures to emerging industries, an investment management firm that manages $85 billion. In today’s episode, Jan shares the origin story of the firm and its’ tie...
May 16, 2022 · 57 min
Sajid Rahman, MyAsiaVC – The VC Landscape in Emerging Markets From Someone Who’s Made Over 1,400 Investments | #415
Today’s guest is , Managing Partner of , an early stage venture fund, and the co-founder & CEO of Digital Healthcare Solutions. In today’s episode, we talk with someone who’s made over 1,400 investments – yes, you heard that right. Sajid...
May 13, 2022 · 1 hr 4 min
Tim Laehy – All About Coinbase (COIN) With The Company's Former CFO | #414
Today’s guest is , a long-time CFO that’s taken 3 companies public and raised over $3 billion dollars in his career. In today’s episode, we’re talking all things Coinbase! Tim was previously the interim CFO for Coinbase so we thought it’d be...
May 9, 2022 · 1 hr 23 min
Antti Ilmanen, AQR – Investing Amid Low Expected Returns: Making the Most When Markets Offer the Least | #413
Today’s guest is , Principal and Global Co-head of the Portfolio Solutions Group at AQR Capital Management and author of . In today’s episode, Antti provides a blueprint for investors as decades of tailwinds are turning into headwinds. He...
May 7, 2022 · 37 min
Radio Show – Meb's Got News!...YTD Stock & Bond Performance...$7 Gas in SoCal | #412
Today's radio show is with , & . We cover: is now free!!! YTD stock & bond returns Trend-following as a diversifier for 60/40 portfolios Inflation and rising food prices ----- Follow Meb on , and For detailed show notes, click To...
May 4, 2022 · 1 hr 33 min
Kai Wu, Sparkline Capital – Investing in Innovation, Intangible Value, & Web3 | #411
Today’s guest is , founder and CIO of , an investment management firm applying state-of-the-art machine learning and computing to uncover alpha in large, unstructured data sets. In today’s episode, we’re talking about two topics that are...
Apr 27, 2022 · 1 hr 59 min
Chris Bloomstran, Semper Augustus – Buffett, Berkshire, & Investing During The Energy Transition | #410
Today’s guest is , President & Chief Investment Officer of Semper Augustus. In today’s episode, we touch on a lot. Chris shares why the best investors are those who can pivot, why a good business doesn’t equate to a good stock, and what...
Apr 26, 2022 · 57 min
Meb’s Corner – Ben Rollert, Composer – Democratizing Access To Quantitative Investment Strategies | #409
Today’s guest is , co-founder & CEO of , a platform for investing in and building quantitative investment strategies for free in an easy to use, no-code solution. In today’s episode, Ben shares what led him to start a new company in the midst...
Apr 20, 2022 · 53 min
Neil Dahlstrom, John Deere – Tractor Wars: John Deere, Henry Ford, International Harvester, and the Birth of Modern Agriculture | #408
Today’s guest is , the archivist and historian for John Deere and author of . In today’s episode, business wars hits the farm! Neil’s book is a case study on the evolution of the tractor industry and it’s importance during a time the world was...
Apr 13, 2022 · 39 min
Marc Chaikin, Chaikin Analytics – A Quantamental Approach To Investing | #407
Today’s guest is , a 50-year Wall Street veteran and the founder of Chaikin Analytics. In today’s episode, we start by discussing Marc’s early career and what led him to have an approach today that combines both fundamentals and...
Apr 11, 2022 · 1 hr 3 min
Dylan Grice, Calderwood Capital – Popular Delusions, The End of Duration & Esoteric Investment Opportunities | #406
Today’s guest is , co-founder of Calderwood Capital, a hedge fund boutique specializing in orthogonal, niche and capacity-constrained hedge-fund strategies. He’s also the author of Popular Delusions, one of my favorite financial newsletters. In...
Apr 6, 2022 · 58 min
Gio Valiante – Prepare For The Masters With A Masterclass in Peak Performance in Athletics & Investing | #405
Today’s guest is , one of the most successful performance coaches in the world. He currently works with some of the top golfers on the PGA Tour and is the Head Performance Coach for the Buffalo Bills. He was previously the Head Performance Coach for...
Apr 4, 2022 · 20 min
Mebisode – How I Invest 2022 | #404
In this Mebisode, Meb reads his article titled “” which is an update to a piece he originally penned during the pandemic in 2020. You’ll hear how Meb invests his own money and how that’s changed in the past two years. ----- Follow...
Mar 30, 2022 · 51 min
Ivy Zelman, Zelman & Associates – Here's Why This Housing Expert Says The Market is "Euphoric" and Urges Caution | #403
Today’s guest today is , CEO and co-founder of Zelman & Associates, a leading housing research firm. She was recently named to Barron's 100 Most Influential Women in U.S. Finance and gained notoriety leading up to the Great Financial Crisis when...
Mar 28, 2022 · 55 min
Paul Kim, Simplify Asset Management – Embracing Convexity Through The ETF Structure | #402
Today’s guest is , co-founder and CEO of Simplify Asset Management, an ETF provider focused on helping advisors build better portfolios. In today’s episode, Paul kicks it off by giving us an overview of Simplify and the firm’s...
Mar 23, 2022 · 47 min
Clay Gardner, Titan – Investment Management Services for The Everyday Investor | #401
Today’s guest today is , co-founder and Co-CEO of Titan, a retail investment management platform aimed at the new generation of everyday investors. In today’s episode, we kick it off with an overview of Titan and the firms’ investment...
Mar 21, 2022 · 1 hr 4 min
Patrick Geddes, Aperio – Lessons From A Customized Indexing Pioneer Who Sold His Firm To BlackRock | #400
Today’s guest today is , founder and former CEO of Aperio Group, a leader in the direct indexing space with $42b in AUM when it was acquired by BlackRock for over $1b. In today’s episode, we kick it off with hearing back Patrick’s days at...
Mar 16, 2022 · 45 min
Mary Childs, NPR’s Planet Money – Bond King Bill Gross | #399
Today’s guest is , co-host for NPR’s Planet Money podcast and author of , which shares how Pimco and Bill Gross changed finance forever. In today’s episode, we kick it off with Mary’s time with Planet Money, one of the most fun and popular...

The Meb Faber Show - Better Investing

Mebisode – Red Light | #418

Andrew Peck, Baron Capital – A Growth Manager’s Take on The Market | #417

Jan van Eck, VanEck – Thematic Investing, Gold & Digital Assets, and Financial History | #416

Sajid Rahman, MyAsiaVC – The VC Landscape in Emerging Markets From Someone Who’s Made Over 1,400 Investments | #415

Tim Laehy – All About Coinbase (COIN) With The Company's Former CFO | #414

Antti Ilmanen, AQR – Investing Amid Low Expected Returns: Making the Most When Markets Offer the Least | #413

Radio Show – Meb's Got News!...YTD Stock & Bond Performance...$7 Gas in SoCal | #412

Kai Wu, Sparkline Capital – Investing in Innovation, Intangible Value, & Web3 | #411

Chris Bloomstran, Semper Augustus – Buffett, Berkshire, & Investing During The Energy Transition | #410

Meb’s Corner – Ben Rollert, Composer – Democratizing Access To Quantitative Investment Strategies | #409

Neil Dahlstrom, John Deere – Tractor Wars: John Deere, Henry Ford, International Harvester, and the Birth of Modern Agriculture | #408

Marc Chaikin, Chaikin Analytics – A Quantamental Approach To Investing | #407

Dylan Grice, Calderwood Capital – Popular Delusions, The End of Duration & Esoteric Investment Opportunities | #406

Gio Valiante – Prepare For The Masters With A Masterclass in Peak Performance in Athletics & Investing | #405

Mebisode – How I Invest 2022 | #404

Ivy Zelman, Zelman & Associates – Here's Why This Housing Expert Says The Market is "Euphoric" and Urges Caution | #403

Paul Kim, Simplify Asset Management – Embracing Convexity Through The ETF Structure | #402

Clay Gardner, Titan – Investment Management Services for The Everyday Investor | #401

Patrick Geddes, Aperio – Lessons From A Customized Indexing Pioneer Who Sold His Firm To BlackRock | #400

Mary Childs, NPR’s Planet Money – Bond King Bill Gross | #399