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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Jan 30, 2019 · 57 min
Ralph Acampora - Don't Ever Fight Papa Dow | #140
In episode 140 we welcome Ralph Acampora. Ralph begins with his background and talks about the accident that left him in a body cast for months. His father’s best friend left a copy of something market related that he was reading when he visited the...
Jan 23, 2019 · 1 hr 2 min
Taz Turner and Nate Nienhuis - We're Really Driving At What We Feel Is The Holy Grail Of Cannabis | #139
In episode 139, we welcome Taz Turner, CEO, and Nate Nienhuis, COO, of CordovaCann in the 4th installment of our cannabis series. The episode begins with the backstory behind CordovaCann, and the mission to produce superior plants and consistent and...
Jan 16, 2019 · 1 hr 1 min
Yariv Haim - You Should Never Try To Reassess Your Risk Appetite When Markets Crash | #138
In episode 138, we welcome Yariv Haim. Yariv begins with his backstory. He had been working for a family running marketing and business development. He was asked to get involved with the investment management needs of the family, and through a path of...
Jan 9, 2019 · 51 min
Emily and Morgan Paxhia - The Growers Who Focused On Creating Efficient Operations Are The Ones That Are Still Around Today | #137
In episode 137 we welcome the sibling duo, Emily and Morgan Paxhia. Emily and Morgan begin by discussing their backstory, and how coming from a family with an entrepreneurial background influenced their path to start Poseidon Asset Management to...
Jan 2, 2019 · 1 hr 3 min
Steve Romick - Value Investing Is, To Us, Simply Investing With A Margin Of Safety, Believing That You've Made An Investment Where It's Hard To Lose Money Over Time | #136
In episode 136, we welcome Steve Romick. The conversation begins with Steve explaining that he hated losing more than he enjoyed winning, and while there wasn’t one event that led him to value investing, he considers his aversion to loss a...
Dec 26, 2018 · 42 min
Karan Wadhera - We're Still In Very, Very Early Innings For What's Going To Be An Incredible Ride | #135
In Episode 135, we welcome Karan Wadhera. We start with Karan giving his backstory that includes a stint at Goldman Sachs and some entrepreneurship. After some time studying the industry, he ultimately got involved in the Cannabis space with Casa...
Dec 19, 2018 · 1 hr 3 min
Chris Cole - Volatility Is The Instrument That Makes Us Face Truth | #134
In Episode 134, we welcome Chris Cole. Meb kicks off the show by asking Chris to describe his nontraditional background. Chris studied cinematography in film school at USC, while trading options in his spare time. He eventually made a career switch...
Dec 12, 2018 · 50 min
Todd Harrison - Humanity Has Had a 30,000 Year Relationship with Cannabis | #133
In Episode 133, we welcome Todd Harrison. Meb begins the conversation asking Todd about what got him into the cannabis space. Todd discusses his intellectual curiosity of the space, and what he has learned about the history of cannabis, from the...
Dec 5, 2018 · 1 hr 8 min
Radio Show - Since 1989 80% of Stocks Had a Collective Return of 0%... A Goldman Bear-Market Indicator at Its Highest Point in Decades... and Listener Q&A | #132
Episode 132 has a radio show format. In this one, we cover numerous Tweets of the Week from Meb as well as listener Q&A. For our Tweets of the Week, a few we cover include: A chart from Longboard about returns. Since 1989, the worst performing...
Nov 28, 2018 · 43 min
David Rosenberg - If Next Year is Not a Recession, It’s Going to Feel Like It | #131
In Episode 131, we welcome economist David Rosenberg. We jump right into David’s view of the current economic landscape. David talks about the global economy, especially the US looking classically late cycle, as the economy is running low on skilled...
Nov 21, 2018 · 52 min
Eric Falkenstein - I Think in the Long Run (Cryptocurrencies) Are Going to Work | #130
In Episode 130, we welcome Eric Falkenstein. The show starts with Meb and Eric discussing ice fishing in Minnesota (where Eric is currently located). But then Meb asks for Eric’s origin story. Eric tells us about being a teacher’s assistant for...
Nov 14, 2018 · 1 hr 7 min
Meb's Take on Return Expectations, Portfolio Construction, and Practical Market Approaches | #129
Episode 129 is a solo-Meb show. Meb has been out on the road, giving speeches. In this “Mebisode,” you’ll hear Meb’s most recent talk. It covers forward-looking return expectations, an offer to book some time to chat with Meb one-on-one, best...
Oct 31, 2018 · 52 min
Claude Lamoureux - When You Have to Make A Decision, Always Make the One That Will Help You Sleep Better, Not Eat Better | #128
In Episode 128, we welcome pension fund expert, Claude Lamoureux. We start with Claude’s background, which took him from Met Life to running the Ontario Teachers Pension Plan. When Claude took over the pension, the fund was invested in just Canadian...
Oct 24, 2018 · 1 hr 4 min
Radio Show - Meb and Elon Musk Talk Shorting... Conflicting U.S. Valuation Indicators... and Listener Q&A | #127
Episode 127 has a radio show format. In this one, we cover numerous Tweets of the Week from Meb as well as listener Q&A. We start with Meb telling us about his recent back-and-forth over Twitter with Elon Musk, discussing short-selling. Meb uses...
Oct 17, 2018 · 54 min
Karen Finerman - 'Out-of-Favorness' Is Appealing. The Difficult Part is Timing | #126
In Episode 126, we welcome entrepreneur, author, and investor, Karen Finerman. The episode starts with an interesting connection – Karen and Meb’s wife both attended the same high school in Los Angeles, and apparently, it’s the only high school...
Oct 10, 2018 · 1 hr 27 min
Tom Barton - The Biggest Problem Investors Have is Things Change...and They Don't Change | #125
In Episode 125, we welcome famed short-seller and early stage investor, Tom Barton. We start by going way back, after Tom graduated from Vanderbilt. He walks us through his early career experiences which helped him sharpen his business analysis...
Oct 8, 2018 · 53 min
Bonus Episode: Wes Gray - Factor Investing is More Art, and Less Science
We recently published The Best Investment Writing, Volume 2. The first book was a hit, with MoneyWeek concluding that it “should be on every investor’s bookshelf.” But we made the second volume even better – we expanded it to include 41...
Oct 3, 2018 · 43 min
Howard Marks - It's Not What You Buy, It's What You Pay for It That Determines Whether Something is a Good Investment | #124
In Episode 124, we welcome legendary investor, Howard Marks. Meb begins with a quote from Howard’s new book, , and asks him to expound. Howard gives us his top-line take on market cycles, ending with the idea that if you understand them, you can...
Oct 1, 2018 · 10 min
Bonus Episode: Russel Kinnel - Mind the Gap
We recently published The Best Investment Writing, Volume 2. The first book was a hit, with MoneyWeek concluding that it “should be on every investor’s bookshelf.” But we made the second volume even better – we expanded it to include 41...
Sep 26, 2018 · 1 hr
Fabrice Grinda - We're Still at the Very Beginning of the Tech Revolution... We Are Day One | #123
In Episode 123, we welcome entrepreneur and renowned angel investor, Fabrice Grinda. The guys begin by discussing their mutual love for skiing, talking about heli-skiing in Canada, powder skiing in Japan, and the steeps of Chamonix in France. ...

The Meb Faber Show - Better Investing

Ralph Acampora - Don't Ever Fight Papa Dow | #140

Taz Turner and Nate Nienhuis - We're Really Driving At What We Feel Is The Holy Grail Of Cannabis | #139

Yariv Haim - You Should Never Try To Reassess Your Risk Appetite When Markets Crash | #138

Emily and Morgan Paxhia - The Growers Who Focused On Creating Efficient Operations Are The Ones That Are Still Around Today | #137

Steve Romick - Value Investing Is, To Us, Simply Investing With A Margin Of Safety, Believing That You've Made An Investment Where It's Hard To Lose Money Over Time | #136

Karan Wadhera - We're Still In Very, Very Early Innings For What's Going To Be An Incredible Ride | #135

Chris Cole - Volatility Is The Instrument That Makes Us Face Truth | #134

Todd Harrison - Humanity Has Had a 30,000 Year Relationship with Cannabis | #133

Radio Show - Since 1989 80% of Stocks Had a Collective Return of 0%... A Goldman Bear-Market Indicator at Its Highest Point in Decades... and Listener Q&A | #132

David Rosenberg - If Next Year is Not a Recession, It’s Going to Feel Like It | #131

Eric Falkenstein - I Think in the Long Run (Cryptocurrencies) Are Going to Work | #130

Meb's Take on Return Expectations, Portfolio Construction, and Practical Market Approaches | #129

Claude Lamoureux - When You Have to Make A Decision, Always Make the One That Will Help You Sleep Better, Not Eat Better | #128

Radio Show - Meb and Elon Musk Talk Shorting... Conflicting U.S. Valuation Indicators... and Listener Q&A | #127

Karen Finerman - 'Out-of-Favorness' Is Appealing. The Difficult Part is Timing | #126

Tom Barton - The Biggest Problem Investors Have is Things Change...and They Don't Change | #125

Bonus Episode: Wes Gray - Factor Investing is More Art, and Less Science

Howard Marks - It's Not What You Buy, It's What You Pay for It That Determines Whether Something is a Good Investment | #124

Bonus Episode: Russel Kinnel - Mind the Gap

Fabrice Grinda - We're Still at the Very Beginning of the Tech Revolution... We Are Day One | #123