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

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

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

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

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

In today’s episode, Shawn O’Malley (@Shawn_OMalley_) breaks down the energy drink company Monster Beverage, which you may be surprised to learn has been one of the best-performing stocks of the last few decades. You’ll learn about how Monster got its start almost one hundred years ago and how it took on a new identity in the early 2000s, how Monster Energy changed the beverage market, why Monster’s stock has done so incredibly well, how Monster is fending off the competition and its plan for continuing to compound excellent returns, why Monster’s relationship with Coca-Cola is such a strategic advantage, how to think about valuing Monster Beverage, plus so much more! Prefer to watch? Click here to watch this episode on YouTube. IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN 00:00 - Intro 02:22 - How Monster Beverage got its start almost a century ago 04:49 - How a single product completely changed Monster Beverage’s trajectory as a company 06:30 - Why Monster has delivered such exceptional returns 08:34 - Why Coca-Cola invested in Monster and how that partnership is still helping Monster to this day 10:08 - What the energy drink market looks like today and how competition threatens Monster 20:53 - What investors can learn from doing a case study on Monster 23:53 - Which challenges could weigh on Monster the most going forward 30:09 - Whether Shawn thinks the stock offers good value  And much, much more! *Disclaimer: Slight timestamp discrepancies may occur due to podcast platform differences. BOOKS AND RESOURCES Join the exclusive TIP Mastermind Community to engage in meaningful stock investing discussions with Kyle and the other community members. Monster’s latest annual 10k filing. Monster Energy’s website. Check out the books mentioned in the podcast here. Enjoy ad-free episodes when you subscribe to our Premium Feed. NEW TO THE SHOW? Follow our official social media accounts: X (Twitter) | LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook | TikTok. Check out our Millennial Investing Starter Packs. Browse through all our episodes (complete with transcripts) here. Try Kyle's favorite tool for picking stock winners and managing our portfolios: TIP Finance. Enjoy exclusive perks from our favorite Apps and Services. Stay up-to-date on financial markets and investing strategies through our daily newsletter, We Study Markets. Learn how to better start, manage, and grow your business with the best business podcasts. SPONSORS Support our free podcast by supporting our sponsors: Toyota Facet ShipStation Fundrise Public Bluehost Airbnb NetSuite Connect with Shawn: Twitter | LinkedIn | Email Help us reach new listeners by leaving us a rating and review on Spotify! It takes less than 30 seconds and really helps our show grow, which allows us to bring on even better guests for you all! Thank you – we really appreciate it!  Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm

In today’s episode, Shawn O’Malley (@Shawn_OMalley_) will be breaking down the Magic Kingdom company: Disney. You’ll learn about why recognition value is so important to Disney, why hit movies are just the top of the sales funnel for Disney, how Disney has built a flywheel supporting its businesses, what the outlook is for Disney’s streaming efforts, how Covid hurt the company and how it has bounced back, why the company’s famed ex-CEO Bob Iger returned, what to make of Disney’s financials and valuation, plus so much more! Prefer to watch? Click here to watch this episode on YouTube. IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN 00:00 - Intro 01:48 - How Disney relies on recognition value at the top of its sales funnel 04:36 - What to understand about the flywheel of Disney’s businesses 11:34 - How Disney’s streaming business is doing 14:17 - Why Covid was so challenging for Disney 19:17 - Why Disney’s famed ex-CEO Bob Iger returned to the company  32:02 - What makes ESPN so profitable 36:43 - What to make of Disney’s financials and valuation 39:51 - Shawn’s opinion on buying the stock And much, much more! *Disclaimer: Slight timestamp discrepancies may occur due to podcast platform differences. BOOKS AND RESOURCES Join the exclusive TIP Mastermind Community to engage in meaningful stock investing discussions with Kyle and the other community members. Check out The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons learned from 15 years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company by Bob Iger. Check out Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination by Neal Gabler. Breakdown of TV Sports Rights. Check out the books mentioned in the podcast here. Enjoy ad-free episodes when you subscribe to our Premium Feed. NEW TO THE SHOW? Follow our official social media accounts: X (Twitter) | LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook | TikTok. Check out our Millennial Investing Starter Packs. Browse through all our episodes (complete with transcripts) here. Try Kyle's favorite tool for picking stock winners and managing our portfolios: TIP Finance. Enjoy exclusive perks from our favorite Apps and Services. Stay up-to-date on financial markets and investing strategies through our daily newsletter, We Study Markets. Learn how to better start, manage, and grow your business with the best business podcasts. SPONSORS Support our free podcast by supporting our sponsors: Toyota Facet ShipStation Fundrise Public Bluehost Airbnb NetSuite Connect with Shawn: Twitter | LinkedIn | Email Help us reach new listeners by leaving us a rating and review on Spotify! It takes less than 30 seconds and really helps our show grow, which allows us to bring on even better guests for you all! Thank you – we really appreciate it!  Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm

In today’s episode, Shawn O’Malley (@Shawn_OMalley_) is joined by stock investor and founder of The All-in-One Investing Platform, Daniel Mahncke, to break down the world’s largest online Retailer: Alibaba. You’ll learn about Alibaba’s different business segments, how Alibaba has been impacted by regulations from the Chinese government, why investors have lost trust in Chinese regulators, what drives Alibaba’s profits, what drove the recent slowdown in Alibaba’s business, why Alibaba may finally offer an attractive valuation to investors, plus so much more! Prefer to watch? Click here to watch this episode on YouTube. IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN 00:00 - Intro 03:00 - Which segments drive Alibaba’s business the most 16:35 - Why the Chinese government cracked down on tech companies 17:02 - Why investors have soured generally on Chinese stocks 30:35 - How Covid disrupted Alibaba’s operations 34:02 - What is the outlook for Alibaba’s profitability 37:32 - How to value Alibaba 43:48 - Why Alibaba may finally offer good value to investors 47:12 - Which risks are most concerning for Alibaba And much, much more! *Disclaimer: Slight timestamp discrepancies may occur due to podcast platform differences. BOOKS AND RESOURCES Join the exclusive TIP Mastermind Community to engage in meaningful stock investing discussions with Kyle and the other community members. Daniel Mahncke’s All-In-One Investing Platform. Warren Buffett Shareholder Letter 1994. Charlie Munger on investing in China and his Alibaba Investment. Howard Marks Memo: Thinking about Macro. Check out the books mentioned in the podcast here. Enjoy ad-free episodes when you subscribe to our Premium Feed. NEW TO THE SHOW? Follow our official social media accounts: X (Twitter) | LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook | TikTok. Check out our Millennial Investing Starter Packs. Browse through all our episodes (complete with transcripts) here. Try Kyle's favorite tool for picking stock winners and managing our portfolios: TIP Finance. Enjoy exclusive perks from our favorite Apps and Services. Stay up-to-date on financial markets and investing strategies through our daily newsletter, We Study Markets. Learn how to better start, manage, and grow your business with the best business podcasts. SPONSORS Support our free podcast by supporting our sponsors: Toyota Facet ShipStation Fundrise Public Bluehost Airbnb NetSuite Connect with Shawn: Twitter | LinkedIn | Email Connect with Daniel: Twitter | LinkedIn HELP US OUT! Help us reach new listeners by leaving us a rating and review on Spotify! It takes less than 30 seconds and really helps our show grow, which allows us to bring on even better guests for you all! Thank you – we really appreciate it!  Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm

Clay Finck chats with Tobias Carlisle about what led him to becoming a value investor, what mean reversion is and how it relates to his overall investment strategy, how inflation impacts his investment process, what the shiller PE is and why it’s something to be mindful of, what his thoughts are on determining an appropriate discount rate, and much, much more! Tobias Carlisle is the founder of The Acquirer’s Multiple®. He is also the founder of Acquirers Funds® which manages ZIG, the Acquirers Fund, and DEEP, the Roundhill Acquirers Deep Value Fund. IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN 00:00 - Intro 02:00 - How Tobias ended up becoming a value investor. 07:43 - What investors had a big impact on Tobias’s own development? 12:02 - What mean reversion is from an investment standpoint, and how it relates to his overall investment strategy. 21:44 - What the shiller PE is, and why it is something to be mindful of. 32:20 - How inflation impacts his overall thought process for stock investing. 44:03 - Tobias’s thoughts on an appropriate discount rate, and what discount rate Warren Buffett might be using in his valuation process. 47:19 - The two funds the Acquirer’s Fund manages - ZIG and DEEP. And much, much more! *Disclaimer: Slight timestamp discrepancies may occur due to podcast platform differences. BOOKS AND RESOURCES Join the exclusive TIP Mastermind Community to engage in meaningful stock investing discussions with Kyle and the other community members. Tobias Carlisle’s book The Acquirer’s Multiple. Tobias Carlisle’s book Deep Value. Tobias Carlisle’s book Quantitative Value. Bruce Greenwald’s book Value Investing. Benjamin Graham’s book, The Intelligent Investor. The Acquirer’s Podcast. The Acquirer’s Multiple. The Acquirer’s Fund. Related Episode: Listen to MI025: Deep Value Investing w/ Tobias Carlisle, or watch the video. Related Episode: MI084: Warren Buffett, Charlie Munger, And Berkshire Hathaway w/ Adam Mead, or watch the video. Check out the books mentioned in the podcast here. Enjoy ad-free episodes when you subscribe to our Premium Feed. NEW TO THE SHOW? Follow our official social media accounts: X (Twitter) | LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook | TikTok. Check out our Millennial Investing Starter Packs. Browse through all our episodes (complete with transcripts) here. Try Kyle's favorite tool for picking stock winners and managing our portfolios: TIP Finance. Enjoy exclusive perks from our favorite Apps and Services. Stay up-to-date on financial markets and investing strategies through our daily newsletter, We Study Markets. Learn how to better start, manage, and grow your business with the best business podcasts. SPONSORS Support our free podcast by supporting our sponsors: Toyota Facet ShipStation Fundrise Public Bluehost Airbnb NetSuite HELP US OUT! Help us reach new listeners by leaving us a rating and review on Spotify! It takes less than 30 seconds and really helps our show grow, which allows us to bring on even better guests for you all! Thank you – we really appreciate it!  Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm

In today’s episode, Shawn O’Malley (@Shawn_OMalley_) is joined by stock investor and founder of The All-in-One Investing Platform, Daniel Mahncke, to break down the company behind the S&P 500 index: S&P Global. You’ll learn about the five different business units at S&P Global, how the company has built up such deep moats in its credit ratings and indices businesses, how the company’s merger with IHS Markit has affected its future outlook, why the company faced allegations of enabling the Great Financial Crisis, its current valuation and intrinsic value estimate, plus so much more! Prefer to watch? Click here to watch this episode on YouTube. IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN 00:00 - Intro 06:30 - How S&P Global was formed and which business units are most important today 07:09 - Why S&P Global is such an important company behind the scenes in financial markets 12:43 - What credit ratings are and why they matter to companies 17:03 - How S&P Global provides data to participants throughout financial markets 35:27 - What was S&P Global’s role in the Great Financial Crisis 38:05 - Why the company is so attractive to investors 39:09 - What risks undermine S&P Global’s future returns 41:51 - Whether Shawn and Daniel think the stock offers good value today And much, much more! *Disclaimer: Slight timestamp discrepancies may occur due to podcast platform differences. BOOKS AND RESOURCES Join the exclusive TIP Mastermind Community to engage in meaningful stock investing discussions with Kyle and the other community members. Daniel Mahncke’s All-In-One Investing Platform. Value Investors Club post breaking down S&P Global. Try valuing S&P Global for yourself with our TIP Finance tools. Andrew Ross Sorkin's book, Too Big to Fail. Check out the books mentioned in the podcast here. Enjoy ad-free episodes when you subscribe to our Premium Feed. NEW TO THE SHOW? Follow our official social media accounts: X (Twitter) | LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook | TikTok. Check out our Millennial Investing Starter Packs. Browse through all our episodes (complete with transcripts) here. Try Kyle's favorite tool for picking stock winners and managing our portfolios: TIP Finance. Enjoy exclusive perks from our favorite Apps and Services. Stay up-to-date on financial markets and investing strategies through our daily newsletter, We Study Markets. Learn how to better start, manage, and grow your business with the best business podcasts. SPONSORS Support our free podcast by supporting our sponsors: Toyota Facet ShipStation Fundrise Public Bluehost Airbnb NetSuite Connect with Shawn: Twitter | LinkedIn | Email Connect with Daniel: Twitter | LinkedIn HELP US OUT! Help us reach new listeners by leaving us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts! It takes less than 30 seconds, and really helps our show grow, which allows us to bring on even better guests for you all! Thank you – we really appreciate it! Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm

Clay Finck chats with Rihard Jarc to do a deep dive on Alphabet’s stock, better known as Google. We cover what Alphabet’s main sources of revenue are, why Google search is such a valuable resource for advertisers to acquire new customers, what is included in Alphabet’s ‘other bets’ line of business, where Alphabet sits in the AI industry, potential risks for Alphabet, why Rihard is bullish on AirBnB, and much more! Rihard Jarc is the Chief Investment Officer of New Era Funds and runs an investment newsletter called Uncover Alpha.  IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN 00:00 - Intro 02:04 - What Alphabet’s main sources of revenue are. 06:39 - Why Google is such a valuable resource for advertisers to acquire new customers. 15:55 - What is included in Alphabet’s ‘other bets’ line of business? 18:21 - How Rihard projects revenue for Alphabet going into the future. 24:01 - Where Alphabet sits in the AI industry. 27:00 - Whether Alphabet’s cash pile is excessive or not. 34:38 - Potential risks investing in Alphabet. 40:46 - Why Rihard is bullish on AirBnB. And much, much more! *Disclaimer: Slight timestamp discrepancies may occur due to podcast platform differences. BOOKS AND RESOURCES Join the exclusive TIP Mastermind Community to engage in meaningful stock investing discussions with Kyle and the other community members. Related episode: Listen to MI165: Is FAANG The New Value? w/ John Huber, or watch the video. Related episode: Listen to MI124: Is Amazon a Value Stock? w/ Jason Moser, or watch the video. Check out the books mentioned in the podcast here. Enjoy ad-free episodes when you subscribe to our Premium Feed. NEW TO THE SHOW? Follow our official social media accounts: X (Twitter) | LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook | TikTok. Check out our Millennial Investing Starter Packs. Browse through all our episodes (complete with transcripts) here. Try Kyle's favorite tool for picking stock winners and managing our portfolios: TIP Finance. Enjoy exclusive perks from our favorite Apps and Services. Stay up-to-date on financial markets and investing strategies through our daily newsletter, We Study Markets. Learn how to better start, manage, and grow your business with the best business podcasts. SPONSORS Support our free podcast by supporting our sponsors: Toyota Facet ShipStation Fundrise Public Bluehost Airbnb NetSuite Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm 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