EPISODE · Aug 15, 2025 · 55 MIN
A Golden Moment for Asset Allocation? | Mike Philbrick | #593
from The Meb Faber Show - Better Investing · host The Idea Farm
Today’s returning guest is Mike Philbrick, CEO of ReSolve Asset Management and Founding Member of the Return Stacked Team. In today’s episode, Mike discusses the evolving role of gold and Bitcoin in investment portfolios given the current economic landscape. He explores the historical performance of gold, its risk premium, and how it can help negate home country bias. Then he explains how investors can utilize gold futures to enhance a traditional 60/40 allocation. (0:00) Starts (1:18) Introduction of Mike Philbrick (3:10) US monetary policy, gold and Bitcoin (7:26) Gold performance since 2000 (14:09) Can gold hedge home country bias? (27:08) Bitcoin vs. gold (31:37) Overview of return stacking strategies (43:58) The future of return stacking funds ----- Follow Meb on X, LinkedIn and YouTube For detailed show notes, click here To learn more about our funds and follow us, subscribe to our mailing list or visit us at cambriainvestments.com ----- Follow The Idea Farm: X | LinkedIn | Instagram | TikTok ----- Interested in sponsoring the show? Email us at [email protected] ----- Past guests include Ed Thorp, Richard Thaler, Jeremy Grantham, Joel Greenblatt, Campbell Harvey, Ivy Zelman, Kathryn Kaminski, Jason Calacanis, Whitney Baker, Aswath Damodaran, Howard Marks, Tom Barton, and many more. ----- Meb's invested in some awesome startups that have passed along discounts to our listeners. Check them out here! ----- Editing and post-production work for this episode was provided by The Podcast Consultant (https://thepodcastconsultant.com). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Today’s returning guest is Mike Philbrick, CEO of ReSolve Asset Management and Founding Member of the Return Stacked Team. In today’s episode, Mike discusses the evolving role of gold and Bitcoin in investment portfolios given the current economic landscape. He explores the historical performance of gold, its risk premium, and how it can help negate home country bias. Then he explains how investors can utilize gold futures to enhance a traditional 60/40 allocation. (0:00) Starts (1:18) Introduction of Mike Philbrick (3:10) US monetary policy, gold and Bitcoin (7:26) Gold performance since 2000 (14:09) Can gold hedge home country bias? (27:08) Bitcoin vs. gold (31:37) Overview of return stacking strategies (43:58) The future of return stacking funds ----- Follow Meb on X, LinkedIn and YouTube For detailed show notes, click here To learn more about our funds and follow us, subscribe to our mailing list or visit us at cambriainvestments.com ----- Follow The Idea Farm: X | LinkedIn | Instagram | TikTok ----- Interested in sponsoring the show? Email us at [email protected] ----- Past guests include Ed Thorp, Richard Thaler, Jeremy Grantham, Joel Greenblatt, Campbell Harvey, Ivy Zelman, Kathryn Kaminski, Jason Calacanis, Whitney Baker, Aswath Damodaran, Howard Marks, Tom Barton, and many more. ----- Meb's invested in some awesome startups that have passed along discounts to our listeners. Check them out here! ----- Editing and post-production work for this episode was provided by The Podcast Consultant (https://thepodcastconsultant.com). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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