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Two Quants and a Financial Planner — 135 episodes

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The S&P 500 is Just 46 Stocks. 89% of the Economy is Flatlining | What We Learned This Week

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Outperformed by Mom | The Weekly Wrap – 5/2/2026

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We Asked David Rosenberg, Chris Bloomstran and Cameron Dawson What This Market Is Getting Wrong

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We Asked Liz Ann Sonders, Jim Grant, and Brent Donnelly What Investors Miss About This Market

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The Recession Signal Hidden in Walmart | The Weekly Wrap - 4/12/2026

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The 1 in 18,900 Bet | Practical Lessons from Michael Maboussin, Katie Stockton, Ben Hunt, Kuppy and Aahan Menon

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The Shock No One Can Price | The Weekly Wrap - 3/29/2026

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The War No One Can Price | The Weekly Wrap – 3/22/2026

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14% for Tech. 1% for Everyone Else | The Weekly Wrap – 3/14/2026

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From AI Hype to Hard Money | The Weekly Market Insight – March 8, 2026

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The Question No One Asks | What Great Investors Taught Us About Portfolio and Purpose

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The Retirement Rule No One Gets Right | Practical Lessons from Bill Bengen

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The Most Underutilized Concept in Investing | Four Lessons from Michael Mauboussin

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How to Avoid Selling Your Next 100-Bagger | Practical Lessons from Chris Mayer

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The Fourth Turning is Here. But It Isn’t What You Think | Practical Lessons from Neil Howe

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When Easy Markets Hide Hard Truths | Practical Lessons from Richard Bernstein

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QE Myths. Free Trade Lies. Fatal Mistakes | 12 Great Investors Share Their Most Unpopular Beliefs

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20,000 Watched in Silence. Then Buffett Dropped the Bombshell. | What It Means for Berkshire

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The Great Distortion: The Hidden Impact of Passive Investing | Practical Lessons from Mike Green

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Sequence Risk Can Derail Your Retirement: Here is How to Stop It | Practical Lessons from Wade Pfau

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The Seismic Shift Markets Are Missing | Practical Lessons from Ben Hunt & Grant Williams

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The Diversification Delusion | The Risk that Leaves Both Stocks and Bonds Exposed

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The Irrecoverable Error: Risk, Ruin, and the Rules of Wealth | Practical Lessons from Guy Spier

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The Dark Side of Value Investing: Practical Lessons from Aswath Damodaran

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Tariffs Are Here. The Market is Down. Here is What It Means for Investors

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Most Great Traders Failed First: These Key Rules Saved Them | Practical Lessons from Jack Schwager

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75% of Investors Will Disagree with These Ideas: Evidence Says They are True

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The Great Moderation is Over: Here is What Comes Next | Practical Lessons from Liz Ann Sonders

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Value Investing: Dead or Just Misunderstood? | Special Guest: Tobias Carlisle

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Practical Lessons from Bob Elliott

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Practical Lessons from Warren Pies

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Practical Lessons from Cem Karsan | Inside the Hidden Forces Moving Markets

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Practical Lessons from Jim Paulsen

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Practical Lessons from Jason Buck

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Practical Lessons from Ed Yardeni

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Practical Lessons from Cliff Asness

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Practical Lessons from Warren Buffett | Timeless Wisdom from the Oracle of Omaha

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Practical Lessons from Larry Swedroe | Why Evidence Beats Market Narratives

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The Unforecast Episode: Making Our 2025 Market Calls to Show Why Forecasting is a Waste of Time

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Do You Really Need International Diversification? 10 Top Investors Debate

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Practical Lessons from Andy Constan | Bridgewater, Macro Pillars and Navigating Deleveragings

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10 Great Investors Share Their Most Important Lesson

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Practical Lessons from Ben Carlson

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What the Rise of Passive Investing Means for Your Portfolio | Special Guest: Dave Nadig

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The Six Most Controversial Takes from Excess Returns in 2024

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Practical Lessons from Cullen Roche

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Practical Lessons from Tobias Carlisle | Value Investing, Buffett and the Importance of Survival

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Practical Lessons from Meb Faber | Dividends, Trend Following and a Timeless Asset Allocation

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Practical Lessons from Rob Arnott

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Practical Lessons from Jerry Parker

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Practical Lessons from Guy Spier

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Practical Lessons from Chris Davis

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Practical Lessons from Michael Mauboussin

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Quality and Low Volatility: The Factors That Get No Respect

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Practical Lessons from Aswath Damodaran

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The Case Against Value Investing

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Our Guests Gave Us 119 of Their Most Important Investing Lessons: We Give You Our Favorite 12

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10 Common Misconceptions About Factor Investing

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Inside the Recent Market Volatility | What You Need to Know to Navigate It

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Lessons from Jack Schwager | 10 Things Long-Term Investors Can Learn from History's Best Traders

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What You Need to Know About Momentum Investing | Six Experts Help Us Understand the Basics

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Practical Alternatives to the 60-40 Portfolio

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Eight Things We Learned from Our Interview with Mike Green | Practical Takeaways for Investors

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Our Biggest Takeaways from the First Half of 2024 | Inflation, Growth, Market Concentration

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Lessons From Our Interview with Rick Ferri | The Benefits of Simplicity

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A Practical Guide to the 4% Rule

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What You Need to Know About Analyzing Backtests

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Timeless Investing Lessons | Breaking Down Corey Hoffstein's 15 Lessons from 15 Years Managing Money

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The Market is Expensive: Should You Care? | The Practical Implications of Market Valuation

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Q&A | ETFs vs Mutual Funds, Asset Location, Sizing Focused Factor Strategies, Direct Indexing

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Investor Q&A | GameStop, Value Spreads, AI Backtesting and the Market as a Casino

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Ten Lessons from Two Decades of Managing Money

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Lessons From 24 Market Experts | What We Learned From the 12 Hour PNL For a Purpose Livestream

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Fact or Fiction: Inflation, Taxes and That $4 Cup of Coffee

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The Double-Edged Sword of Trend Following

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The Importance of Managing Drawdowns in Retirement

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An In Depth Look at Low Volatility Investing

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Lessons from Danny Kahneman | Investing in Practice Rather Than Theory

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Understanding the Measurement of Inflation

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10 Lessons From Warren Buffett's Annual Letter

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Ten Simple Lessons from Fama and French

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The S&P 500 Is Highly Concentrated | Should You Be Worried?

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David Einhorn Says the Market is Broken | We Debate Whether He is Right

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The Intentional Investor | Justin Castelli

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The Elusive Definition of Risk | And How to Manage It

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Private Investing for the Average Investor | The Pros and Cons of Evergreen and Interval Funds

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Fact or Fiction: Limitations of the 60-40, Dave Ramsey's 8% Rule, Factor Investing, AI and More

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The Key Criteria to Look at When Evaluating Active ETFs

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Lessons from Launching (and Shutting Down) a Small-Cap Value ETF

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Lessons from the Rise and Fall (And Rise Again?) of ARK

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Nine Investing and Life Lessons From 2023

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Our 2024 Market Forecast | And Why You Shouldn't Listen to It

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Four Ways Value Investors Can Use Momentum

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Evaluating Alternatives to the 60-40 Portfolio

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The Characteristics of a Good Investment Process - And How to Know When to Change It

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Year-End Investing and Planning Strategies | Portfolio Rebalancing, Tax Loss Harvesting and More

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What Investors Need to Know About Momentum Investing

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An Inside Look at the Quality and Low Volatility Factors

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Breaking Down Popular Value ETFs

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How Couples Can Have Better Conversations About Money with Heather and Doug Boneparth

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Is Value Investing Dead? A Quant and a Financial Planner Discuss

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Understanding the Business of Franchising with Ben Terrill

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Investor Q&A | Going to Cash, Laddering Bonds, International Diversification, Narrow Leadership

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Roth Conversions | What Investors Need to Know

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The Many Sides of Diversification | Spreading Your Bets Across Stocks, Factors and Asset Classes

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A Detailed Look at Direct Indexing

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Two Quants and a Financial Planner Talk Inflation

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Breaking Down the Greatness of Warren Buffett

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Behind the Curtain of 401K Plans with Law Professors Ian Ayres and Quinn Curtis

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Untangling the Challenging Rules of Inherited IRAs

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A Quant and a Financial Planner Discuss Factor Investing

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The Truth About Market Forecasts (And Dollar Cost Averaging)

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A Young Financial Planner Shares His Most Important Insights for Early Career Investors

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The Many Facets of Discipline in Investing

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A Financial Planner's View of Factor Investing

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The Basics of Estate Planning

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Lessons From the Epsilon Connect Conference

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Five Major Issues on Investors' Minds: Inflation, Recession, Valuations, AI Stocks, Geopolitics

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Aligning Your Assets with Your Purpose: Lessons from Peter Mladina

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Annuities: Useful Financial Planning Tool or Just a Bunch of Shady Steak Dinners?

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Will ChatGPT Replace Financial Planners?

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The Challenge of Understanding Your True Risk Tolerance

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Interpreting the Key Lessons from Great Investors

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How Regular Investors Should Think About Alternatives to Stocks and Bonds

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Lessons for Investors in Their Later Retirement Years

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Using Variable Withdrawal Rate Strategies in Retirement

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Using Monte Carlo Simulation in Retirement Planning

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The Importance of Asset Location

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Understanding the 4% Rule and Safe Withdrawal Rates

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Lessons For Investors Approaching Retirement

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Retirement Planning in Your Prime Earning Years

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A Detailed Look at FDIC and SIPC Insurance and the Protections Available for Investors

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What You Need to Know About Retirement Early in Your Career

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A Primer on College Planning and Saving

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The Basics of Goals-Based Planning