Luke Gromen is the Founder of the macro-thematic research firm, The Forest for the Trees. He’s one of the leading experts on everything happening in the global economy today.

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN:

Why banks will be a smaller part of the S&P500 in the future.

How to invest in an unsafe macro environment.

Why we’re approaching a bursting sovereign global debt bubble.

Why a rising price of bitcoin could force up the price of gold.

·Ask The Investors: How do I buy and store bitcoin safely? 


BOOKS AND RESOURCES

Join the exclusive TIP Mastermind Community to engage in meaningful stock investing discussions with Stig, Clay, and the other community members.

Preston and Stig’s Q3 2020 Mastermind discussion with  Luke Gromen, Lyn Alden, and Jeff Booth. 

Connect with Luke Gromen on Twitter.

Luke Gromen’s company, The Forest for the Trees.

Luke Gromen’s book, Mr. X interviews – Read reviews of this book.


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TIP324: The Great Reset w/ Luke Gromen (Business Podcast)

We interview and study famous financial billionaires, including Warren Buffett, Ray Dalio, and Howard Marks, and teach you what we learn and how you can apply their investment strategies in the stock market.
We Study Billionaires is the largest stock investing podcast show in the world with 150,000,000+ downloads and is hosted by Stig Brodersen, Preston Pysh, William Green, Clay Finck, and Kyle Grieve.
This podcast also includes the Richer Wiser Happier series hosted by best-selling author William Green. William regularly interviews legendary investors such as Mohnish Pabrai and Guy Spier, exploring what they can teach us about how to succeed in markets and life.
And finally, our Bitcoin Fundamentals series is hosted by Preston Pysh, where he interviews prominent figures in the Bitcoin and macroeconomic space. To learn more about TIP, you can visit theinvestorspodcast.com or subscribe to our free daily newsletter here.
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Join us as Peter McCormack shares insights on blending Bitcoin with football business. We delve into his club's dual promotions, strategic investor impacts from the Winklevoss twins, and the broader influence on Bedford, including a new Universal Studios park. Learn how Bitcoin plays a role in these developments and discover actionable strategies for integrating innovative concepts into local enterprises.

IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN:
00:00 - Intro
06:20 - The strategic role of Bitcoin in advancing the success of a local football club.
08:11 - The impact of high-profile investors like the Winklevoss twins on the club.
08:11 - Highlights from the "Cheat Code" Bitcoin conference and its integration with local business.
13:05 - How the club manages competitive growth and future challenges with spending caps.
17:53 - Insights into Peter McCormack's journey of owning and promoting his football team.
22:07 - The significant developments in Bedford, including plans for a Universal Studios theme park.
32:08 - Lessons on leveraging cryptocurrency in traditional businesses and community development.

Disclaimer: Slight discrepancies in the timestamps may occur due to podcast platform differences.

BOOKS AND RESOURCES

Buy your Real Bedford sporting attire here.

Peter’s podcast, What Bitcoin Did.

Learn more about the Cheat Code Conference.

Peter's Twitter.

Check out all the books mentioned and discussed in our podcast episodes here.

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BTC179: The Business of Football and Bitcoin w/ Peter McCormack (Bitcoin Podcast)

Stig has invited legend investor Chris Bloomstran from Semper Augustus to teach us how to value Berkshire Hathaway on today's show. Semper Augustus has an outstanding track record with a compounded annual growth rate of 11.5% on equities since his fund's inception on 2/28/1999, compared to 7.6% for the S&P500. 

IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN:
00:00 - Intro
01:37 - The impact of holding cash on your portfolio returns.  
24:07 - How to understand the five different components that make up stock market returns.
33:14 - How to estimate the expected return of being invested in the S&P500.
40:57 - What the intrinsic value of Berkshire Hathaway is.
45:51 - How Berkshire Hathaway has allocated capital since 2018.

Disclaimer: Slight discrepancies in the timestamps may occur due to podcast platform differences.

BOOKS AND RESOURCES

Join the exclusive TIP Mastermind Community to engage in meaningful stock investing discussions with Stig, Clay, Kyle, and the other community members.

Stig’s 2023 masterclass with Chris Bloomstran on valuing Berkshire Hathaway | YouTube Video.

Stig’s 2022 masterclass with Chris Bloomstran on valuing Berkshire Hathaway | YouTube Video.

Stig’s masterclass with Chris Bloomstran on equity valuations | YouTube Video.

Chris Bloomstran’s website.

Read Chris Bloomstran’s letters to his clients. 

Buffett resource on CNBC.

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TIP625: Berkshire Hathaway w/ Chris Bloomstran

On today’s episode, Clay discusses various financial crises from the past as discussed in the book This Time is Different by Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff.
As the saying goes, from a historical perspective, there is nothing new except what is forgotten. Today’s episode will help shed light on where our world might be heading in light of studying history.

IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN:

00:00 - Intro
06:48 - The primary types of financial crises.
08:13 - When the debt levels of a country reach an unsustainable level.
27:00 - An overview of currency debasements and currency devaluations.
27:24 - How countries tend to handle unsustainable debt levels.
30:36 - An overview of the Great Financial Crisis.
47:32 - How the interests of governments and currency holders are at odds with each other.

Disclaimer: Slight discrepancies in the timestamps may occur due to podcast platform differences.

BOOKS AND RESOURCES

Join the exclusive TIP Mastermind Community to engage in meaningful stock investing discussions with Stig, Clay, Kyle, and the other community members.

Books mentioned: This Time is Different, Broken Money, The Price of Tomorrow


Episode Mentioned: TIP587: Stock Market Crises & Bubbles w/ Brendan Hughes | YouTube Video.

Related Episode: TIP574: Broken Money w/ Lyn Alden | YouTube Video.

Follow Clay on Twitter. 

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TIP624: Studying Financial History w/ Clay Finck

In our latest episode, we dive deep with Carlos Toriello into how Bitcoin’s OP_Return is pioneering election audits. We discuss transforming election skepticism into Bitcoin advocacy, highlighting Digital Witness's groundbreaking audit of Guatemala’s 2023 elections. Learn about Simple Proof, the OpenTimeStamps Protocol, and how these tools offer tamper-evident, verifiable documents, fostering trust and transparency. Join us in envisioning a future where digital integrity reshapes democracy.

IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN:
00:00 - Intro
01:42 - The transformative potential of Bitcoin’s OP_Return for auditing elections and ensuring transparency.
02:08 - How Digital Witness became the first to verify all available election documents in Guatemala, promoting trust.
02:08 - The role of Simple Proof and Peter Todd’s OpenTimeStamps Protocol in creating tamper-evident election documents.
02:08 - Insights into the 2019 Guatemalan elections, showcasing real-world applications of blockchain for combating election fraud.
18:28 - The educational aspect of Fiscal Digital, introducing students to blockchain through gamified verification of election results.
28:23 - The concept behind "Immutable Democracy" and its implications for future election integrity.
35:34 - Recommendations for election system administrators worldwide on leveraging blockchain technology for transparency.
35:34 - A look forward to the 2027 elections and the potential for blockchain to revolutionize electoral processes further.

Disclaimer: Slight discrepancies in the timestamps may occur due to podcast platform differences.

BOOKS AND RESOURCES

Link to Seb’s book: The Hidden Cost of Money.

Carlos' Twitter.

Digital Witness' Website.

Digital Witness' Email.

English friendly documentary #PaperDemocracy.

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Simple Proof's Website.

Simple Proof's Email.

Immutable Democracy Documentary.

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NOSTR NIP 05: simpleproof@nostr.gt

Stakwork's Website.

Stakwork's Twitter.

Stakwork's Email.

OpenTimestamps' Website.

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BTC178: Auditing Elections with Bitcoin w/ Carlos Toriello (Bitcoin Podcast)

Kyle Grieve chats with Annie Duke about her own story of quitting and how it helped sparked the idea for one of her books, the importance of base rates in helping us make better decisions, how to improve our investing processes when we have long feedback loops, the importance of using kill criteria to quit an investment or hypothesis, how to use a quitting coach to help you quit things we hold onto for too long, the importance of dissociating ourselves from our most cherished ideas, and a whole lot more!

IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN:
00:00 - Intro
02:28 - Annie's own story of quitting and how it got here to where she is today.
15:50 - Why expected value is so crucial for investors to manage risk best.
20:15 - The importance of understanding base rates.
20:15 - How we can use base rates to help us best understand expected values of our investments.
24:55 - How we can reframe our analysis of a business to close feedback loops on long-term investments.
32:40 - How we can get transfer from one skill to another far away skill (e.g. chess to investing).
45:28 - How we can use kill criteria in our investing decision-making to improve our abilities to quit a losing investment.
45:28 - How to engineer your decision-making to give yourself an outside view.
51:11 - How we can disassociate ourselves from our investments to reduce the impacts of the endowment effects.
51:32 - How to set up a quitting coach by permitting them to disagree with you.
And so much more!

Disclaimer: Slight discrepancies in the timestamps may occur due to podcast platform differences.

BOOKS AND RESOURCES

Join the exclusive TIP Mastermind Community to engage in meaningful stock investing discussions with Stig, Clay, Kyle, and the other community members.

Buy Quit: The Power of Knowing When to Walk Away here.

Buy Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts here.

Check out Annie’s substack here.

Learn more about Annie Duke here.

Related Episode: RWH015: Betting Better In Markets & Life w/ Annie Duke | YouTube video.

Related Episode: TIP231: The Mind Of A World Poker Champion w/ Annie Duke | YouTube video.

Learn more about the Berkshire Summit by clicking here or emailing Clay at clay@theinvestorspodcast.com.


Follow Kyle on Twitter and LinkedIn.

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TIP324: The Great Reset w/ Luke Gromen (Business Podcast)

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