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TIP547: The Truth About Stock Market Forecasts

Apr 28, 2023

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Highlights

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Episode notes

Buffett's Investment Advice and the Compounding of Goodwill

01:18

Embrace Uncertainty, Reject Prediction Addiction

01:33

Understand the Cycles: History Repeats in Bubbles and Busts

01:32

The Importance of Sleeping Well: Stress Adjusted Returns in Investment

01:00

Introduction

2min

The Joys of Compounding

3min

The Silent Miracle of Humankind's March

5min

The History of the Stock Market Drawdown

3min

The Importance of Studying History

5min

How to Secure Your Own Bitcoin

2min

The Evolution of Capital Formation

4min

The Balance Between Confidence and Humility

5min

How to Lose Better Than the Rest

2min

10.

The Importance of Opportunity Costs

3min

11.

How to Recognize Patterns in Your Business

4min

12.

The Education of a Valley Investor

3min

13.

How to Find Cheap Stocks

5min

14.

The Importance of Continuity of Compounding

5min

15.

Investing in Emotions

5min

16.

The Power of Positive Thoughts

5min

17.

The Importance of Stoic Discipline

5min

18.

The Importance of Compounding Goodwill

3min

On today’s episode, Clay wraps up his review of Gautam Baid’s book, The Joys of Compounding. Today’s episode is part 5 and the final episode of our review of this incredible book. This episode is jam packed with investing wisdom that you won’t want to miss.

Gautam Baid is the Managing Partner and Fund Manager of Stellar Wealth Partners India Fund, a Delaware-based investment partnership which is available to accredited investors in the US. The fund is modeled after the Buffett Partnership fee structure and invests in listed Indian equities with a long-term, fundamental, and value-oriented approach.

IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN:

00:00 - Intro.

03:02 - Why we should read more history and study fewer forecasts.

12:05 - Why “Don’t Fight the Fed” is a misguided investment strategy.

22:15 - Why the ability to change our mind as investors is more critical now than ever before.

28:37 - What base rates are and why Buffett loves companies with high base rates.

32:32 - Gautam’s wisdom related to opportunity costs.

39:11 - How Nick Sleep, Charlie Munger, Warren Buffett have become masters of pattern recognition and better investors because of it.

56:34 - Why value investors should generally avoid stop loss orders on long-term secular winners.

62:48 - What the real secret is to utilizing the power of compounding.

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, and the other community members.
Check out the book, The Joys of Compounding.
Tune into our previous episodes covering The Joys of Compounding: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, & Part 4 or watch the videos here, here , here and here.
Check out our recent episode covering Mark Leonard's Letter's and Constellation Software. Watch the video here.
Check out Clay’s YouTube video calculating the intrinsic value of Constellation Software here.