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Blair duQuesnay catches up with Brian Portnoy to discuss some of the biggest challenges in defining wealth, finding happiness in our success and being aware of the fact that we seem to always want more.Talk to Blair here:https://ritholtzwealth.com/team/blair-duquesnay/Brian Portnoy, Ph.D., CFA, is an expert at simplifying the complex world of money. In his two books, The Investor's Paradox and The Geometry of Wealth, he tackles the challenges of not only making better investment decisions but also how money figures in to a joyful life. Here's Blair's conversation with Brian about The Geometry of Wealth, whether money buys happiness, what makes people truly content, gratitude, and financial planning and goals.Timestamps:1:15 Being wealthy isn't the same as being rich1:28 "I think of wealth as the ability to underwrite a meaningful life" (AKA funded contentment) - Brian1:54 Blair on meeting goals - what she tells clients2:20: "It's not about making more - it's about focusing on the goals" - Blair2.35 Beating the market has become a cultural phenomenon, but it's irrelevant to meeting your goals2:53 Hedonic adaptation: wherever you get, you then want more3:20 Should I take my two-year old to Paris?3:35: Two kinds of happiness: experienced happiness (in the moment) and reflective happiness (memory - "the step-back")4:50 Distinction between pleasurable life and meaningful life5:15 Blair's pro tip for Paris travel: how to skip to the front of the line at the Mona Lisa5:40 What has Brian learned about gratitude?6:15 Just saying "thank you" makes us feel better psychologically and physically7:00 Does money not buy any level of happiness?7:45 A higher salary doesn't make a big difference for gaining more experienced happiness (your day-to-day)7:55 Going from $100k to $1M to $10M doesn't alter your emotional set point8:30 The Geometry of Wealth - how do you afford a life that will make you happy?9:00 You need to calibrate purpose and priorities - you need a plan (where financial advisors come in)1-click play or subscribe on your favorite podcast app Subscribe to the mini podcast on iTunes or Spotify Enable our Alexa skill here - "Alexa, play the Compound show!" Talk to us about your portfolio or financial plan here:http://ritholtzwealth.com/ Obviously nothing on this channel should be considered as personalized financial advice just for you or a solicitation to buy or sell any securities. Please see this 3,000 word terms & conditions disclaimer:https://thereformedbroker.com/terms-and-conditions/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Barry Ritholtz and Downtown Josh Brown welcome storied Wall Street veteran Jeff Saut, formerly of Raymond James, to The Compound. Jeff talks about how he uses both fundamentals and technical analysis in his investment selection process, and why he doesn't pay as much attention to the economy as he does to earnings and investment ideas from trusted sources. Jeff spent the last 21 years as a chief strategist for Raymond James and has now gone independent, with both asset management and a new research product coming soon. In this conversation, he relays the number one lesson he's learned in almost fifty years in the investment business - the secret to longevity on Wall Street. 1-click play or subscribe on your favorite podcast app Subscribe to the mini podcast on iTunes or Spotify  Enable our Alexa skill here - "Alexa, play the Compound show!" Talk to us about your portfolio or financial plan here: http://ritholtzwealth.com/ Obviously nothing on this channel should be considered as personalized financial advice just for you or a solicitation to buy or sell any securities. Please see this 3,000 word terms & conditions disclaimer:https://thereformedbroker.com/terms-and-conditions/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“Prior to reading Expected Returns, I had a very narrow view of asset allocation and portfolio construction. Like most investors, I viewed diversification through the singular lens of asset classes, i.e. stocks vs. bonds. Through the effective use of two visual aids, this book turned that notion on its head.”Phil Huber is an enthusiastic participant in the financial blogsphere and the CIO of Huber Financial Advisors. Tadas got Phil on the phone to talk about a recent post of his entitled “My Investing Bible” where he discusses how the book, Expected Returns by Antti Ilmanen changed how he thought about investing.You can read more about Phil at his blog bps and pieces:https://bpsandpieces.com/2019/05/20/my-investing-bible/Enable our Alexa skill here - "Alexa, play the Compound show!"https://www.amazon.com/Ritholtz-Wealth-Management-LLC-Compound/dp/B07P777QBZTalk to us about your portfolio or financial plan here:https://ritholtzwealth.com/Obviously nothing on this channel should be considered as personalized financial advice just for you or a solicitation to buy or sell any securities. Please see this 3,000 word terms & conditions disclaimer if you seriously need this spelled out for you.https://thereformedbroker.com/terms-and-conditions/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh is joined by Jeff Macke to discuss the latest quarterly earnings reports from Target, Walmart, Nordstrom and more! Enable our Alexa skill here - "Alexa, play the Compound show!"https://www.amazon.com/Ritholtz-Wealth-Management-LLC-Compound/dp/B07P777QBZTalk to us about your portfolio or financial plan here:http://ritholtzwealth.com/Obviously nothing on this channel should be considered as personalized financial advice just for you or a solicitation to buy or sell any securities. Please see this 3,000 word terms & conditions disclaimer:https://thereformedbroker.com/terms-and-conditions/ Subscribe to the mini podcast on iTunes or SpotifyEnable our Alexa skill here - "Alexa, play the Compound show!" Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There are only two commodities left worth anything in the money management business. In an all hands meeting at Ritholtz Wealth, CEO Josh Brown explains...Enable our Alexa skill here - "Alexa, play the Compound show!"https://www.amazon.com/Ritholtz-Wealth-Management-LLC-Compound/dp/B07P777QBZTalk to us about your portfolio or financial plan here:http://ritholtzwealth.com/Obviously nothing on this channel should be considered as personalized financial advice just for you or a solicitation to buy or sell any securities. Please see this 3,000 word terms & conditions disclaimer:https://thereformedbroker.com/terms-and-conditions/ Subscribe to the mini podcast on iTunes or SpotifyEnable our Alexa skill here - "Alexa, play the Compound show!" Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh Brown talks with Greg March, founder of Noble People, a media agency based in New York City, about whether or not Amazon's advertising business can supplant Google's search hegemony any time soon.Enable our Alexa skill here - "Alexa, play the Compound show!"https://www.amazon.com/Ritholtz-Wealth-Management-LLC-Compound/dp/B07P777QBZTalk to us about your portfolio or financial plan here:http://ritholtzwealth.com/Obviously nothing on this channel should be considered as personalized financial advice just for you or a solicitation to buy or sell any securities. Please see this 3,000 word terms & conditions disclaimer:https://thereformedbroker.com/terms-and-conditions/ Subscribe to the mini podcast on iTunes or SpotifyEnable our Alexa skill here - "Alexa, play the Compound show!" Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh here - I asked my friend Tyrone Ross of Noble Bridge Wealth Management about the recent rally in Bitcoin, which has doubled since the beginning of the year and shocked the markets. What's behind the recent move? Who's doing all the buying? What major catalysts on the horizon?Enable our Alexa skill here - "Alexa, play the Compound show!"https://www.amazon.com/Ritholtz-Wealth-Management-LLC-Compound/dp/B07P777QBZTalk to us about your portfolio or financial plan here:http://ritholtzwealth.com/Obviously nothing on this channel should be considered as personalized financial advice just for you or a solicitation to buy or sell any securities. Please see this 3,000 word terms & conditions disclaimer:https://thereformedbroker.com/terms-and-conditions/ Subscribe to the mini podcast on iTunes or SpotifyEnable our Alexa skill here - "Alexa, play the Compound show!" Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

osh here - on the 20th anniversary of Simple Wealth, Inevitable Wealth, I discuss why it's the book that changed the entire trajectory of my career and laid the groundwork for my investing philosophy.Many books and authors have been influential and important to my understanding about how the market works. Simple Wealth, however, was the first book that made me want to dedicate my life to helping others invest and make sure they don't fall prey to all the wrong information and advice they're being assaulted with on a regular basis. Nick Murray has taught thousands of financial advisors about the inherent dignity of our careers and the absolutely necessity of our work for the improvement of society. Building, managing and living with a portfolio's ups and downs can be simple, but that doesn't mean it's going to be easy. Our job, according to Nick, is to continuously remind people why they must bear risk and endure a lifetime's worth of volatility if they're going to truly succeed in the markets and in life. Michael makes a point about finding the right book at the right time in our lives, and for me, finding Nick's writing ten years ago was exactly what I needed. Other books mentioned include Jack Schwager's Market Wizards and Ben Graham's The Intelligent Investor. Nick's book is only available at http://nickmurray.com/Enable our Alexa skill here - "Alexa, play the Compound show!"https://www.amazon.com/Ritholtz-Wealth-Management-LLC-Compound/dp/B07P777QBZTalk to us about your portfolio or financial plan here: http://ritholtzwealth.com/Obviously nothing on this channel should be considered as personalized financial advice just for you or a solicitation to buy or sell any securities. Please see this 3,000 word terms & conditions disclaimer:https://thereformedbroker.com/terms-and-conditions/ Subscribe to the mini podcast on iTunes or Spotify Enable our Alexa skill here - "Alexa, play the Compound show!" Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“Rebalancing is getting a little overrated. It is nowhere near as impactful on returns as human and digital advisors advertise. I also feel like human advisors probably rebalance more than is truly necessary.”Peter Lazaroff who is the co-CIO of Plancorp and BrightPlan. Peter blogs at PeterLazaroff.com and most importantly for the purposes of this discussion is the author of the recently published book Making Money Simple: The Complete Guide to Getting Your Financial House in Order and Keeping It That Way Forever.We recently published a two-part Q&A with Peter on Abnormal Returns: part one and part two.You can read more about Peter at his blog: https://peterlazaroff.com/blogEnable our Alexa skill here - "Alexa, play the Compound show!"https://www.amazon.com/Ritholtz-Wealth-Management-LLC-Compound/dp/B07P777QBZTalk to us about your portfolio or financial plan here: https://ritholtzwealth.com/Obviously nothing on this channel should be considered as personalized financial advice just for you or a solicitation to buy or sell any securities. Please see this 3,000 word terms & conditions disclaimer if you seriously need this spelled out for you. https://thereformedbroker.com/terms-and-conditions/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are US stocks destined to continue crushing international stocks? How about tech stocks vs everything else? Sure seems that way. But the recency bias is real! Michael Batnick, Ben Carlson and Downtown Josh Brown discuss!Enable our Alexa skill here - "Alexa, play the Compound show!"https://www.amazon.com/Ritholtz-Wealth-Management-LLC-Compound/dp/B07P777QBZTalk to us about your portfolio or financial plan here:http://ritholtzwealth.com/Obviously nothing on this channel should be considered as personalized financial advice just for you or a solicitation to buy or sell any securities. Please see this 3,000 word terms & conditions disclaimer:https://thereformedbroker.com/terms-and-conditions/ Subscribe to the mini podcast on iTunes or SpotifyEnable our Alexa skill here - "Alexa, play the Compound show!" Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices