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Excess Returns
Excess Returns is dedicated to making you a better long-term investor and making complex investing topics understandable. Join Jack Forehand, Justin Carbonneau and Matt Zeigler as they sit down with some of the most interesting names in finance to discuss topics like macroeconomics, value investing, factor investing, and more. Subscribe to learn along with us.
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Apr 18, 2024 • 1h 9min
Evaluating the Macro Landscape and Finding Great Companies with Jeff Muhlenkamp
In this episode of Excess Returns, we speak with Jeff Muhlenkamp, portfolio manager at Muhlenkamp and Company. We discuss Jeff's views on inflation, the likelihood of a recession, and the possibility of another financial crisis. We also take a in depth look at his investment process, which focuses on finding good companies with strong growth, profitability, and financial strength. He also discussed the importance of understanding management incentives and how he incorporates macroeconomic factors into his investment decisions.
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Apr 11, 2024 • 1h
Navigating the Islands of Macro with Andy Constan
Andy Constan, Founder of Damped Spring Advisors, discusses his outlook on the economic landscape, inflation, the Fed's actions, bond market, and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen. He shares views on alpha & beta, constructing portfolios, biggest concerns, and reasons for optimism in the next 12-18 months.

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Apr 4, 2024 • 1h 5min
The Case for Value Investing with Tobias Carlisle
Tobias Carlisle, an expert in value investing, discusses the struggles and opportunities of value investing for long-term investors. They cover topics like inflation, AI, Berkshire Hathaway post-Buffett, and market trends, emphasizing the importance of undervalued stocks and strong management amidst uncertainties.

Mar 28, 2024 • 59min
Value Investing, Inflation and Expected Returns with Rob Arnott
Rob Arnott, founder of Research Affiliates, discusses inflation, struggles of value investing, expected future returns, avoiding value traps, AI impact, and future concerns and optimism in investing.

Mar 21, 2024 • 59min
The AI Bubble Thesis with Doug Clinton
AI stocks have seen a big run recently. This has led many fundamental-based investors to suggest that things have gotten ahead of themselves. Some have even suggested AI is already in a bubble. But what if we are still in the early innings? What if a bubble is just getting started that could eventually exceed the dotcom bubble? Those are the questions we tackle this week with Deepwater's Doug Clinton. Doug wrote a thought-provoking tweet in which he suggested that studying past tech booms suggests that this one might only be getting started. We dig into that idea with Doug. We also discuss the unique AI driven stock picking strategies he has been running, what AI might mean for the future of investing and a lot more.
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Mar 14, 2024 • 54min
Inflation, Bank Failures, Bubbles and Other Lessons from Financial History with Mark Higgins
There have been many significant events in the economy and stock market over the past several years. We have had inflation. We have had bank failures. We have had a pandemic. We have even had a potential bubble developing in the AI space. Despite their differences, there is one thing that all of these events have in common - all of them have happened before. And studying that history can allow us to better understand them and what they mean for the market and the economy. This week we are joined by the perfect person to help us do that. We speak with Mark Higgins, author of "Investing in U.S. Financial History: Understanding the Past to Forecast the Future." We discuss what all of us can learn from financial history and how we can apply that knowledge to become better investors.
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Mar 8, 2024 • 56min
Investing in the Future of Health Care with Mike Taylor
Mike Taylor, manager of the Simplify Health Care ETF, discusses healthcare sector insights, charitable endeavors supporting breast cancer awareness, gene therapy, AI in healthcare, ozempic molecule impact, strategic healthcare investing, contact lens maker investment opportunity, healthcare valuation risks, market trends, and economic challenges like inflation and perpetual money printing.

Feb 29, 2024 • 1h
Show Us Your Portfolio: Bob Elliott
Bob Elliott, founder of Unlimited Funds, shares his unique multi-strategy approach to managing his personal portfolio. Topics include weaknesses of the 60-40 portfolio, building blocks of his investment strategy, benefits of simplicity, views on home ownership, leaving money to children, gardening, and more.

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Feb 22, 2024 • 59min
Has Passive Investing Broken the Market? | Mike Green
Discussion on the impact of passive investing on the market, risks it poses to fundamental investing. Also covers topics like inflation, Fed policy, economic fragility, recession indicators, and strategies for navigating financial turbulence

Feb 15, 2024 • 1h 2min
The Next Chapter for Inflation with Cullen Roche
Cullen Roche, founder of Discipline Funds, joins the podcast to discuss measuring inflation, the relationship between inflation and the labor market, and the future path of inflation. They also touch on the potential impact of a Trump victory on inflation and the market, as well as the role of artificial intelligence in revolutionizing the economy and reducing inflation.