Patrick talks with Casey Mericle about some of the creative strategies he likes to use to negotiate creative deal structurings for adding value in middle market properties.

Robert Leonard chats with Zachary Conway & Adrian Grenier about their partnership between Seeds and DuContra Ventures, what impact investing is and why it’s important, what Ducontra looks for in companies wanting to raise capital, how Zach and Adrian ensure their goals are aligned, and much, much more!

Rebecca Hotsko chats with Lance Roberts. In this episode, they discuss why the valuation gap between value and growth is wider than ever, why Lance doesn’t think the FANG stocks are dead, how the rise in flows into passive indexing impacts the FANG stocks performance, Lance’s current assessment of the market and his outlook into 2023, how Lance is positioning his investments heading into 2023, his 7 rules to navigate investing in a bear market, the decomposition of returns in the S&P 500, the increasing importance of share buybacks in driving returns, the pros and cons of share buybacks vs dividends for shareholders, and much, much more!

Rebecca Hotsko pulls together clips from some of her favorite interviews over the course of 2022 and shares the biggest lessons and take-aways from these guests, along with some practical take-aways of how to apply this to your own strategy going forward.

Robert chats with Moses Kagan about his thoughts on higher education, how he’s implemented some of his learnings from Warren Buffett into his company, and why everyone should read his shareholder letters, some of the mishaps in his first real estate deal, his experience in the 2008 downturn, and explanations on where we are in the real estate cycle.

Robert Leonard chats with Barbara Ginty about how the US ended up in the current student loan crisis it’s in, how she sees the trend of people foregoing college and choosing more unconventional education, what the best strategies and tips are to pay off student debt, and much, much more!

Rebecca Hotsko chats with Wes Crill. In this episode, they discuss how to improve your expected returns through investing in factors, how to think about constructing a well built portfolio using factor ETFs, the differences between single factor vs multi factor exposure ETFs, which combination of factors are expected to produce the highest returns, understanding the tradeoff between expected return and diversification when adding additional factors, a framework to help you evaluate if an investment belongs in your portfolio, the difference between expected and unexpected inflation and are there any assets that hedge against the unexpected, what typically happens to stocks of companies that grow to be the largest in the market, and much, much more!

Robert chats with Dan Handford about how the current interest rate and tightening financing environments are impacting the real estate industry, how this new environment has changed his acquisition strategy, what assets will be most stable in a downturn, how to do proper due diligence on a syndicator, what markets he is focused on, what trends he foresees for 2023, and much, much more.

Robert Leonard chats with Jacques Hopkins about his journey as an entrepreneur, how he dealt with failure and applied the lessons he learned to his present business, where to start when building an online course, how to build an audience without an existing following, how to use YouTube and an evergreen funnel, and much, much more!

Rebecca Hotsko chats with Ian Bezek. In this episode, they discuss what’s behind the recent strength in some Latin American countries’ equities markets, does Ian see these trends persisting, the pros and cons of investing in broadly diversified emerging market (EM) ETFs versus country specific ones, why is the Brazilian ETF paying over a 12% dividend yield, and is this sustainable, how to choose country specific EM ETFs, what to look for, the risks of investing in this market, why Ian likes investing in less glamorous industries such as infrastructure, food, beverages and banks, Ian shares some of his long term hold stock picks in the defensive sector that offer solid dividends, the strength in the US dollar, which companies is it hurting the most and who is benefiting, his thoughts on bank stocks and their resiliency if the economic picture gets worse, and much, much more!

Rebecca Hotsko chats with Joseph Hogue. In this episode they discuss how to decide if you should rent or buy a home, how to think this through in 2022’s high interest rate environment, the pros and cons of renting vs buying a home, what are all the financial costs to consider in the rent vs buy decision, what the BURL rule is and how it can help with the rent vs buy decision, what are some other non-financial factors to help inform the decision to rent vs buy, the challenges of buying a home in this high interest rate environment, how low do interest rates have to fall before it makes economic sense to buy a home, how to decide if you should go with a variable or fixed mortgage rate in this environment, Joseph’s top 3 dividend stock picks that can help you pay your rent, why Joseph likes REITs and how they typically perform in this environment, and so much more!

Robert chats with the Sultan of Storage about his journey into real estate investing from the corporate world and all things self-storage.

Robert Leonard chats with Brendan Erne about socially responsible investing, sometimes referred to as ESG investing (Environmental, Social and Governance), why these new portfolios are needed, how investors can align their portfolios with their values, and much, much more!

Rebecca Hotsko chats with Tobias Carlisle. In this episode they discuss Warren Buffett’s strategy of “buying down wonderful companies at a fair price” (aka the Magic Formula), and how it has performed relative to the market, what the Acquirer's Multiple Investing strategy is, and how it has actually performed better than the Magic Formula, why enterprise value is more useful than market cap to value stocks, how mean reversion works, what companies and financial metrics typically exhibit mean reversion, the benefits of the Acquirer's multiple strategy vs Warren Buffett value investing strategy, how to implement this strategy and use the Acquirer's multiple stock screener, and so much more!

Robert chats with Devon Kennard about life in the NFL and how he is using his salary to ensure financial freedom through real estate investing. They also discuss tips on time management and productivity, how a policeman inspired him to begin investing in real estate, what his plans are for life after the NFL, and much more!

Robert Leonard chats with Priyeshwar Sodhii and Chris Naugle about all things related to options trading.

Rebecca Hotsko chats with Danielle DiMartino Booth. In this episode, they discuss how many more rate hikes Danielle expects from the Federal Reserve, her thoughts on if we will see sustained higher interest rates and inflation for longer, will the Fed step in to save markets if things get worse, does the Fed Put still exist, or is the Fed trying to break the put, Danielle’s outlook for the stock market, her advice on how to invest during this time, the biggest challenges she thinks Millennials face in today’s investing climate, an update on the housing sector, what’s going on in the auto sector, why are central banks accumulating record amounts of gold in Q3 2022, and so much more!

Rebecca Hotsko chats with Logan Kane. In this episode they discuss why Logan went from being a value investor to more of a quantitative investor, what his quantitative investing strategy looks like and the pros of using a quant strategy, what the “Kelly Criterion” is and how it can be used to manage risk. Logan’s current outlook of the stock market and his price target for the end of 2023, what his long term outlook for the US market is, his analysis of Apple stock and why Logan put a sell rating on Apple, his valuation analysis behind Google, why he thinks Google is the most undervalued tech stock and a buy at current prices, his thoughts on Meta and Amazon at today’s valuations, what’s happening with Bitcoin, where he sees it going in the near term and over the long term, his preferred way to invest in Bitcoin, and much, much more!

Robert chats with Scott Krone about how he pivoted away from multi-family investments to converting distressed buildings into self-storage facilities in the Midwest.

Clay Finck chats with Connor O’Brien about what it’s like working with Kevin O’Leary, also known as, Mr. Wonderful, what crowdfunding is and how anyone can invest in Connor’s own business, what the advantages are of fundraising through crowdfunding, the trends Connor is seeing in the FinTech space, what a sensible asset allocation looks like for younger investors, and much, much more!

Rebecca Hotsko chats with Larry Swedroe. In this episode, they discuss Larry’s book “The Only Guide to a Winning Investment Strategy You’ll Ever Need”, why passive investing and diversification is key to a “Winning Investing Strategy”, why active strategies such as active management, stock picking and market timing are “losing strategies”, the shocking percentage of stocks that actually outperform the market, do markets value stocks correctly, why Warren Buffett’s outperformance can be explained by factors, how investors can improve their long run returns through factor investing, the 5 rules factors must meet to invest in them, how long you have to hold these investments to earn the expected premium, why all factor ETFs are not created equal and which are best to invest in, and so much more! Larry Swedroe is head of financial and economic research office for Buckingham Wealth Partners, a Registered Investment Advisor firm in St. Louis, Mo. Previously, Larry was vice chairman of Prudential Home Mortgage. Larry holds an MBA in finance and investment from NYU, and a bachelor’s degree in finance from Baruch College.To help inform investors about the passive investment approach, he was among the first authors to publish a book that explained passive investing in layman’s terms — The Only Guide to a Winning Investment Strategy You'll Ever Need (1998 and 2005). He has also authored over 18 more books. He also writes for AdvisorPerspectives.com, AlphaArchitect.com, and TheEvidenceBasedInvestor.com.

Robert chats with Alex Jarbo, a short-term rental developer and manager with the goal of building 650 cabins within the next 3 years. Alex is the founder and CEO of Sargon Investments and holds an MBA with a concentration in Real Estate Development. He is a former Marine and also currently working on his Doctorate in Business with a focus on Leadership.

Clay Finck chats with Jim Crider about what money really is, the attributes of good money, why an unstable form of money causes issues in an economy, why gold was chosen as money by the free market for centuries, the history of money in the United States, why Bitcoin has value, Jim’s thoughts on diversification, and much more!

Rebecca Hotsko chats with Eric Balchunas. In this episode they discuss all things ETFs, including how the ETF space has evolved over the last year, why passive indexing is sometimes viewed as “weak hands” or “dumb money”, the passive index bubble debate, how index funds affect the underlying companies’ stock prices, Eric’s thoughts on Cath Wood’s criticisms of ETFs calling them a “misallocation of capital”, is now the worst time to be a passive index investor, what single-stock ETFs are, what investors should know about these products, are inverse ETFs a good way to bet against the market, the risks of using leveraged ETFs and why they may not perform as you expect, and so much more!

Rebecca Hotsko chats with Brian Martucci. In this episode, they discuss bond investing for beginners, the benefits of including bonds into a portfolio, the risks associated with these investments including: interest rate risk, inflation risk, credit risk, liquidity risk, the term structure and why a normal yield curve is upward sloping, the different types of bonds investors can buy, where investors can purchase different types of bonds, what I Savings Bonds are and the benefits they offer in this environment, what preferred shares are, and examples of different types of preferred shares, and so much more!