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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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00:54:02

The Impact of ChatGPT on Investing with Alejandro...

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2023/05/25

Like many investors, we have been thinking a lot about the impact that AI and large language models will have on investing. In this episode, we bring in an expert to help us sort it out. We speak with University of Florida Professor of Finance Alejandro Lopez-Lira, who was worked extensively with this new technology and recently authored the paper "Can ChatGPT Forecast Stock Price Movements? Return Predictability and Large Language Models". We discuss how ChatGPT works, its potential

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00:52:31

Bridging Academic Research and Real World Investing...

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2023/05/18

In this episode, we speak with Vanguard's Head of Active and Alternatives Research Kevin Khang. Kevin offers a unique perspective due to his experience both as a researcher and a practitioner. We discuss a variety of his research papers, including his work on tax loss harvesting, direct indexing, optimization in factor investing, using home equity in retirement and safe withdrawal rates. We hope you enjoy the discussion. SEE LATEST

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00:00:36

New YouTube Episode: 70 Experts Share Their Most...

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2023/05/15

In the first 200+ episodes of our podcast, we have interviewed many investing experts. At the end of all of those episodes, we have asked the same closing question: Based on your experience in markets and your research, if you could teach one lesson to the average investor, what would it be? We created a YouTube only episode to bring all of those insights together in one place. You can find the episode on our YouTube channel or via the link below. https://youtu.be/bbjGnp8gvQM We hope you enjoy

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00:53:02

Show Us Your Portfolio: Harin de Silva

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2023/05/11

In our latest episode of Show Us Your Portfolio, we speak with Harin de Silva, Portfolio Manager at Allspring Global. We talk to Harin about how he manages his personal investments and his strategy for seeking out uncorrelated sources of return and dig into his unique approach to long short factor investing and how he incorporates it into his portfolio. We also discuss his view in international investing, his approach to private investing, the future of the 60-40 portfolio and a lot more. SEE

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01:08:48

Show Us Your Portfolio: Mike Green

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2023/05/04

In this episode we talk to Simplify Asset Management's Mike Green about how he manages his personal portfolio. We discuss Mike's macro-based approach and how he has implemented it using an ETF strategy. We cover the unique components within his strategy and how Mike thinks about combining them together into a portfolio. We also talk about how working in the investment business impacts how Mike builds his portfolio, the importance of sabbaticals, his upcoming RV trip, how he is coping with

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00:55:30

Show Us Your Portfolio: Jason Buck

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2023/04/27

In this episode we speak with Mutiny Funds co-founder Jason Buck about how he manages his personal portfolio. Jason couldn't find any publicly available funds that were running the unique all weather approach he wanted to use to manage his money, so he built it himself. We discuss the principles behind the cockroach portfolio he utilizes in his persona portfolio and take a detailed look at the individual components. We hope you enjoy the discussion. SEE LATEST

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00:51:00

Talking Technical Analysis with Katie Stockton

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2023/04/21

In this episode we talk technical analysis with Fairlead Strategies founder Katie Stockton. As fundamental investors, this one was a great learning experience for us as we covered a wide range of ways in which technical analysis can help all of us in our investment strategies. We discuss the major tools available to technical analysts and how Katie thinks about deploying them, how Katie uses technical analysis to build a sector rotation portfolio that also manages risk and how fundamental investors

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00:54:03

Inside the High Yield Debt Market with Rajay Bagaria

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2023/04/19

In this episode, we talk high yield debt investing with Rajay Bagaria, CIO of Wasserstein Debt Opportunities and author of "High Yield Debt: An Insider’s Guide to the Marketplace." We look at the high yield debt market from the ground up and cover the major players, the types of high yield debt and the terms and concepts investors need to understand when looking at the space. We look at the fundamentals of high yield debt investing and the key concepts to understand, who the buyers and

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01:16:05

Show Us Your Portfolio: Cem Karsan

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2023/04/13

In this episode we speak with Cem Karsan, the most popular guest from our first 200 episodes. But this time, we changed things up and asked him to talk about how he manages his personal portfolio. Many investors are used to building their portfolios using long-term buy and hold allocations to stocks and bonds, but Cem turns that on its head and takes a very different approach. We talk about the principles that guide his investment strategy, how he thinks about portfolio construction, his views on

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01:32:04

Enduring Investing and Life Lessons with Guy Spier

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2023/04/06

In this episode, we speak with Guy Spier. Guy has built a very successful long-term track record as a value investor, but the lessons we can learn from him go far beyond investing and apply to so many aspects of life. We discuss Guy’s unique approach to investing, what he has learned from Buffett, the importance of learning in public and a lot more. We hope you enjoy the discussion. SEE LATEST EPISODES ⁠⁠⁠https://www.validea.com/excess-returns-podcast⁠⁠⁠ FIND OUT MORE ABOUT

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00:52:06

Factor Investing in Under the Radar Markets with...

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2023/03/30

In this episode, we talk factor investing with AJO Vista Head of Investments Chris Covington. We discuss their unique approach to factor investing and how they apply it to less crowded markets. We take a detailed look at their strategy and discuss value, quality, momentum and their approach to measuring stability. We also cover a wide range of other topics including multi-factor investing, the impact of transaction costs, the dangers of overoptimization and a lot more. We hope you enjoy the

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00:49:27

A Deep Dive into Custom and Direct Indexing with...

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2023/03/23

Direct Indexing has experienced rapid growth in recent years. Falling transaction costs and improving technology has allowed more and more investors to deploy an index-based strategy by owning the underlying securities rather than using an ETF or Mutual Fund. This has opened up opportunities to potentially improve after tax returns and to customize index-based portfolios for each investor’s needs. In this episode, we speak with O’Shaughnessy Asset Management’s Ehren Stanhope. O’Shaughnessy’s

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00:39:11

Building an Inflation Fighting Portfolio With Dave...

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2023/03/17

With inflation returning after being dormant for decades, many investors have had a renewed interest in adding inflation fighting assets to their portfolios. But figuring out how to do that can be challenging. In this episode, we speak to VanEck's Head of Quantitative Solutions Dave Schassler to get some insights about how to attack the problem. We discuss the assets that work best to hedge against inflation and how to put them together into a portfolio. We also talk about the future outlook for

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00:54:26

What Investors Need to Know About the Collapse of...

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2023/03/15

With the failure of Silicon Valley Bank last week, we wanted to do a special episode to better understand what happened, and what all of us can learn from it. And we couldn’t think of anyone better to talk to than Cullen Roche of Discipline Funds, who is an expert on the internal workings of the monetary and banking systems. The three big things you will learn in this episode are: - How the banking system works and how that helps to provide context for what happened here. - The factors and events

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00:33:14

A Detailed Look at the "Night Effect" with Bruce Lavine

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2023/03/09

You might think that the return profile of the market looks similar during the day and overnight. But research has shown that isn't the case. In this episode, we discuss the "Night Effect" with NightShares founder Bruce Lavine. We discuss what the "Night Effect' is, what causes it, how it stands up to the tests of a strong investing factor and a lot more. We hope you enjoy the discussion. SEE LATEST EPISODES https://www.validea.com/excess-returns-podcast FIND OUT MORE ABOUT

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00:27:52

The Education of a Financial Planner: A Primer on...

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2023/03/06

We are happy to announce the launch of our second podcast, The Education of a Financial Planner. We have been doing more financial planning with clients and have realized how much there is to learn in the area. So we decided to create a podcast to document our learning journey and bring in experienced planner Matt Zeigler to teach us. In the second episode, we take a detailed look at college planning and saving. This will be the final episode we will put in the Excess Returns feed. If you would like

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00:58:43

Show Us Your Portfolio: Corey Hoffstein

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2023/03/02

In our latest Show Us Your Portfolio episode, we speak with Newfound Research founder Corey Hoffstein. We discuss how he constructs his personal portfolio and how he applies concepts like return stacking and capital efficiency in that process. We also cover a wide range of other topics, including the importance of human capital, international diversification, the role of valuations in his investment process and a lot more. We hope you enjoy the discussion. SEE LATEST

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00:22:10

New Podcast - The Education of a Financial Planner:...

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2023/02/27

We are happy to announce the launch of our second podcast, The Education of a Financial Planner. We have been doing more financial planning with clients and have realized how much there is to learn in the area. So we decided to create a podcast to document our learning journey and bring in experienced planner Matt Zeigler to teach us. In the first episode, we discuss the basics of goals-based planning. Next week, we will dig into planning for college. We will put the first two episodes of the new

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01:00:17

The Four Pillars of Macro with Andy Constan

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2023/02/23

In this episode we speak with Damped Spring Advisors founder Andy Constan. Andy has built a unique macro framework that incorporates growth, inflation, flows and risk premia. We discuss a wide variety of topics, including the interaction between Fed and Treasury policy, the biggest lessons he learned at Bridgewater, the future of inflation and what his framework says about the current market. We hope you enjoy the discussion. SEE LATEST EPISODES https://www.validea.com/excess-returns-podcast FIND

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01:06:51

A Deep Dive Into Earnings Quality with Columbia...

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2023/02/16

Many investors take for granted that the earnings and other financial data that companies report provides an accurate representation of their business and its future. But the reality is that is often not the case. In this episode, we talk with Doron Nissim, who is the Ernst & Young Professor of Accounting & Finance Chair at Columbia University and one of the world's leading experts on earnings quality. We discuss what earnings quality is, how it can be measured and evaluated and what

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