The Guy Who Studied Buffett for 25 Years

[@rachelonigirl]

I feel investors should be focusing on under-the-radar stocks, and considering the current rollercoaster nature of the stock market, Because 35% of my $270k portfolio comprises of plummeting stocks which were once revered and i don't know where to go here out of devastation.

[@Monicamonasky-]

Safest approach i feel to tackle it is to diversify investments. By spreading investments across different asset classes, like bonds, real estate, and international stocks, they can reduce the impact of a market meltdown. its important to seek the guidance of an expert.

[@donovantobs]

You have a very valid point, I started investing on my own and for a long time, the market was really ripping me off. I decided to hire a CFA, even though I was skeptical at first, and I beat the market by more than 9%. I thought it was a fluke until it happened two years in a row, and so I’ve been sticking to investing via an analyst

[@GaryNicka]

Could you possibly recommend a CFA you've consulted with?

[@donovantobs]

Her name is. SUNITA CHACHY JOSEPH . Just research the name. You’d find necessary details to work with a correspondence to set up an appointment.

[@GaryNicka]

Thank you for the lead. I searched her site up and filled the form. I hope she gets back to me soon.

[@MONROEJACQ]

We can all read about Buffett’s principles, but actually applying them consistently is a whole different ball game. I’ve tried some of his value investing strategies, but life and market changes make it tough to stick to them.

[@Andres_853]

Exactly. I mean, Buffett’s whole thing is patience and long-term investing, but when you see the market crash or inflation rising, it’s hard not to panic. You start questioning whether you should hold on or make a move.

[@Bigwilli123]

And then there’s the discipline. It’s easy to say, “Buy when there’s blood in the streets,” but when your portfolio’s bleeding, it’s another story. I’ve tried timing the market, but that’s not really what Buffett advocates either, right?

[@Larry1-pl2wq]

Buffett says to buy great companies at a fair price and hold them forever. But we’re not all Warren Buffett-we don’t have the time or the expertise to dive that deep into financials, year after year, especially with how volatile the market has been lately.

[@V.stones]

That’s where a lot of people struggle. Even if we know what to do, we often don’t have the discipline, and sometimes, we just don’t have the time.

[@Robby767]

Totally agree. That’s why I eventually decided to work with Joseph Nick Cahill.

[@MONEYWISEDOCTOR]

I met Guy Spier and Mohnish this Summer - I was blown away and inspired by their simplicity and track record. Prior to meeting them, I'd read their books a few times. They may not be as well known in the Silicon valley startup world but they are value investing royalty.

[@AKumar-co7oe]

you were 'blown away' by 'i outperformed the index by 0.8% annually over 25 years'?

[@ST5S5]

@@AKumar-co7oeexactly I don’t get it either. I haven’t heard of this guy until this episode. I appreciate his wisdom and philosophy about life, but his investment track record is not much to write home about. If you want to beat the s&p, just buy QQQ and hold it. The average annual compounded return over the last 20 years is 14.99% (with dividends reinvested) which destroys his returns.

[@togoni]

All these people praising Guy and Mohnish have never looked into their portfolio performance. They are just robbing their investors. 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

[@felipebustamante2969]

Great Shaan Interview!!!, please try to get Li Lu or Pulak Prasad on your podcast. It would be AWESOME

[@wgang662]

Li Lu +1

[@LeahLewis-ny9iu]

Considering an investment of approximately $250,000, I seek your guidance on entering the market. I am contemplating mirroring the tactics of seasoned professionals rather than independently investing to mitigate potential financial setbacks and emotional strain. How do you view this particular strategy?

[@ChloeCarter-kd7gz]

Exploring the option of diversifying your portfolio by blending stocks and stable assets could be a wise move. Consulting with a financial expert at this point may offer valuable perspectives and tactics to handle market uncertainties and safeguard your investments.

[@WhitneyRoss-dj4rf]

That's indeed a perceptive viewpoint to ponder.

[@EricaWaters-lr6zw]

Indeed, my investment portfolio has been strategically diversified to weather various market conditions, resulting in a substantial 60% return from the beginning of last year to the present. Collaborating closely with my financial advisor, we are diligently navigating towards a seven-figure milestone in the investment realm.

[@BrianAlbert-hh3pi]

Your financial advisor sounds top-notch, Wehrine. Is it cool if I ask if you're still rolling with the same advisor and how I can reach out to them?

[@EricaWaters-lr6zw]

Desiree Ruth Hoffman is the individual in question.

[@robbiesands166]

Guy Spier is one of the most humble investors out there. I read his book cover to cover in one weekend, simply couldn't put it down. Thanks for having him on the pod!

[@foeppel]

It’s a great book! Thanks to Guy and William Green for getting it into the world. William should be on if he hasn’t already!

[@megalomedia]

Guy is such a great person. Someone should make a documentary about him one day; he's such an underrated investor.

[@Jessebowyer]

He he heee…I wonder who would😏😉

[@CoachMarkspeaks]

“It's not about how smart you are but how smart you are relative to how smart you think you are”. - Guy Spier

[@elvinaguero4651]

Priceless...

[@amiravitzur]

Thank you Shaan, for all your preparation and research in making this episode so brilliant!

[@DJjussi1]

He would call Tony Robbins "Anthony"

[@CollinRutherford]

The unstructured parts of discussions often reveal the most valuable insights. It’s fascinating how those casual moments can lead to realizations that structured meetings might not uncover.

[@raymondhernandez]

Let’s spent the first half of this video on discussing what a great guy Tony Robins is. Thanks. FMD

[@peteweishaupt]

Guy is a total mench. Great wisdom and insights. I remember reading his book “Education of a Value Investor” back in 2017. My big takeaway was how you need to become a better person before you can become a better investor. I’ll be listening to this interview multiple times.

[@kwamestar]

Last 30minutes of this episode is incredible, great work guys :)

[@DerekJar]

Great episode! That was an awsome plug for hubspot as well, short sweet and hit just right

[@videocreatr]

Shaan with a new camera angle...hmmm...I LIKE IT!

[@maxt1617]

A very warm ending Shaan to a very interesting interview. Thank you so much.

[@ThrowBackZone]

Does anyone else think Guy Spier should write a book about his own strategies instead of just talking about Buffett?

[@BradKaellner]

I must think more about this concept of finite games vs infinite games

[@ManassehDon]

Why would you manage and work on a fund that barely beats SP500. Just put the money in the index and stop pretending you are working and go do something else. This guy logic is full of fear of risk, and self justification for his small minded game.

[@ksmi1091]

Amazing video thank you! Guy is one of the great minds of our generation

[@Molloy1951]

The Average Joe has finally come in person to the pod.

[@Harpreet06]

"If nobody was Zuck, if nobody was Elon, we would also have a problem?" Like what exactly? There would be no Facebook or Tesla/Space X? Life wouldn't be that much different in my opinion, there were already social media companies around before Facebook so likely there would just be a different top dog. If no Tesla, electric cars would be behind where they are now but by how much is debatable and if it's really that relevant is another question. We would also be behind where we are now on space travel but by how much? If space travel matters that much is another question.

[@Beckyloveslife-i1g]

unexpected but fire episode Shaun ❤

[@_johndillon]

If I hear Anthony Robbins one more time…

[@shaina1355]

1:12:17 Loved the last bit of this interview. I've been thinking a lot about 'enough' capitalism (see Arizona Iced Tea founder) vs 'constant growth' capitalism. I'd be very curious to hear Shaan's reasoning behind the "if nobody was Zuck, if nobody was Elon we'd have a problem" comment. Feels like he missed Guy comparing what they're building to empires and him thinking it should be a thing of the past.

[@70two41five]

Enough capitalism is a feminine concept. As men, our job is to hoard resources for our tribe. The women in our tribe spread those resources to the offspring. Hence why a feminine entrepreneur would ponder the concept and a masculine entrepreneur would not

[@George-Francis]

im not listening to investing advice from a guy who studied 25 years just to have walmart great value book shelves

[@sta_mano]

It's called frugal. You get used to it

[@Booklover32]

That's what I'm trying to understand myself...did he get rich from doing this for 25 years? Is he at least a millionaire?

[@peterbrendan8413]

Farmer Mac is up +107.72% over 5 years, versus +80.64% of SP500, and Farmer Mac is up 10,227% since 1994, so maybe he should have held and not sold

[@peterbrendan8413]

Also Bill shorted the stock and then hired a publicist to drive down the stock, the stock did go down but has since 6x. So this story is BS

[@HappyMoments-tr6cg]

Guy was great.

[@cutdepiefails6596]

No fucking way. You just interviewed the new duo Monish x Spier.

[@Valvik-q8m]

Noticed the books of Guy in the shelves have labels on the books like a library book, Wonder why?

[@user-xp2tv6wu9y]

A bit disappointing, was a lot speaking with saying nothing.

[@elvinaguero4651]

They are talking in circles... pure nothing.

[@BSPoK]

Such a great person! 😊

[@JCMShadow1994]

This was so great

[@Ozjockey111]

FYi your hubspot link not working

[@fightsfortheuser]

But how can I make YOUR money work for me :O

[@cutdepiefails6596]

Convince them that you know how to manage their money better.

[@MePorro_]

You just figured out a hedge fund

[@AKumar-co7oe]

... I've averaged 22% returns over the last 10 years and I don't have a hedge fund - this guy is always such a tool . Beating the index by 80 basis points is practically a non-achievement.

[@ST5S5]

@@AKumar-co7oeexactly and especially when you consider the returns on a risk adjusted basis. For barely beating the market, he may as well just put his funds money in the S&P which is a safer bet. Not too mention that he’s underperformed over the last 8 years, so over time his returns will likely fall to the same as the return of the S&P anyways

[@marctaylor1142]

Guess we're back to the alt intro :/

[@WealthBuildersInvest]

Despite that, if you had invested in Farmers Mac back then, you would have had a glorious return.

[@sutats]

So he's known as the person that won an auction to lunch with Warrent Buffet. Interesting.

[@Hshjshshjsj72727]

Interesting , how do you know ? Does he say on the video

[@SixFootShort]

Excellent intro

[@princemredlana1198]

1:12:00

[@harveeee2873]

Why does Spier say "parson" when he means "person" ?

[@yumtumbout]

I want to know his book organization system.

[@rof8200]

Can't invest in coke and Sees candy if one knows what it does to the human body unfortunately 😢

[@gaberoyalll]

Imagine 25 years of studying to figure out how to buy low and sell high😂😂😂❤

[@mohammedmd6492]

Shaan's the GOAT

[@dualityofnature]

U mean the goat/sheep which Muslims sacrifice for Allah? 😢

[@welcometotheinternet8850]

Shaan, he mentioned YPO, has Israel flag on his twitter handle, a friend of Bill Ackman, this tells you that the common trait they have is Zionism and they tend to help each other. Get us someone from Palestinian or Arabs root, they tend to be more inspiring.

[@DaveCulbertson]

I will be forever grateful to you, you changed my entire life and I will continue to preach on your behalf for the whole world to hear you saved me from huge financial debt with just a small investment, thank you Kimberly Ann Doran.

[@benmaxinm]

I ll give this guy a chance even though he looks like a decorated war veteran with all woke flags on his x account. Lets go. Thanks for sharing.

[@antoniocollins]

6.8

[@chrisevans2241]

🙏

[@mark7youtube]

Nugget of the episode : if I did this one action infinitely, where would it lead.

[@ec6833]

This Guy makes 9% per year. Thats horrible. One of the most overrated investors.

[@HelloWorld-hb7yt]

Wonder what his fees are?

[@ST5S5]

Yeah he barely outperforms the market while taking on considerably more risk than just buying the S&P. For comparison, you can just buy and hold QQQ which compounds at an average annual return of about 15% if you reinvest dividends, which blows his returns out of the water. Also, for trying to be like Buffet who has compounded at about 20% over a much longer amount of time, he isn’t even producing half of his returns

[@AKumar-co7oe]

​@@ST5S5how do we know he's learned any lessons if there's nothing to show for it

[@ec6833]

@@AKumar-co7oe we don't

[@luisdetomaso867]

To copy Warren Buffett's success, you also need to bring in millions of investor dollars. His investing strategy alone is not that lucrative

[@cutdepiefails6596]

Do you know Warren Buffett was an hustler right? Dude was lamborghini balling (today version) before 21 y/o.

[@ssseeessseeessseee]

yes of course. but it’s daft to minimise the strategy into “well, without all the money it doesn’t work effectively” like yeah that’s every investment strategy on the planet. input -> output. but there’s a reason he’s the best and that’s strategy; millions of folk have the cash and contacts to get where warren is.

[@akinloluwaokunsanya2697]

Nah buffet was getting 50% returns early. Just that most can't be him. Like lebron telling you to stay in school

[@AKumar-co7oe]

buffet managed high returns in his early years and made a huge salary - he also did a hedge fund hustle in his 30s which put him in a different orbit. my own net worth in nominal dollars has been growing faster than buffet's till my current age (33) - obviously todays dollars aren't the same as dollars were back then - but the crazy growth he sees from age 33 to 43 and then onwards is absolutely staggering from 2.4M to 34M in 10 years. you can't get that consistently in the public markets - you CAN get it in the private markets - which is what he did for many years before becoming primarily a public market investor. I am sure I can 4x-5x in 10 years, but for 10x-20x - need to play either the hedge fund game or the private equity game and use leverage that comes from other people's money.

[@Hshjshshjsj72727]

All the dopes saying first when clearly not first 😂 Anyway yeah there was an indian rich guy who also says he just copies, Warren Buffett, so it must be true lol

[@cutdepiefails6596]

Monish?

[@Hshjshshjsj72727]

@@cutdepiefails6596haha yep

[@cutdepiefails6596]

@@Hshjshshjsj72727 lol. Monish is a baller. There is a interview here. Sayed Balkhi is a disciple as well and quite close to Monish.

[@user-db1br3wd5i]

I'm number 1 baby!!!

[@cbustamantee]

Fudge! You beat me!

[@memunatuconteh6741]

Seventh

[@eugeniocg3079]

1st

[@JonathanSijtema-u6t]

first