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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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Aug 10, 2023 • 42min
Show Us Your Portfolio: Gary Antonacci
Gary Antonacci, founder of Optimal Momentum and author of 'Dual Momentum Investing', discusses his personal portfolio goals and unique momentum-based approach. Topics include retirement, first investment, and important lessons for average investors.

Aug 3, 2023 • 1h 3min
Narrative as an Investing Factor with Ben Hunt
Ben Hunt, Epsilon Theory founder and expert on the life cycle of narratives and their impact on stock returns, discusses narrative as an investing factor. They cover topics such as the predictable life cycle of narratives, measuring them using technology, and the types of investments they work best on.

Jul 27, 2023 • 1h 13min
Show Us Your Portfolio: Adam Butler
In this episode we speak with ReSolve Asset Management CIO Adam Butler about how he manages his personal portfolio. We discuss how Adam builds a portfolio of uncorrelated return streams to optimize both return and risk. We also cover how to view historical data, how investors focus on tracking error changes portfolio theory, leverage, leaving money to children and a lot more.
We hope you enjoy the discussion.
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Jul 20, 2023 • 1h 2min
Finding Great Growth Companies with David Rolfe
In this episode, we talk growth investing with Wedgewood Partners Chief Investment Officer David Rolfe. We discuss the characteristics of great growth companies and the details of their process to identify them. We cover the importance of dominant products, the characteristics of strong management teams, the role of valuation in growth investing and a lot more.
We hope you enjoy the discussion.
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Jul 13, 2023 • 1h 1min
What Investors Need to Know About Emerging Market Debt with VanEck's Eric Fine
In this episode, we take a deep dive into emerging market debt with VanEck's Eric Fine. We discuss Eric's unique background that led him to the emerging market space and how that has influenced his approach to it. We then step through emerging market debt step by step and cover the size and composition of the market, the factors that drive its return, the benefits of emerging market debt for a US investor and how Eric thinks about portfolio construction.
We hope you enjoy the discussion.
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https://www.validea.com/excess-returns-podcast
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Jul 6, 2023 • 41min
Investing in Companies That Put Shareholders First with Joseph Boskovich
In this episode, we speak with Old West's Joseph Boskovich about their process for uncovering companies that focus on adding value for their shareholders. We discuss thy key criteria they use to find these types of companies, the importance of insider ownership, how they look at valuing companies and how they look at capital allocation. We also cover inflation, Joe's lesson's from working in the produce business and a lot more.
We hope you enjoy the discussion.
SEE LATEST EPISODES
https://www.validea.com/excess-returns-podcast
FIND OUT MORE ABOUT VALIDEA
https://www.validea.com
FIND OUT MORE ABOUT VALIDEA CAPITAL
https://www.valideacapital.com
FOLLOW JACK
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Jun 29, 2023 • 51min
Building a Six Factor Model Using Intangible Value with Kai Wu
Kai Wu, Founder of Sparkline Capital, discusses his research on intangible assets, measuring and turning them into a value factor, benefits of intangible value to a multi-factor portfolio, constructing a 6-factor model, diversifying a portfolio using six factors, finding companies building protective moats around intangible assets, and the potential acceptance of the six factor model in empirical finance.

Jun 23, 2023 • 59min
Show Us Your Portfolio: Larry Swedroe
In our latest episode of Show Us Your Portfolio, we speak with Buckingham Strategic Wealth's Larry Swedroe. Larry has dedicated his career to educating investors and has written more books and articles than we can list in that pursuit.
We talk with Larry about how he takes his evidence-based approach to investing and translates it into managing his personal portfolio. We cover his approach to incorporating uncorrelated return streams into his overall approach, his unique use of assets outside of those traditionally used by investors, how he approaches equities and bonds, how his approach has changed over time and a lot more.
We hope you enjoy the discussion.
SEE LATEST EPISODES
https://www.validea.com/excess-returns-podcast
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Jun 21, 2023 • 56min
Factor Investing for Retirement with DFA's Mathieu Pellerin
In this episode, we combine two of the topics we often cover on the podcast. We talk both retirement planning and factor investing with Dimensional Fund Advisors Senior Researcher Mathieu Pellerin. Mathieu has conducted extensive research in both areas and we discuss two of his excellent papers: "Investing for Retirement Income: A Comparison of Asset Allocations and Spending Strategies" and "How Targeting the Size, Value, and Profitability Premiums Can Improve Retirement Outcomes".
We discuss the difference in success rates between wealth focused and income focused retirement strategies, the balance between optimizing return and failure risk in retirement planning and how factors can help boost the chances of retirement success.
We hope you enjoy the discussion.
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https://www.validea.com/excess-returns-podcast
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Jun 15, 2023 • 1h 5min
A Tour Around the Options World with SpotGamma's Brent Kochuba
There has been a lot going on in the options world that is impacting the stock market. The use of 0DTE (0 days to expiration) options has risen dramatically in recent months, options expirations have continued to be significant market moving events and an end of month trade by a JP Morgan fund many investors haven't heard of has also been a significant market driver. We also have a major options expiration coming up this week that might have significant implications for the market.
With everything going on in the options world, we thought it would be a great time to bring back our friend and options expert Brent Kochuba. Brent is the founder of SpotGamma and has been our go to resource to understand how what is going on in options is impacting the overall market. We cover all the issues above and get Brent's take on what they might mean for investors. He also shares some great charts with us to help us better put everything into context.
We hope you enjoy the discussion.
SEE LATEST EPISODES
https://www.validea.com/excess-returns-podcast
FIND OUT MORE ABOUT VALIDEA
https://www.validea.com
FIND OUT MORE ABOUT VALIDEA CAPITAL
https://www.valideacapital.com
FOLLOW JACK
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