177-Interview with Meb Faber of Cambria Funds: Investment Process for Normal People
Radical Personal Finance
Joshua J. Sheats, MSFS, CFP, CLU, ChFC, CASL, RHU, REBC, CAP
4.2 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 7 April 2015
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
By popular request, I've invited Meb Faber on the show for an interview. Meb is well known in the investment world for his contributions on tactical asset allocation and trend-following.
In the interview we cover:
- Meb's background and accidental path into the investment world
- The philosophy of business behind Cambria Funds
- How to construct an investment process for individuals
- True historical rates of return for various asset classes
- The impact of asset allocation over the long-term
- How to protect yourself from your behavioral biases
Enjoy the show!
Joshua
p.s., listen to the show for an opportunity to get Meb's most recent book for free!
Links:
- Meb's website: http://mebfaber.com/
- Cambria Funds: http://www.cambriafunds.com/
- Support Radical Personal Finance! http://radicalpersonalfinance.com/patron
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| 0:39.0 | Today on the show, I bring you a much awaited interview with Investment Guru Extraordinar Meb Faber. And the Welcome to the Radical Personal Finance Podcast. My name is Joshua Sheets. Today is Tuesday, April 7, 2015. And today I bring you a show with Meb Faber. Meb is the author of multiple books, |
| 1:17.0 | and he is much acclaimed for being both knowledgeable and expert. I shouldn't say both. I should he's a claim for being knowledgeable expert, but most importantly |
| 1:28.0 | clear and direct and honest. It's kind of challenging in many people feel it's very challenging to find someone in the |
| 1:41.4 | investment world who's a straight shooter, but |
| 1:43.4 | Meb has a reputation for being a straight shooter. |
| 1:46.5 | And I think you're really going to enjoy this interview. |
| 1:48.1 | It's pretty hardcore with some respects, but it's not going to be over your head if you're new to the topic of investing. |
| 1:55.5 | I tried to very much focus our discussion on content that would be helpful, but not overly technical. If we want to get more overly |
| 2:05.9 | technical I may have to have Meck back in the future as you'll hear in today's |
| 2:09.0 | interview but I think you'll enjoy hearing about his own personal philosophy on life, his own story, and how he came to be in the investment business. |
| 2:18.6 | Pay careful attention to some of the lessons that I teach every day here on radical personal Finance and see if you pick them up unprompted in his story |
| 2:29.2 | Mebb welcome to the Radical Personal Finance podcast. I appreciate you making time to be with us today. |
| 2:34.0 | Great to be here and thanks for having me. |
| 2:35.8 | I've been looking forward to this chat because you're one of the most requested guests |
| 2:40.4 | from the audience. |
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