243: Update on The All-Seasons Portfolio with Meb Faber
Invest Like a Boss
Sam Marks Johnny FD Derek Spartz
4.8 • 518 Ratings
🗓️ 25 August 2022
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
An ILAB Callback episode to our original interview with Meb Faber from ILAB 15. Johnny and Derek create an all-new intro and outro to Sam’s interview to give an updated version of a timeless interview that is very much still relevant to today. We wanted to re-air this interview in preparation for Meb’s return on next week’s episode where he will talk about inflation.
Mr. Faber is a co-founder and the Chief Investment Officer of Cambria Investment Management. Faber is the manager of Cambria’s ETFs and separate accounts. Mr. Faber is the host of The Meb Faber Show podcast and has authored numerous white papers and leather-bound books. He is a frequent speaker and writer on investment strategies and has been featured in Barron’s, The New York Times, and The New Yorker. Mr. Faber graduated from the University of Virginia with a double major in Engineering Science and Biology.
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Where we are:
- Johnny FD – Ukraine / IG @johnnyfdj
- Sam Marks – Barcelona / IG @imsammarks
- Derek Spartz – Los Angeles / IG @DerekRadio
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Time Stamp:
- 09:20 – How did you get into finance?
- 14:00 – What is Traditional investment advice vs. modern?
- 22:50 – Is there any guarantee to profit after 20 years with the US market?
- 25:41 – What does risk parity mean?
- 33:18 – Can you summarize the review of the ALL Seasons Portfolio
- 40:38 – Do you have a model for an upcoming decade?
- 43:48 – How do you compare Small Cap and Large Cap growth prospective?
- 47:16 – What are your thoughts on Robo-Advisors?
- 50:28 – Is it a good route to do diversified allocation to keep your investment liquid?
- 53:39 – Where do you want to be invested if there is a WWIII?
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| 1:06.0 | Terms and conditions apply. Need to hire. You need indeed. All right, let's kick off this episode of Invest Like a Boss. |
| 1:13.9 | Welcome to the Invest Like a Boss podcast. I'm Sam Martz. And I'm Johnny FD. We're self-made |
| 1:18.6 | entrepreneurs who invest our own money and use modern technology to invest like a boss. |
| 1:22.2 | Join us each week for exclusive interviews with our network of modern investors, business owners, |
| 1:26.5 | and multimillionaires to discover new ways to invest our hard-earned cash. |
| 1:32.8 | What is up, guys? This is Johnny F.D. with Derek Sparks. How you doing? I'm doing great, Johnny. |
| 1:39.4 | I am fresh off of A.K., although I realize you quickly kind of get back into burnt out mode |
| 1:47.4 | soon after vacation. How are you? You know, for me, I get more burnt out while on vacation |
| 1:52.7 | than while at home working. So I'm getting ready to get burnt out. The problem is I do all this |
| 1:59.5 | work to catch up and get ahead and I feel like I'm ahead. |
| 2:01.8 | Then you're gone a few days and then you get back and you realize how far behind you are. Yeah, this is why I kind of just travel slowly when I do go on vacation. I kind of just work while I'm traveling. So at most I miss a day because I, you know, I'm in the air or something. But often, and I get the most done all those days |
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