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The James Altucher Show

How to Invest: GOAT Edition | The Carlyle Group's David Rubenstein

The James Altucher Show

James Altucher

Education, Business

4.62.7K Ratings

🗓️ 13 September 2022

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

David M. Rubenstein is Co-Founder and Co-Chairman of The Carlyle Group, one of the world's largest and most successful private investment firms. Established in 1987, Carlyle now manages $325 billion from 26 offices around the world. Rubenstein is Chairman of the Boards of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the Council on Foreign Relations, and the National Gallery of Art. He is an original signer of The Giving Pledge and a recipient of the Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy and the MoMA's David Rockefeller Award.David returns to the show for a third interview with James to discuss his new book, How to Invest: Masters on the Craft, which pulls from his one-on-one interviews with the biggest names in finance, including  Ray Dalio, Marc Andreessen, Stan Druckenmiller, Sam Zell, Mike Novogratz, Larry Fink,  and Mary Callahan Erdoes.Topics include:What is the role of obsession in skill development? (04:03)Investment risk vs reputational risk (07:23)What are the most intriguing asset classes? (12:21)How much does an individual need to invest in distressed debt? (15:34)How important is the psychological component of investing? (21:26)Does the Federal Reserve actually know what to do about inflation? (25:19)Does the student loan forgiveness act counteract the Federal Reserve? (31:41)Value investing vs growth investing (35:41)How does David Rubenstein personally invest his money? (40:25)How do you protect downside risk? (51:36)(Editor's note: Topic times don't account for sponsor ads and may appear a few minutes later in the episode on your podcast player)------------Visit Notepd.com to read our idea lists & sign up to create your own!My new book Skip the Line is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever books are sold!Join the You Should Run for President 2.0 Facebook Group, where we discuss why you should run for President.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltucher.com/podcast.------------Thank you so much for listening! If you like this episode, please rate, review, and subscribe  to "The James Altucher Show" wherever you get your podcasts: Apple PodcastsStitcheriHeart RadioSpotifyFollow me on Social Media:YouTubeTwitterFacebook ------------What do YOU think of the show? Head to JamesAltucherShow.com/listeners and fill out a short survey that will help us better tailor the podcast to our audience!Are you interested in getting direct answers from James about your question on a podcast? Go to JamesAltucherShow.com/AskAltucher and send in your questions to be answered on the air!------------Visit Notepd.com to read our idea lists & sign up to create your own!My new book, Skip the Line, is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever books are sold!Join the You Should Run for President 2.0 Facebook Group, where we discuss why you should run for President.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltuchershow.com------------Thank you so much for listening! If you like this episode, please rate, review, and subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" wherever you get your podcasts: Apple PodcastsiHeart RadioSpotifyFollow me on social media:YouTubeTwitterFacebookLinkedIn See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0

You know, every now and then I read a book about investing that totally inspires me.

0:12.1

I mean, back in, I don't know, 2000, I read this series of books by Jack Schwager called

0:18.8

Stock Market Wizards, Market Wizards, and there was one other book that he wrote that really

0:22.9

inspired me to get into the investing business.

0:25.4

And I started getting obsessed and reading everything I could about investing.

0:29.4

Just now David Rubensstein, who's the head of the Carlyle Group, one of the biggest

0:34.1

investment funds out there, David Rubensstein, through the Carlyle Group manages $350

0:38.6

billion.

0:39.6

He came out with a book How to Invest.

0:41.5

And he interviews some of the best investors of all time, like everybody from real estate

0:46.3

investor Sam Zell, Mark Andreessen, Ray Dalio, Seth Klarman, a bunch of crypto guys.

0:53.1

He interviews people in every category of investing, whether it's value investing, real

0:57.4

estate investing, distressed debt investing, crypto investing, growth investing, and he summarized

1:03.3

them all in this book How to Invest, Masters on the Craft.

1:07.4

And so I always want to learn more about how to invest.

1:10.6

You want to learn more about how to invest because it affects every area of your life, including

1:13.8

what's going on in the world from a macro point of view.

1:17.2

And David Rubensstein, he comes on the podcast, he doesn't hold back.

1:20.6

We talk about everything from the investors in the book How to Invest.

1:24.9

What the heck is going on right now with the world?

1:27.6

Like, are we going to survive?

1:29.6

And so here it is.

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