Life as a Buy Side Investor with Dan Boston

The Investing for Beginners Podcast - Your Path to Financial Freedom

Andrew Sather & Glassbox Media

Business, Investing

4.2 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 5 June 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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In this episode, the hosts are joined by Dan Boston from Polar Capital to discuss small cap investing and its potential. Dan shares his journey from a young self-taught investor to managing large capital funds, emphasizing the importance of understanding a company’s fundamental operations over just financial metrics. He also discusses the implications of the global realignment on investment strategies, offering insights into how international markets, particularly small-cap stocks, may offer promising opportunities. Dan offers practical advice for young investors and underscores the value of mentorship and continuous learning. 00:00 Introduction and Guest Welcome 00:52 Dan's Early Interest in Stocks 02:20 A Day in the Life of an Investor 05:16 Career Path and Key Experiences 08:53 Advice for Aspiring Investors 14:41 Investment Strategies and Philosophy 18:28 Identifying Promising Small Companies 24:55 Evaluating Management Teams 25:53 Identifying Companies with Strong Execution Plans 26:11 Case Study: Swedish Online Pharmacy 27:46 Automation and Scale in the Pharmaceutical Industry 29:02 Global Market Trends and Company Strategies 32:24 The Great Global Realignment 37:23 Opportunities in Changing Markets 42:08 Investment Strategies and Diversification 45:20 Advice for Young Investors 48:56 Conclusion and Resources Timestamps are generated by artificial intelligence, and are not 100% accurate depending on the platform used for listening. Today’s show is sponsored by: Go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SHOPIFY.COM/beginners⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to start selling with Shopify today. Get your summer savings and shop premium wireless plans at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠MintMobile.com/beginners⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ More from Dan: Why international and why now? -- https://www.polarcapitalfunds.com/us/individual/News-Views/Post/10523/Why_international_and_why_now/ The Great Global Realignment: International Small Company Fund Q1 update -- https://www.polarcapitalfunds.com/us/individual/News-Views/Post/14361/The_Great_Global_Realignment_International_Small_Company_Fund_Q1_update/ Polar Capital LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/polar-capital-us/posts/?feedView=all What do Dave and Andrew recommend? Our #1 recommended stock research platform is FinChat. Get 2 weeks access for free using our link (no card required): ⁠⁠finchat.io/IFB⁠ Andrew works really hard to find the best insights he can every single month at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Value Spotlight⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. To see a sample of his previous work, go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠stockwriteup.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Have questions? Send them to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ SUBSCRIBE TO THE SHOW ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠ Apple⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Amazon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Tunein⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ For sponsorship inquiries, reach out to us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:05.8	You're tuned in to the Investing for Beginners podcast.
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1:21.8	all right folks welcome to Investing for Beginners podcast.
1:31.3	Today we're going to talk about small caps and all kinds of other fun stuff.
1:34.9	We have Dan Boston here from Polar Capital to help inform us about some of these ideas.
1:41.3	Andrew and I are not super familiar with this.
1:43.1	So this is going to be kind of a
1:44.7	curiosity-driven show today. So Dan is going to help patiently explain all this to us like we
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