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The Meb Faber Show - Better Investing

Meb’s Corner – Ben Rollert, Composer – Democratizing Access To Quantitative Investment Strategies | #409

The Meb Faber Show - Better Investing

The Idea Farm

Business, Investing, Management

4.7938 Ratings

🗓️ 26 April 2022

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Today’s guest is Ben Rollert, co-founder & CEO of Composer, a platform for investing in and building quantitative investment strategies for free in an easy to use, no-code solution. In today’s episode, Ben shares what led him to start a new company in the midst of COVID mania in April 2020. He shares an overview of Composer and the different trading strategies they give you access to, including ones by the likes of Swensen, Dalio, Buffet, Markowitz, and yes, even me. We touch on how ease of mixing and matching some of these strategies, who the early users have been, and what future expansion into things like crypto and options may look like. As we wind down, we talk about his fundraising journey and what it was like to get investments from firms like First Round, Not Boring, Basecamp and Draft Ventures. ----- Follow Meb on Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube For detailed show notes, click here To learn more about our funds and follow us, subscribe to our mailing list or visit us at cambriainvestments.com ----- Past guests include Ed Thorp, Richard Thaler, Jeremy Grantham, Joel Greenblatt, Campbell Harvey, Ivy Zelman, Kathryn Kaminski, Jason Calacanis, Whitney Baker, Aswath Damodaran, Howard Marks, Tom Barton, and many more. ----- Meb's invested in some awesome startups that have passed along discounts to our listeners. Check them out here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Mebb Faver Show, where the focus is on helping you grow and preserve your wealth.

0:11.0

Join us as we discuss the craft of investing and

0:13.5

uncover new and profitable ideas all to help you grow wealthier and wiser. Better

0:17.4

investing starts here.

0:19.4

The Met Faber is the co-founder and chief investment officer at Cambria Investment Management.

0:23.4

Didn't industry regulations, he will now discuss any of Cambra's funds on this podcast.

0:27.1

All opinions expressed by podcast participants are solely their own opinions and do not reflect the

0:30.8

opinion of Cambria Investment Management or its affiliates.

0:33.4

For more information, visit cambria Investments.com.

0:36.4

What's up everybody?

0:40.5

We have a really fun show for you today.

0:42.4

Our guest has Ben Rollerert, co-founder

0:44.3

and CEO of Composer, a platform for investing in and building a quantitative investing

0:49.6

strategy for free and an easy-to-use no- code solution. In today's episode,

0:54.6

Ben shares what led him to start a new company in the midst of COVID-mania in

0:58.5

April 2020. He shares an overview of Composer and the different trading strategies they give you access to,

1:04.8

including ones by the likes of Swinson, Dahlio, Buffett, Markowitz, and yes, even me, Faber.

1:10.8

We touch on how ease of mixing and matching some of these strategies who the early users have been and what future

1:16.1

expansion into things like crypto and options may look like. As we wind down we talk about his

1:20.9

fundraising journey and what it was like to get investments from funds like

1:24.2

first round not boring base camp and draft ventures. This episode is brought to you by 10 East. Long time

1:31.3

listeners know I've invested in private markets quite a bit myself, but with access to these markets broadening it can be hard to know where to find vetted high quality offerings. That's where 10 East comes in. 10 East is a platform where qualified investors can co-invest on a deal by deal basis across private equity, private credit, real estate, venture, and other one-off opportunities typically unavailable through

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