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The Meb Faber Show - Better Investing

Radio Show: Jonathan Treussard & Nic Johnson on Carbon Credits, Pre-Worrying & Disrupting Residential Real Estate | #510

The Meb Faber Show - Better Investing

The Idea Farm

Business, Investing, Management

4.7938 Ratings

🗓️ 29 November 2023

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Today’s returning guest is Jonathan Treussard, who recently left Research Affiliates to launch his own RIA. This time Jonathan brought along Nic Johnson, who ran the commodity desk at PIMCO until early last year, overseeing over $20 billion. In today’s episode, the three of us kick around a bunch of topics. We talk about asset allocation, investor interest in commodities & TIPS, why Nic hates when people say gold is an inflation hedge, how financial incentives drive behavior, and why that’s an issue in areas like finance and residential real estate. ----- 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 ----- Sponsor: AcreTrader is an investment platform that makes it simple to own shares of farmland and earn passive income, and you can start investing in just minutes online. For more information, please visit acretrader.com/meb. Sponsor: Today’s episode is sponsored by The Idea Farm. The Idea Farm gives you access to over $100,000 worth of investing research, the kind usually read by only the world’s largest institutions, funds, and money managers. Subscribe for free here. Follow The Idea Farm: Twitter | LinkedIn | Instagram | Tik Tok ----- Interested in sponsoring the show? Email us at [email protected] ----- 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 Med Faber Show, where the focus is on helping you grow and preserve your wealth.

0:09.0

Join us as we discuss the craft of investing and uncover new and profitable ideas all to help you grow

0:13.9

wealthier and wiser. Better investing starts here.

0:17.0

Matt Baber is the co-founder and chief investment officer at Cambury Investment Management

0:21.0

due to industry regulations he will not discuss any of Cambry's funds on this podcast.

0:25.1

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

0:28.6

the opinion of Cambria Investment Management or its affiliates.

0:31.2

For more information, visit Cambria Investments.com.

0:33.4

Welcome everybody. We got a super fun episode today. Our returning guest is

0:41.6

Jonathan Trussard, who recently left research affiliates to launch his own registered investment advisor.

0:48.0

This time Jonathan brought along a friend Nick Johnson who ran the commodity desk at PIMCO until early last year overseeing about

0:54.3

$20 billion. In today's episode the three of us kick around a bunch of topics

0:59.0

we talk about asset allocation and investor interest in and commodities, and tips.

1:03.0

Why Nick hates when people say gold is an inflation hedge,

1:06.1

how financial incentives drive behavior,

1:08.0

and why that's an issue in areas like finance

1:10.3

and residential real estate. This episode is brought to you by 10 East.

1:17.0

Long time listeners know I've invested in private markets quite a bit myself,

1:21.0

but with access to these markets broadening it can be

1:23.8

hard to know where to find vetted high quality offerings. That's where 10 East

1:27.8

comes in. Ten East is a platform where qualified investors can co-invest on a

1:32.4

deal by deal basis across private equity, private credit, real estate, venture, and other one-off opportunities typically unavailable through traditional channels.

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