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We Study Billionaires - The Investor’s Podcast Network

TIP406: Finding Hidden Treasure w/ Thomas Braziel

We Study Billionaires - The Investor’s Podcast Network

Stig Brodersen

Education, Investing, Business

4.63.6K Ratings

🗓️ 19 December 2021

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN:

  • 01:41 - What investing in Special Situations looks like.
  • 03:34 - Investing in bankruptcies, liens, and other esoteric situations.
  • 11:24 - How Thomas turned $7k into over $1MM by finding an important footnote on a penny stock company.
  • 31:09 - Learnings from Billionaire Sam Zell and others. 
  • 43:25 - Thomas’ epic 40x return from investing in claims from Japanese crypto exchange, Mt. Gox.


*Disclaimer: Slight timestamp discrepancies may occur due to podcast platform differences.


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Transcript

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0:00.0

You're listening to TI-P.

0:03.2

On today's episode, we are discussing special situations with Thomas Brazil.

0:07.8

Thomas was recommended to me by multiple guests because of his Sherlock Holmes approach to

0:12.5

finding buried treasure sometimes literally, types of opportunities.

0:16.4

In this episode, we discuss what investing in special situations looks like, how Thomas

0:21.2

turned $7,000 into over 1 million by finding an important footnote on a penny stock company

0:26.5

in his early 20s.

0:28.4

Learning in bankruptcy's leans and other esoteric situations, learnings from billionaire Sam

0:33.2

Zell and others, and we explore Thomas's epic 40x return from investing in claims from

0:39.4

Japanese crypto exchange mount gocks.

0:42.4

This story is absolutely incredible.

0:44.7

Thomas is not your average investor.

0:47.3

We explore a lot of unique topics and I guarantee you will learn a ton.

0:51.4

One quick caveat I was recording from Costa Rica, Thomas was in London so the audio quality

0:56.0

had tiny glitches along the way, please bear with us because the substance of the conversation

1:00.3

is fantastic.

1:01.3

And with that, please enjoy a very unique approach from the humble and kind Thomas Brazil.

1:06.8

You are listening to the Investors Podcast where we study the financial markets and read

1:15.1

the books that influence self-made billionaires the most.

1:18.3

We keep you informed and prepared for the unexpected.

1:30.5

Welcome to the Investors Podcast.

1:32.1

I'm your host, Tray Lockerby and today I'm super excited to have my friend Thomas Brazil

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