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We Study Billionaires

TIP850: Walmart (WMT): From Discount Retailer to eCommerce Powerhouse w/ Kyle Grieve & Shawn O'Malley

2026年10月1日6h

持仓观点 · 2

• 1:17:22WMT回避Wonderful business with unbeatable scale, negative working capital and strong capital efficiency, but at ~38x earnings the valuation is 'pretty abysmal' and offers no margin of safety. — Kyle Grieve-0.5% 自节目播出
  交易理由

  “Walmart is a wonderful business, but at its current price, I'm just not interested in being a shareholder.” — Kyle Grieve

  1. Grieve models ~5% revenue growth, ~3% net margin and a 20x exit multiple, arriving at intrinsic value of ~$50-$78 versus a ~$107 share price.
  2. Even the bull case without a margin of safety returns only ~1%, plus ~1% dividend, failing to beat inflation.
  3. Munger's rule of buying a wonderful business at a decent price is violated, so both hosts decline to own it at current levels (Grieve would revisit below $50).
• 7:11LULU回避Sean's prior Lululemon thesis failed and he dropped it from the intrinsic value portfolio; single-brand retailers carry popularity risk and cannot compound like a multi-brand marketplace. — Sean O'Malley-0.1% 自节目播出
  交易理由

  “the entire thesis moved against me. And I felt there was no other choice than to just drop it from our intrinsic value portfolio.” — Sean O'Malley

  1. O'Malley says the entire Lulu thesis moved against him and he felt no choice but to drop it from the intrinsic value portfolio.
  2. He contrasts single brands, whose coolness fluctuates, with Walmart's diversified marketplace that rides product cycles.
  3. Conclusion: single-brand retail is not a durable long-term compounder.

All-In Podcast

Jake Paul & The Chainsmokers: Turning Fame into Funds, Jake Enters Politics? & Venture Bubble Signs

2026年9月30日9h

The episode features Jake Paul and The Chainsmokers (Drew Taggart and Alex Pall) discussing fame-to-funds transitions, venture investing, and market signals. The most actionable market views come from Chamath Palihapitiya (Speaker 3): a long-held, never-sold Robinhood (HOOD) position he added to at $9, plus Uber (UBER) shares he has trimmed but still holds. He also frames the venture secondary/double-tranche marked-up rounds as 'bubble behavior,' a warning sign rather than a stock call.

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持仓观点 · 2

• ▶ 43:45HOOD做多Chamath says he's never sold a share of Robinhood, bought heavily at $9, and cites Vlad's relentless product-vision execution and two generations of users as reasons the company keeps compounding. — Chamath Palihapitiya+1.0% 自节目播出
  交易理由

  “I've never sold a share. In fact, I bought a lot of shares when it was $9 a share in the public market again.” — Chamath Palihapitiya

  1. Chamath claims he has held Robinhood for over ten years, never sold, and added shares at $9.
  2. He argues Vlad's repeated vertical launches and execution cannot be faked and keep the user base growing.
  3. Resulting trade: stay long / keep holding HOOD as a core long-term position.
• ▶ 1:00:00UBER做多Chamath says he's sold a lot of Uber over the years because it was once 99% of his net worth, but he still holds a large position. — Chamath Palihapitiya0.0% 自节目播出
  交易理由

  “I've sold a lot of Uber over the years because it was 99% of my net worth... But I still hold a lot.” — Chamath Palihapitiya

  1. Chamath claims he had to trim Uber due to concentration, not because of a negative view.
  2. He states he remains a substantial holder despite the sales.
  3. Resulting trade: remain long Uber while managing position size.

The Money Guy Show

Are You a Wealth Builder Or Buster?

2026年9月30日20h

The episode is a financial-behavior episode built around the seven traits of millionaires from The Millionaire Next Door, with no direct stock picks or trade recommendations. The only market-relevant views are a dismissive answer to whether the S&P 500 is too concentrated in tech (they say no, and tech has effectively dominated for 30 years) and repeated advocacy of low-cost index funds and index investing over stock picking. They also cite millionaire car-brand data (Toyota #1, Honda #2, Ford/Subaru/Lexus/BMW) but make no buy/sell call on those automakers.

持仓观点 · 1

• 30:13Low-cost index funds做多Their core investing message is to buy and hold low-cost diversified index funds rather than try to pick winners. — Brian Preston–
  交易理由

  “Don't try to beat the market. Be the market, and you're gonna be just fine.” — Brian Preston

  1. Bo warns apps and sports betting distract people from 'investing in low cost indexes, and watching your dollars grow.'
  2. Brian's conclusion is not to try to beat the market but to be the market.
  3. Both endorse ongoing automatic investing and index funds as the durable strategy that has worked for the last hundred years.

灵感 · 1

• 43:44SSPX做多They dismiss the idea the S&P 500 is dangerously over-concentrated in tech, implying it remains a fine core holding for long-term investors. — Bo Hanson+0.2% 自节目播出
  交易理由

  “No. I don't think it's too concentrated in tech. Right now, it does have a tech bias, but I don't think it's too concentrated in tech.” — Bo Hanson

  1. Asked if the S&P 500 is too concentrated in tech and how to diversify, Bo answers no and says it does have a tech bias but isn't too concentrated.
  2. Brian adds it has been 'over concentrated in tech for probably the last thirty years' while still telling investors don't beat the market, be the market.
  3. Implying staying invested in broad US index exposure is preferable to attempted tech-avoidance.

Prof G Markets

Anthropic’s Financials Revealed — The Losses Are Stunning

2026年9月30日22h

持仓观点 · 2

• 10:44ANTHROPIC回避Kedrosky calls the $2T IPO price 'ridiculous' and says it's a cash-out event to dump insider shares on retail investors and quick flippers. — Paul Kedrosky+2.3% 自节目播出
  交易理由

  “It's a ridiculous price... when you look around the poker table and wonder who the sucker is, it's you.” — Paul Kedrosky

  1. Kedrosky says $2T for a relatively mature company at a very late-stage IPO is a 'ridiculous price'.
  2. He argues the IPO is no longer a financing event but insiders 'unloading shares' on retail and quick-flip institutions.
  3. Therefore investors should avoid buying the IPO at these prices.
• 12:54OPENAI回避Kedrosky says Anthropic and OpenAI face an impossible bind: keep burning on training for a moat, or stop and get crushed by China's cheap industrial token production. — Paul Kedrosky-0.8% 自节目播出
  交易理由

  “If you don't keep training, you have no moat. If you do start training, you're crushed by the... production of tokens coming out of China.” — Paul Kedrosky

  1. Kedrosky argues frontier labs must either spend profligately on training or give up their moat.
  2. If they stop training, they become 'industrial token production' competing with China's cheaper power and larger scale.
  3. He concludes both are pushed to a marginalized 'Ferrari-like' performance niche.

灵感 · 3

• 4:36META回避Anthropic → Kedrosky flags Meta as Anthropic's most concentrated and 'wildly unrepresentative' early customer, an open question whether such customers carry over to mainstream adopters. — Paul Kedrosky-1.0% 自节目播出
  交易理由

  “Meta is one of their largest customers... they're wildly unrepresentative of how... Goldman Sachs, pick a standard industrials company... is going to use these tools.” — Paul Kedrosky

  1. Kedrosky says two customers are ~25% of Anthropic revenue and six are ~60%.
  2. He identifies Meta as one of Anthropic's largest customers from other data.
  3. He questions whether these eccentric early customers represent future demand, a concentration risk for Anthropic's revenue base.
• 7:32AMZN回避Anthropic → Kedrosky notes Anthropic owes a consequential revenue share to Amazon and excludes it from gross margins, an under-the-radar drag on Anthropic's true profitability. — Ed Elson+1.7% 自节目播出
  交易理由

  “Anthropic owes a significant share of its revenue to Amazon as an example... they're not including that in their calculation.” — Ed Elson

  1. Ed notes Anthropic 'owes a significant share of its revenue to Amazon' and excludes it from gross margin.
  2. Kedrosky agrees the revenue-share is 'less material than training cost, but still consequential'.
  3. That hidden revenue-share obligation understates Anthropic's true cost structure.
• 26:55Oura Health回避Jay Ritter likens Oura to one-trick-pony IPOs like GoPro, Peloton and SoulCycle and says most companies that pull an IPO never end up going public. — Jay Ritter–
  交易理由

  “Given the track record of companies that have postponed their IPO, most of the time they never do go public, that's the most likely outcome here.” — Jay Ritter

  1. Ritter says Oura is a good company but 'there's a price set at which a great company is not a great investment'.
  2. He compares it to GoPro, Peloton and SoulCycle—rapid growers that hit growth walls.
  3. He notes most companies that postpone their IPO never do go public, the most likely outcome here.

Prof G Markets

Wall Street Veteran: The Bond Sell-Off Is A Buying Opportunity

2026年9月29日46h

持仓观点 · 3

• 15:51US Treasury long-duration bonds做多Long-duration bonds trading below par are neglected by passive indices and thus underpriced; a buying opportunity even if the mechanical sell-off runs further. — Michael Green–
  交易理由

  “Low price, long duration bonds trading below 50¢ are something that is by and large ignored by the passive bid. That means that's an asset that ultimately is almost certainly underpriced.” — Michael Green

  1. Green says the bond sell-off is a mechanical byproduct of passive indices, not fundamentals, since CDS spreads are tightening and the dollar is strengthening.
  2. He notes low-price, long-duration bonds below 50c are ignored by the passive bid, making them structurally underpriced.
  3. Trade: buy long-duration bonds trading below par, accepting timing uncertainty.
• 28:40CRWV回避Neoclouds like CoreWeave borrow at 9% to generate 1% returns, an unjustified exuberance that doesn't scale; avoid despite rapid growth optics. — Gil Luria+4.0% 自节目播出
  交易理由

  “Corwee is my favorite one to pick on, they borrow at 9% to generate 1% return. That's bad any way you cut it and you don't scale out of that.” — Gil Luria

  1. Luria calls the neocloud model out, naming CoreWeave as his favorite example of excess.
  2. He says borrowing at 9% to earn 1-5% is 'bad any way you cut it' and doesn't scale.
  3. Trade: avoid neocloud names riding leverage-driven growth.
• 28:11OPENAI回避Frontier labs may not capture enough value to justify valuations, and Luria says OpenAI/Anthropic engineers caused harm with poorly sandboxed agents, raising accountability alarms. — Gil Luria+2.3% 自节目播出
  交易理由

  “We're not sure that Anthropic and OpenAI will be able to capture all the value they need to justify these valuations. It may be captured by other entities” — Gil Luria

  1. Luria warns the frontier models may not capture all the value needed to justify their valuations.
  2. He blames OpenAI and Anthropic engineers for unleashing poorly governed agents, raising liability concerns.
  3. Trade: be cautious on frontier-lab valuations and related exposure.

灵感 · 4

• 24:00NVDA做多At ~17x forward earnings the market expects sub-market growth, an easy hurdle given NVIDIA should retain the biggest AI profit pool; buyback signals management confidence. — Gil Luria+0.4% 自节目播出
  交易理由

  “if you believe that the AI compute cycle is gonna continue... it's very hard to imagine a world where NVIDIA doesn't have the biggest profit pool of any of these companies.” — Gil Luria

  1. Luria says the record $150bn buyback shows management confidence and reflects a very low 17x forward multiple.
  2. He argues if the AI compute cycle continues, NVIDIA captures the largest profit pool among semis.
  3. Trade: use the low multiple and buyback as a favorable entry point.
• 28:40MSFT做多OpenAI → As a major OpenAI backer and cloud provider, Microsoft benefits if AI value accrues down the value chain rather than to the frontier labs. — Gil Luria+1.2% 自节目播出
  交易理由

  “It may be captured by other entities, either down the value chain or open source models, open weight models. A lot more of the value can be captured elsewhere.” — Gil Luria

  1. Luria says frontier-lab value may be captured by other entities down the value chain or by open-source models.
  2. Microsoft is OpenAI's largest investor and hosts its models on Azure.
  3. Trade: MSFT as a listed beneficiary of value shifting away from pure labs.
• 30:52ANTHROPIC回避Luria worries Anthropic may not capture enough value to justify its valuation and holds it responsible for unleashing poorly governed agents. — Gil Luria+2.1% 自节目播出
  交易理由

  “The responsibility for the harm, to be clear, is on open and anthropic. And the fact that they're trying to shun that... should raise a lot of alarms.” — Gil Luria

  1. Luria warns the frontier models, including Anthropic, may not capture enough value to justify valuations.
  2. He blames OpenAI and Anthropic engineers for releasing agents with poor governance and sandboxes.
  3. Trade: treat Anthropic-related and frontier-lab valuations with skepticism.
• 33:05META做多Zuckerberg filled in the gaps left open at earnings with a compelling consumer assistant (Muse) and an enterprise AI push, which is why investors reacted positively. — Gil Luria+1.9% 自节目播出
  交易理由

  “he filled in the gaps that he left open ended during earnings, and that's why investors have reacted very positive.” — Gil Luria

  1. Luria notes Meta's earnings left AI monetization open-ended and the stock fell on higher Capex.
  2. He says Muse and the new enterprise platform now clarify the consumer and enterprise AI strategies investor wanted.
  3. Trade: constructive stance on META after the strategy clarification.

BiggerPockets Money

Naseema Went Bankrupt at 25, Became a Single Mom at 30, and Built $1.3M by 45

2026年9月29日46h

This episode of BiggerPockets Money features Naseema McElroy, a labor and delivery nurse who went bankrupt in 2010 at 25 after failed real estate investments, paid off nearly $1 million in debt in under three years, and built about $1.3 million in assets by 45. The only market-relevant actionable view is her broad endorsement of maxing out retirement accounts and holding 'boring' stock market index funds inside them, with over $1 million invested in index funds. No individual stocks, ETFs, or other tradable securities are named or given specific buy/sell recommendations.

灵感 · 1

• 36:45Broad US Stock Market Index Funds做多Naseema attributes her resilience and $1.3M net worth to consistently maxing retirement accounts and investing in 'basic boring' stock market index funds that compound in the background through life's turbulence. — Naseema McElroy–
  交易理由

  “Over $1,000,000 of that is just invested in all my regular boring stock market index fund accounts.” — Naseema McElroy

  1. She says her wealth came from 'a couple of what are called basic boring investment decisions' held steadily for years.
  2. Over $1 million of her $1.3M in assets sits in 'regular boring stock market index fund accounts' (401(k), Roth IRA, brokerages).
  3. She advocates maxing these accounts every year regardless of market conditions, which maps to a long-term long position in broad market index funds.

Prof G Markets

Investors Are Turning Against Data Centers (Here's Why)

2026年9月28日70h

The hosts debate whether the AI data center buildout is cracking, citing Oracle's force majeure notice on a major project, delayed IPOs (SB Energy, Holtec), and rising NIMBY opposition, while Scott Galloway argues Nvidia is the safest way to play AI given a compressed multiple. They split sharply on Netflix, with Ed Elson bearish on structural threats from YouTube and Scott Galloway turning bullish at ~6x sales given Netflix's hard-to-replicate content/management. Scott is also very bullish on the Oura Ring IPO, calling it a rare investable wellness hardware play with software-like retention.

持仓观点 · 7

• 20:34NVDA做多Scott says Nvidia's ~17x forward P/E makes it 'Manhattan real estate' of the AI trade - the best, safest way to get AI exposure rather than a basket or private AI IPOs. — Scott Galloway+3.9% 自节目播出
  交易理由

  “if you were gonna do a play in the AI space... It does feel like NVIDIA's Manhattan real estate... NVIDIA is a safer play.” — Scott Galloway

  1. Scott argues AI baskets and private AI IPOs contain too much speculative 'crap' and that Nvidia is the class of the AI trade.
  2. Nvidia is the dominant GPU supplier and 'at the tip of the spear' for AI capex spending.
  3. He concludes if putting fresh capital into AI, Nvidia at ~17x forward earnings is the pick.
• 40:21NFLX做多Scott says Netflix is the best-run media company with unmatched management, content machine and home-screen power, and at ~6x sales it's trading like a cable company - so he's 'quite bullish' now. — Scott Galloway-2.3% 自节目播出
  交易理由

  “I just don't think you wanna bet against this management team and those 350,000,000 households... I actually am quite bullish, I think, on Netflix right now.” — Scott Galloway

  1. Netflix got cut roughly in half, compressing from 12x to 6x sales while retaining 350M households and top management.
  2. Scott argues it remains the operating system/home screen for entertainment with a strong ad business and pricing power.
  3. He concludes the valuation now makes it a buy: 'I actually am quite bullish on Netflix right now.'
• 40:35NFLX回避Ed says Netflix has no moat versus YouTube's network effects, faces churn and endless content spend, still has room to fall and he 'doesn't wanna buy it' despite analyst upside. — Ed Elson-2.3% 自节目播出
  交易理由

  “I'm not super confident, but what I know is that I don't wanna buy it... I don't like the long term prospects of the company.” — Ed Elson

  1. Ed argues traditional streaming has no durable moat and YouTube's free creator content is structurally superior.
  2. Netflix must keep spending on hits and has churn risk without YouTube-like network effects.
  3. He concludes he won't buy even after the ~40% drawdown, expecting continued downside.
• 55:12Oura Health做多I think this is gonna be really well received in the marketplace... looking at the potential upside versus the risks, I really like this one. — Scott Galloway–
  交易理由

  “I think this is gonna be really well received in the marketplace... looking at the potential upside versus the risks, I really like this one.” — Scott Galloway

  1. Oura is going public at ~$15.6B, raising $2.2B, growing ~123% with 83% renewal on $6/month subscriptions.
  2. Scott argues it has unique first-party biometric data (23h/day), a wealthy female customer base and GLP-1/fertility tailwinds.
  3. He concludes the risk/reward is attractive and he is trying to get shares: 'I really like this one.'
• 1:09:45MU做多Scott predicts Micron beats earnings because high-bandwidth memory is the underappreciated AI trade - every GPU needs it, so Micron 'cashes a lot of the checks' while Nvidia gets the headlines. — Scott Galloway+1.6% 自节目播出
  交易理由

  “Micron beats. Memory is the AI trade nobody talks about because every GPU needs high bandwidth memory... Micron kinda cashes a lot of the checks.” — Scott Galloway

  1. Scott says memory is the AI trade nobody talks about but every GPU requires high-bandwidth memory.
  2. Micron is a leading HBM/memory supplier to the AI supply chain.
  3. He predicts: 'Micron beats' on the upcoming earnings.
• 1:10:06NKE做空Scott predicts Nike to the downside, saying it's still in 'turnaround purgatory' and paying the price for opting for DTC over maintaining ties with retail partners. — Scott Galloway-1.1% 自节目播出
  交易理由

  “I think Nike is still in turnaround purgatory, and they're still paying the price for opting for DTC over being in touch with their retail athletes and brands.” — Scott Galloway

  1. Scott argues Nike's pivot to direct-to-consumer alienated its retail stores and brand partners.
  2. He says the company remains in 'turnaround purgatory' with no clear fix.
  3. He predicts: 'Nike to the downside.'
• 34:07GOOGL做多Ed is long YouTube within Alphabet, saying its network effects, free creator content and superior algorithm make it structurally dominant over traditional streaming and a better investment than Netflix. — Ed Elson+3.9% 自节目播出
  交易理由

  “I've been bullish on YouTube for years now because it has this very different identity... it benefits from network effects.” — Ed Elson

  1. Ed argues YouTube benefits from network effects with creators producing content for free, unlike Netflix's paid original content.
  2. YouTube commands 14% of US TV usage and its algorithm keeps engagement high.
  3. He says 'I've been bullish on YouTube for years' and prefers it to traditional streaming.

灵感 · 2

• 10:19ORCL回避Scott says Oracle's force majeure notice on its data center project signals the company is overextended on AI capex and its towering future earnings are not credible. — Scott Galloway+3.9% 自节目播出
  交易理由

  “when Oracle invokes force to majeure, what they're really saying is that the god is credit markets. This isn't an existential event. This is the market saying you're out over your skis.” — Scott Galloway

  1. Oracle sent a force majeure notice to its data center developer, which Scott calls an 'act of god clause' being used to hedge credit-market risk.
  2. Scott says this reflects the market telling Oracle 'you're out over your skis' on the AI buildout.
  3. He flags that this casts doubt on the credibility of Oracle's forward earnings estimates.
• 8:04OWL回避Ed notes Blue Owl fell 7% as the financier of Oracle's Project Jupiter data center after the force majeure news, showing exposure to the AI infrastructure financing risk. — Ed Elson–
  交易理由

  “Oracle stock falls 5%, Blue Owl, and those are the guys that are financing the development of this data center, that stock fell 7%.” — Ed Elson

  1. Ed reports Blue Owl stock fell 7% after Oracle's force majeure notice on the data center project.
  2. Blue Owl is the financing partner for the data center development.
  3. The hosts frame this as part of broad data center buildout risk that markets are repricing.

All-In Podcast

Anthropic IPO at Risk, Meta's Muse Pop, Token Prices Fall, Open Source Gains Share, Alignment Fails

2026年9月26日124h

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持仓观点 · 1

• ▶ 51:47ANTHROPIC回避Sacks argues Anthropic's leadership is 'schizophrenic' — warning of extinction risk while launching a frontier model and a wet lab — which will hurt its IPO and make it a riskier bet. — David Sacks+0.9% 自节目播出
  交易理由

  “There's no question that open source is a huge risk factor to Anthropic's S-1... the fundamental problem with this company is that it's schizophrenic. I mean, I think they need a psychiatrist, not a banker.” — David Sacks

  1. Sacks says Anthropic's own current leadership cites >10% chance of human extinction, creating severe S-1 risk factors
  2. He adds the company is 'advocating for things that are likely not in their interest,' like a federal AI department that would slow them below frontier
  3. Conclusion: investors should be wary of the November-targeted Anthropic IPO until priced much lower

灵感 · 8

• ▶ 29:49OPENAI回避OpenAI is lumped with Anthropic as a frontier 'corporation' facing delayed IPO and commoditization pressure as the token market shifts to open weights. — Jason Calacanis+0.7% 自节目播出
  交易理由

  “Sam already said OpenAI plans on doing 2027 over because of safety concerns.” — Jason Calacanis

  1. Jason notes OpenAI has said its IPO is pushed past 2026 over safety concerns
  2. Chamath argues clustering models force OpenAI/Anthropic to 'go up the stack,' compressing token-serving value
  3. Resulting view: the OpenAI IPO story faces the same delay and token-price-deflation risk
• ▶ 1:08:24META做多Meta's Muse agent launch is framed as a breakthrough consumer AI product, with the stock rising ~10% on the release as hosts praise it as the first mainstream AI win. — Jason Calacanis-1.9% 自节目播出
  交易理由

  “Muse hit number one last Friday in the App Store. Meta stock was up 10% after this new agent, Muse, was released.” — Jason Calacanis

  1. Jason reports Muse hit #1 in the App Store and META stock was up 10% after release
  2. Chamath, given early TestFlight access, calls the product 'really excellent' and says it simplifies AI for ordinary users
  3. Thus the successful product launch supports a constructive stance on META shares
• ▶ 20:45BABA做多Friedberg highlights Alibaba's Qwen open-weight models as free, high-performing alternatives to Google's image models, underscoring Alibaba's leadership in open AI. — David Friedberg-1.5% 自节目播出
  交易理由

  “Quen, which is the Alibaba model, comes out version... It's an open weights model that outperforms Nano Banana two... This thing is free. Open source.” — David Friedberg

  1. Speaker 1 says Qwen 2.1 'is an open weights model that outperforms Nano Banana two' and 'is free. Open source'
  2. He notes it's 'made by Alibaba' and runs on a desktop computer
  3. This positions BABA as a beneficiary as open-weight AI proliferates
• ▶ 1:14:11AAPL做空Chamath argues personal agents like Muse and Grok Bot put the App Store's 30% rev share 'on notice' as services move headless, threatening Apple's fee stream. — Chamath Palihapitiya-1.9% 自节目播出
  交易理由

  “Things like Rockbot and Muse really put the App Store and its 30% rev share on notice... there is no reasonable claim that any of the app store owners can make about why they should get a rev share.” — Chamath Palihapitiya

  1. Chamath says agent apps force services to exist 'headlessly' where UI matters less
  2. He says in that world there's 'no reasonable claim that any of the app store owners can make about why they should get a rev share'
  3. This implies margin/revenue risk to Apple's App Store economics
• ▶ 1:16:56AMZN回避Jason and Chamath suggest Amazon is making a strategic mistake by blocking AI agents instead of embracing them, ceding savings and shopping flows. — Jason Calacanis+0.7% 自节目播出
  交易理由

  “This is the stupidity of what Amazon's doing here because I made my bot on Amazon with Rockbot, and it will go through the web browser and do this, and it doesn't get blocked.” — Jason Calacanis

  1. Jason says Amazon 'said we gotta block these things' and is going after Muse and other bots, but his bot still bought via the web browser
  2. He notes 'It will make me spend more money on Amazon,' implying blocking hurts its own commerce
  3. Hence Amazon's stance is criticized as anti-agent and potentially value-destructive
• ▶ 15:47PANW做多Jason cites Palo Alto Networks' Unit 42 cyber-defense product as evidence of a real business opportunity frontier labs have ignored, positioning PANW as a beneficiary of AI-driven security demand. — Jason Calacanis+6.9% 自节目播出
  交易理由

  “our friend Nikesh from Palo Alto Networks... released in the past week or so Unit 42... There's a business opportunity here to build a product to do continuous cyber defense” — Jason Calacanis

  1. Jason says Nikesh 'released in the past week or so Unit 42... a business opportunity here to build a product to do continuous cyber defense'
  2. Chamath adds frontier labs 'will' move into cyber, validating the demand
  3. So PANW's existing cyber-defense offering stands to benefit
• ▶ 15:47CRWD做多Jason highlights CrowdStrike's new Falcon cyber-defense release as another security product capitalizing on AI-era security needs the frontier labs are not serving. — Jason Calacanis+5.5% 自节目播出
  交易理由

  “our friend of the pod, George Kirsch from CrowdStrike. He also released Falcon, his new product, to do cyber defense.” — Jason Calacanis

  1. Jason says George Kurtz 'released Falcon, his new product, to do cyber defense'
  2. He ties it to the theme that labs/corporations focused on AI models left cyber defense to specialists
  3. Results in a favorable view on CRWD's security offering
• ▶ 50:38CRWV做多Jason notes Jane Street committed billions to CoreWeave cloud capacity and Crusoe, signaling strong demand for dedicated AI compute infrastructure. — Jason Calacanis+2.2% 自节目播出
  交易理由

  “If you take Jane Street... they've publicly announced $19,000,000,000 in cloud capacity contracts. Core, have 6,000,000,000 in in cloud commitments.” — Jason Calacanis

  1. Jason says Jane Street 'publicly announced $19,000,000,000 in cloud capacity contracts. Core, have 6,000,000,000 in cloud commitments'
  2. He adds $13B with Crusoe and that they're 'embracing open source'
  3. This indicates robust demand benefiting AI-cloud providers like CoreWeave

Planet Money

Middlegarchs are the new Oligarchs

2026年9月25日128h

灵感 · 4

• 29:46TSLA回避State franchise laws let car-dealer "middlegarchs" block Tesla's direct-to-consumer sales model, keeping a structural brake on its retail strategy. — Speaker 1-4.0% 自节目播出
  交易理由

  “The dealers are like, no. No. No. You can't do that.” — Speaker 1

  1. Zwick's framework casts car dealers as politically powerful mid-tier millionaires who defend the dealer-middleman model.
  2. Tesla has fought state-by-state to sell directly to consumers and lost in South Carolina, where a law still forces buyers through dealerships.
  3. The regulatory obstacle is a recurring headwind for Tesla's US distribution rather than a fundamental buy or sell signal.
• 27:59F做多Legacy automakers retain a protected franchise-dealer distribution network that state middlegarch car dealers aggressively defend. — Speaker 0–
  交易理由

  “If I wanna buy a Ford Bronco, I cannot buy it directly from Ford. I have to go through, like, Sarah Monty Ford and deal with the car salesman.” — Speaker 0

  1. The episode notes state laws force consumers to buy through dealerships rather than directly from manufacturers.
  2. Ford's traditional dealer model is exactly what those laws preserve, insulating incumbents from direct-sales disruption.
  3. This is a structural observation, not a stated buy case; conviction stays low.
• 14:10GM做多GM and other legacy automakers benefit from franchise laws that entrench dealer middlemen and limit direct-sales competition. — Speaker 1–
  交易理由

  “But what about McDonald's? What about General Motors? What about Ford Motor Company?” — Speaker 1

  1. Speaker cites GM among the traditional corporations contrasted with pass-through America.
  2. The broader segment details how car-dealer middlegarchs lobby to preserve the middleman model legacy OEMs use.
  3. No explicit investment call is made; this is an inference from the regulatory discussion.
• 14:10MCD做多Mentioned only as an example of a traditional C-corporation contrasted with pass-through businesses — no investment case is made. — Speaker 1-2.3% 自节目播出
  交易理由

  “But what about McDonald's? What about General Motors? What about Ford Motor Company?” — Speaker 1

  1. Speaker 1 names McDonald's rhetorically while asking what happened to traditional corporations.
  2. The episode offers no fundamental view on the company.
  3. Included only to show the discussion is not an investment recommendation.

Prof G Markets

Bonds Are Going Haywire Again — Howard Marks Explains Why

2026年9月24日166h

Howard Marks of Oaktree tells Prof G Markets that structurally unsound US fiscal policy and stubbornly above-target inflation mean long-term Treasury yields are unlikely to fall much in the coming year or two, though he stresses this is not a reason to sell US stocks. Dan Bayer says energy prices, and therefore Brent crude, are unlikely to return to pre-war levels given the Strait of Hormuz disruption. Ed Elson criticizes SB Energy's delayed $50B IPO, noting it has zero operating data centers and an inflated revenue backlog.

持仓观点 · 4

• 14:42US Treasuries (long-dated bonds)回避Marks argues persistent inflation and profligate fiscal deficits mean bond investors will keep demanding higher yields, so long-dated Treasuries risk continued capital losses. — Howard Marks–
  交易理由

  “Interest rates probably will not be going down much, if at all, in the coming year or two.” — Howard Marks

  1. Inflation has been stuck above the Fed's 2% target and the deficit is running near $2T a year, which Marks calls profligacy.
  2. Lenders of long-term money therefore need a bigger inflation and risk premium, pushing yields up rather than down.
  3. Marks says rates 'probably will not be going down much, if at all,' over the next year or two, making long bonds unattractive.
• 15:34US equities做多Marks says the debt and deficit problem is not a stock market problem, so investors should not sell US stocks in response to rising yields. — Howard Marks–
  交易理由

  “This isn't a stock market problem, not of investments in US companies. This is not a company problem.” — Howard Marks

  1. The higher-rate dynamic stems from US fiscal behavior, not corporate fundamentals.
  2. Marks explicitly notes 'this isn't a stock market problem, not of investments in US companies' and that the US is the best functioning developed economy.
  3. He advises against selling stocks despite the bond selloff.
• 27:36BBRENT做多Bayer expects energy prices to stay elevated versus pre-war levels even if the Strait of Hormuz fully reopens, due to insurance costs and lingering risk. — Dan Bayer-2.7% 自节目播出
  交易理由

  “the price of crude is unlikely, all things, all other things equal, to come back down to those prewar levels.” — Dan Bayer

  1. Even a deal reopening Hormuz would take time to clear the backlog and restore shipping trust.
  2. Added insurance or tolling costs imply structural cost inflation.
  3. Bayer concludes crude is unlikely to return to pre-war levels.
• 31:27SB Energy回避Elson says SB Energy's $50B IPO valuation is BS: zero operating data centers, only $1B of its $400B backlog recognized in two years, and shrinking solar revenue. — Ed Elson–
  交易理由

  “Despite calling themselves a data center company, they currently have zero data centers in operation.” — Ed Elson

  1. SB Energy calls itself a data center company but has no operating data centers and less than a tenth under construction.
  2. Over 80% of its revenue backlog is more than eight years out and its actual solar revenue fell 8% last year.
  3. Elson argues the $50B target is unsupported, making the IPO an avoid.

灵感 · 3

• 15:34US dollar-denominated assets (broad)回避Marks suggests if the government keeps debasing the dollar, investors may rationally want to hold fewer dollar-denominated assets, but he counsels only a small move. — Howard Marks–
  交易理由

  “If the dollar is gonna deteriorate because the government wants to debase the currency, maybe you want to hold less dollar denominated assets.” — Howard Marks

  1. Marks says a possible implication of US fiscal behavior is demand for higher rates and dollar deterioration.
  2. That logically argues for reducing dollar-denominated holdings.
  3. But he warns US companies are still the best functioning developed-world economy, so he 'wouldn't do very much'.
• 20:46BAM做多Oaktree Capital Management → Marks, co-chairman of Oaktree, discusses the credit-investing opportunity set; Oaktree is owned by Brookfield Asset Management, the listed parent. — Ed Elson–
  交易理由

  “Howard Marks is cofounder and cochairman of Oaktree Capital Management.” — Ed Elson

  1. Marks frames the environment as one of high-for-long rates and stressed credit, implying opportunity for a credit-focused manager.
  2. Oaktree Capital Management is majority-owned by Brookfield Asset Management.
  3. Brookfield (BAM) is the listed way to get exposure to Marks's credit franchise.
• 0:30AAPL做多No investment view is offered; Apple Watch Series 12 is discussed purely in a paid advertisement as a wellness product with heart-rate monitoring. — Speaker 1-0.4% 自节目播出
  交易理由

  “Apple Watch Series 12 measures your heart rate every five seconds with the most accurate heart rate sensing in a wearable.” — Speaker 1

  1. The segment is a sponsor spot touting Apple Watch Series 12 features.
  2. No host or guest makes any buying, selling, or valuation argument about Apple.
  3. Therefore this is a non-actionable product mention, not an investment call.

Odd Lots

AI Is Upending the Lives of People Who Do Social Media Professionally

2026年9月24日166h

This live Odd Lots episode from LA features tech journalist Taylor Lorenz and social media consultant Rachel Carton discussing how AI is reshaping the creator and influencer economy — from bosses outsourced to Claude/Copilot, to AI-generated 'slop' flooding feeds, to CAA's 'Vault' for digital clones of talent. The most market-relevant takeaway is a bearish structural view on Meta, which Lorenz calls a 'dinosaur' that peaked in the 2010s, plus commentary on Google being better positioned and platforms' short-term AI-driven engagement gains carrying long-term trust damage.

灵感 · 3

• 25:14META回避Lorenz argues Meta is a 'twenty-ten sort of social media' dinosaur that peaked in the 2010s and lacks the positioning of Google to adapt to AI-era consumption. — Taylor Lorenz-1.0% 自节目播出
  交易理由

  “Meta's in a really hard place right now because I think they are very like twenty ten sort of like social media... it's kind of a dinosaur. I don't see Meta like having the same level of influence as I think it kind of peaked in the 2010s.” — Taylor Lorenz

  1. Speaker says social platforms are on the back foot and 'Meta's in a really hard place,' calling it 'kind of a dinosaur' that peaked in the 2010s.
  2. Meta Platforms (META) is the listed parent of Facebook, Instagram and Threads, the platforms being discussed.
  3. Trade implication: avoid Meta equity on structural disruption risk from AI-driven shifts in how people consume content.
• 25:14GOOGL做多Lorenz says Google is 'better positioned than Meta' to adapt as AI reshapes social and search-based content consumption. — Taylor Lorenz+4.7% 自节目播出
  交易理由

  “I do think like in in some ways Meta I mean Google's better positioned than Meta.” — Taylor Lorenz

  1. Speaker claims 'Google's better positioned than Meta' amid platform disruption from AI.
  2. Alphabet (GOOGL) is the listed parent of Google, owner of YouTube and Gemini AI models.
  3. Trade implication: relative preference for Alphabet over Meta within the social/tech platform complex.
• 27:20META回避Threads → Both guests call Threads the most toxic social platform, with an algorithm that fuels pile-ons and lying AI-generated news summaries — a negative engagement dynamic. — Rachel Carton-1.0% 自节目播出
  交易理由

  “I recently published a hot takes newsletter, and I said that Threads is the most toxic social media platform.” — Rachel Carton

  1. Speaker says 'Threads is the most toxic social media platform' prioritizing angry replies and AI news summaries that are inaccurate.
  2. Threads is owned and operated by Meta Platforms (META), the listed parent.
  3. Trade implication: negative platform-quality signal for Meta's emerging social product.

We Study Billionaires

TIP848: Meta (META): What the Market Misses? w/ Daniel Mahncke & Shawn O'Malley

2026年9月24日174h

Daniel Mahncke and Shawn O'Malley revisit Meta, where Daniel says he recently started a personal position and sees the stock attractively priced around $650-$750 per share in his base case, while Shawn remains unconvinced and prefers accumulating Alphabet or Amazon. The hosts debate Meta's enormous AI capex, off-balance-sheet data center liabilities, the resolved teen-safety lawsuits, WhatsApp business-agent monetization, MuSpark LLM, and AR glasses optionality, with Daniel arguing the truth is between the bull and bear cases and declining to add Meta to their intrinsic value portfolio.

持仓观点 · 4

• 0:22META做多Meta is attractively priced because the market treats its AI spend as all-or-nothing, while the realistic middle outcome still leaves the best ad business plus AI-driven ad inventory. — Daniel Mahncke-0.6% 自节目播出
  交易理由

  “I started building a position in it in my personal account not too long ago.” — Daniel Mahncke

  1. Daniel says the market prices Meta as either a huge AI success or a huge mistake, and he thinks the truth is in between.
  2. His base-case model puts fair value around $650-$750 per share versus a market cap roughly equal to the headline lawsuit number.
  3. He started building a personal position and would not sell shares despite the risks.
• 1:26:04GOOGL做多Shawn prefers deploying incremental capital into Alphabet over Meta because its massive computing investment has a more plausible monetization path with a clearer margin of safety. — Shawn O'Malley+4.6% 自节目播出
  交易理由

  “I'd be more excited probably to accumulate shares on Alphabet or Amazon with any incremental capital we invest” — Shawn O'Malley

  1. Shawn says Meta's capex is more speculative than Alphabet's and Amazon's, which have more plausible uses for the computing power.
  2. He recalls Google once sold off nearly 30% over spending worries on Gmail, YouTube and Android, which turned out well.
  3. He concludes he would be more excited to accumulate Alphabet or Amazon with incremental capital.
• 1:26:04AMZN做多Shawn favors Amazon over Meta for new money because its data center spending has a more credible monetization path and a better margin of safety. — Shawn O'Malley+1.3% 自节目播出
  交易理由

  “I'd be more excited probably to accumulate shares on Alphabet or Amazon with any incremental capital we invest” — Shawn O'Malley

  1. Shawn argues Meta's capex is more speculative than Alphabet's and Amazon's, where the use of computing power is more explainable.
  2. He says he is not compelled by Meta's margin of safety at current prices.
  3. He names Alphabet or Amazon as the businesses he would rather accumulate with incremental capital.
• 1:26:04META回避Shawn is not sold on buying Meta now, citing speculative capex, regulatory and social risks, and a margin of safety that is not clearly wide. — Shawn O'Malley-0.6% 自节目播出
  交易理由

  “I'm not sure the margin of safety is so clearly wide that I feel compelled to buy shares in Meta tomorrow.” — Shawn O'Malley

  1. Shawn says Meta's capex spending seems more speculative than Alphabet's or Amazon's given the lack of a plausible explanation for the computing power.
  2. He also cites the metaverse losses, negative societal impacts and regulatory fallout as ongoing concerns.
  3. He concludes he is not convinced Meta is the best place for an incremental dollar today and has not been persuaded to add it to the intrinsic value portfolio.