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Ben Carlson & Michael Batnick: Animal Spirits: Shielded Alpha: Podcast

TedTed
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FYI: On this week’s Animal Spirits with Michael and Ben we discuss:

.The upside to social media
.Zombie VC companies
.Podcasting at Wealth/Stack
.Bubbles and career risk
.Growth and value cycles
.Using credit card reward points
.Congress is coming for your IRA
.Translucent ETFs
.Could you win a point off Serena?
.Where couples meet these days
.The contradictory nature of having skin in the game
.What’s boosting snack sales
.Influencing and side hustling is hard
.Why specializing in sports could lead to more injuries
.What to do in a low expected returns world
.How much is enough in an emergency savings fund?
.Was No Country For Old Men good on a re-watch and much more
Regards,
Ted
https://awealthofcommonsense.com/2019/07/animal-spirits-shielded-alpha/

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  • LewisBraham
    edited July 2019
    Since I wrote the article on Shielded Alpha ETFs they are discussing in this podcast, I feel comfortable in saying they didn't read it very closely. The ETF structure not only discloses all the holdings in its portfolio but uses a computer algorithm so that the weightings in the public holdings are at least 90% in line with the actual portfolio. Thus the scenario they posited in which one of these ETFs becomes like Sequoia Fund with 30% invested in a single stock without investors knowing anything about it is not possible. This strategy gives the manager 10%-of-the-portfolio wiggle room to change positions without investors knowing on a daily basis.
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