Jan 28, 2020

In a change of pace, this podcast will not discuss this stock market or the economy. Instead, Vitaliy writes about some very random, but still relevant topics - from his upcoming trip to Europe, to his new philosophy about helping his kids grow to be well-rounded adults, to when he decides to break with his diet (hint:...

Jan 21, 2020

Party like it’s 1999: this is how the stock market feels to Vitaliy today. No, there are no dot-coms, though temporarily we had dot-cannabis and dot-fake-beef bubbles which got popped. Growth stocks are incredibly expensive. Value stocks have underperformed for the last ten years. The last time this underperformance...

Jan 14, 2020

The Roman philosopher Seneca wasn’t talking about the stock market when he wrote that “Time discovers truth,” but he could have been. In the long run a stock price will reflect a company’s (true) intrinsic value. In the short run the pricing is basically random. In this podcast, Vitaliy looks at two historical...

Jan 7, 2020

When Vitaliy got into his mid-forties, he landed in his own version of a mid-life crisis. Instead of getting a 20-year-old girlfriend or a red convertible, he started paying attention to his health. He was surprised to discover it was somewhat less-than-perfect. Vitaliy shares how he addressed this issue, including by...