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Enough with the IPOs.

October 16, 2023 / 00:58

This episode discusses the current state of IPOs, investment strategies, and the influence of wealthy investors in the market. Key topics include the manipulation of stock floats, the rise of private markets, and the recommendation to invest in index funds.

The conversation highlights how IPOs have become a tool for wealthy investors to offload assets onto the public market, creating a scenario where retail investors are at a disadvantage. The hosts argue that this trend diminishes the public good aspect of investing.

Specific advice is given to listeners, urging them to consider low-cost investment options like index funds from Vanguard instead of trying to beat the market with individual stock picks. The discussion emphasizes the importance of liquidity for private investors and the risks associated with IPOs.

Overall, the episode critiques the current investment landscape and encourages a more cautious approach to investing in IPOs.

TL;DR

The episode critiques IPOs as tools for wealthy investors and recommends index funds for safer investing.

Video

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IPOs have kind of become the last stop
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on the pump and dump train and they
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purposfully minimize the float restrict
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the float to create a sense of
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artificial scarcity institutional and
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Wealthy investors have figured out a way
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to crowd Capital into the part of the
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market that grows the private markets
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where they can get liquidity and then
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basically the public markets are simply
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becoming a Dumping Ground where these
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people can fling their unicorn fees of
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Tours to the unicorn zoo it's no longer
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a public good H unicorn feces is that
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glittery rainbow feces so don't be
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buying into these things what's the move
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for investor buy index funds from
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Vanguard and stop pretending that you
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have any insight that you can beat the
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market with your stock picks bu ETFs and
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index funds for lowc cost low fees the
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alternative Investments and the whole
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IPO H jazz hansing is basically to
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provide liquidity to the private guys
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and do not buy when someone makes a deal
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with jaizelle bunin that's my
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feeling

Episode Highlights

  • Investing Wisely
    The advice is clear: buy index funds from Vanguard for low-cost investing.
    “Buy index funds from Vanguard”
    @ 00m 33s
    October 16, 2023

Episode Quotes

Key Moments

  • Market Manipulation00:02
  • Artificial Scarcity00:06
  • Dumping Ground00:19
  • Unicorn Fees00:21
  • Investing Strategy00:33

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