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Long Term Investing - With Baskin Wealth Management

Long Term Investing - With Baskin Wealth Management

Author: Barry Schwartz

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Welcome to the refreshing podcast that focuses exclusively on Long-Term Investing and how to grow your wealth. This podcast features in-depth discussions on quality businesses, great capital allocators and compounders. Show hosts, Barry Schwartz and Ernest Wong, are industry professionals with years of experience and each week they will bring you an exciting conversation that filters out the noise and gets to the heart of what really matters for Long-Term Investors.
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In this week's episode, Barry and Ernest discuss the criminal investigation of Jerome Powell as well as the US proposal to cap credit card interest rates at 10%. 0:00- Introduction1:53- Narratives driving stock prices5:36- Jerome Powell criminal investigation 13:56- Credit card interest rate cap 
Barry and Ernest are back in 2026! They break down the implications of Venezuela on the Canadian energy industry, before providing an update on several companies in the financial industry. 0:00- Introduction2:16- How Venezuela impacts Canada12:06- Why we own CNQ14:39- Strong performance for financials19:59- TMX Group update21:24- Moody's update27:40- MSCI update30:40- Visa update 
Looking back at 2025

Looking back at 2025

2025-12-3045:32

This episode, Barry and Ernest review 2025 including both highlights and lowlights for the marketsand the portfolio. 0:00 - Intro4:06 - Lowlight 1: The Canadian Dollar8:09 - Lowlight 2: Constellation Software17:00 - Lowlight 3: Large M&A 21:50 - What’s nextfor AI29:03 - Highlight 1: Google’s rebound34:41- Baskin’s portfolio changes39:39 - Strong fundamentals
Netflix's HBO drama

Netflix's HBO drama

2025-12-1646:26

This week, Barry and Ernest discuss Telus's highdividend yield and Canadian dividend stocks, break down Netflix's motivationsfor buying Warner Brothers Discovery, before wrapping up with an outlook forthe Canadian banks. 0:00- Intro5:00- Telus's dividend trap8:40- Attractive Canadian dividend payers12:48- Netflix's bid for Warner Brothers Discovery16:56- Poor track record of media mergers21:08- Netflix's motivations for buying WBD33:04- Canadian bank update 40:14- 2026 for the Canadian banks 42:35- AI opportunity for Canadian banks 
This week, Barry and Ernest review results for Alimentation Couche-Tard and Copart before breaking down Netflix offer to purchase Warner Brothers Discovery. 0:00- Intro8:33- Alimentation Couche-Tard's rebound15:04- Canadian compounder buybacks24:17- Copart's earnings30:29- Copart's low-value car problem 36:42- How AVs impact Copart 39:00- Netflix's bid for Warner Brothers Discovery 
This week, Barry and Ernest review quarterly results for some more names before providing an update on their two favorite Canadian energy names. 0:00- Intro4:24- TransDigm outlook10:16- Great capital allocators pivot 14:55- Garmin update19:33- Brookfield update24:51- Buffett's pitch for Berkshire stock29:13- Why we own CNQ36:43- Tourmaline's business model  39:43- Data center tailwinds for natural gas 42:29- Country-level risk for commodities 
This week, Barry and Ernest give an update on a number ofcompanies including Apple, Amazon.com, TFI International, and Live Nation. 0:00- Intro15:08- Apple strong results26:08- Amazon and AWS growth 33:52- TFI's 2026 rebound40:26- Live Nation update 
Sticking with stocks

Sticking with stocks

2025-11-0552:04

This week, Barry and Ernest discuss the underperformance of high-quality companies, provide an update on some companies in the financial sector and Big Techs, and defendpublic equities as an asset class.  0:00- Intro7:38- Unprofitable company stocks16:20- MSCI, TMX, and Moody’s update24:15- Meta’s splurge on AI33:40- Google and Microsoft’s earnings 39:58- Why we invest in stocks
This week, Barry and Ernest break down Apple's stock price resurgence and review earnings from Netflix, TSMC, and Waste Connections before explaining if it still makes sense to own compounders.0:00- Intro4:40- Apple update11:54- Thoughts on smart glasses18:05- Netflix's earnings32:23- TSMC's results39:31- Waste Connection's earnings42:58- What is compounding? 48:48- Characteristics of compounders55:51- When to sell compounders?
In the latest episode, Barry and Ernest provide an update onConstellation Software's management changes, earnings from Domino's Pizza and Costco, and Ferrari's strategy over the next 5 years. 0:00- Intro6:25- Market update and deals between big techs 9:40- ConstellationSoftware's CEO succession18:50- Domino's Pizza update 28:40- Costco update32:16- Ferrari's investor update 
This episode was recorded before the sad news that Mark Leonard had to step down as CEO of Constellation Software for health reasons. We wish him a full and speedy recovery. This week, Barry and Ernest react to Constellation Software's conference call about the risks and opportunities of AI to their business. 0:00- Intro4:34- Constellation's AI conference call13:53- Geoffrey Hinton's radiologist prediction14:58- AI concerns for Constellation24:48- AI opportunities for Constellation27:02- Constellation's decentralization 32:00- High hurdle rates for M&A
This week, Barry and Ernest provide an update onBrookfield after its annual investor day, before breaking down Adobe's earnings and business updates. 0:00- Intro6:40- Brookfield annual investor days9:38- BAM's AI strategy17:27- BAM's retail opportunity 18:51- BAM carried interest 20:41- BN's insurance business31:48- BN's real estate update 35:19- How BN's insurance growth benefits BAM 39:39- Adobe update 
Searching a way out

Searching a way out

2025-09-1636:48

This week, Barry and Ernest break down Google's favorable antitrust remedies ruling and how it impacts Google, Apple, and perhaps surprisingly, Live Nation. 0:00- Intro2:04- Google's antitrust risk8:34- Favorable remedies ruling for Google13:18- AI competition for Google Search18:12- Apple benefitting from the ruling25:00- Live Nation's antitrust issues30:00- Live Nation's international growth
This week, Barry and Ernest discuss the risks of alternativeinvestments and explain why long-term investing makes sense, before reviewing the current state of Canadian banks. 0:00- Intro2:20- Are alternatives suitable for investors? 13:25- Cracks in the housing market impacting banks15:55- What does long-term investing mean?19:30- What a long-term investor should look for? 22:30- How incentives lead to short-term performance26:35- Building conviction through research for the long-term 29:52- Incentives to sell "losers"36:00- Update on Canadian banks 
Barry and Ernest are back from summer vacation and discuss why companies need to think locally in international markets, before breaking down how Big Techs can earn healthy returns on their massive capital spending on AI.  1:41- Ernest getting stuck in Europe 5:37- Importance of local operators9:04- Couche-Tard’s failed Carrefour deal14:50- Market update21:24- Google’s strong performance26:24- What’s the return for big tech capex?33:20- Will AI displace traditional software? 36:25- How AI impacts Constellation Software
0:00 – Introduction5:06 – Tariffs removing regulatory scrutiny on Americantech9:03 – Importance of culture for long-term performance15:28 – Update on Adobe27:58 – Netflix’s earnings34:26 – Domino’s earnings39:06 – MSCI’s earnings
Bye to Seven and I

Bye to Seven and I

2025-07-2245:24

In this week’s podcast, Barry and Ernest react to Alimentation Couche-Tard announcing it will drop their bid for Seven and i, before discussing TSMC’s quarterly earnings. 
In this week's episode, Barry and Ernest review the first six months of 2025 deep dive into National Bank.0:00 – Introduction2:10 – A review of the first six months of 20258:22 – Good businesses outperform in volatility13:00 – Notable performers in the first half27:50 – Breaking down National Bank49:03 – Disruptors for Canadian banks?
Barry and Ernest break down their views on investing in gold and “alternatives” and then discuss Alimentation Couche-Tard’s earnings.0:00 – Introduction1:40 – The Outsiders + capital allocation5:33 – Why we don’t own gold15:47 – The issue with “alternatives”23:49 – Evaluating AI within non-tech businesses31:13 – Alimentation Couche-Tard earnings
In this episode, Barry and Ernest discuss their framework for evaluating disruption before discussing a new addition to the portfolio.0:00 – Introduction1:29 – Our thoughts on disruption risk3:35 – The Innovator’s Dilemma12:43 – Venture capital investing vs public market investing15:49 – Our new investment in TSMC29:51 – Valuation, risks, and looking forward for TSMC
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