DiscoverThe Meb Faber Show - Better InvestingOwen Lamont on Bubble Fever, Index Gripers & Inefficient Markets | #552
Owen Lamont on Bubble Fever, Index Gripers & Inefficient Markets | #552

Owen Lamont on Bubble Fever, Index Gripers & Inefficient Markets | #552

Update: 2024-10-11
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Today's guest is Owen Lamont, a Portfolio Manager at Acadian Asset Management. He’s been on the faculty at Harvard, Princeton, Yale and the University of Chicago. He also writes the blog, Owenomics.

In today's episode, Owen walks through how he analyzes market bubbles and if the U.S. is in a bubble today.  He touches on the rise of passive investing, the gamification of trading and why the U.S. stock market is Koreafying. Owen also shares his view on closed-end funds, short-selling, AI and what Seinfeld can teach us about investing.


(2:33 ) The four horsemen of bubbles

(9:57 ) Gamification of investing

(18:51 ) The U.S. Stock Market is Koreafying

(26:43 ) Gangnam Style

(30:46 ) Excitement about AI

(33:56 ) Why 2021 was a bubble

(38:08 ) Closed-end fund premiums

(42:12 ) Investing Mount Rushmore

(47:11 ) China's recent stock performance

(50:15 ) Impact of cultural investment preferences

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Owen Lamont on Bubble Fever, Index Gripers & Inefficient Markets | #552

Owen Lamont on Bubble Fever, Index Gripers & Inefficient Markets | #552

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