Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy

What Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy Says About Investing

17 episodes about investing

Key Insights on Investing

Investment matching is crucial - if she's at level 3 and you're acting like level 9, you look anxious and needy

  • FM Investments grew from $0 to $10 billion in assets under management in just over five years by focusing on simple, low-cost Treasury and bond ETFs.
  • FM Investments built an anti-hallucination large language model trained on 1,784 documents to simulate Fed candidate Kevin Warsh's policy positions.
  • Profitability in AI comes from accurately predicting demand rather than underinvesting, with inference margins exceeding 50%
  • The Louisiana Purchase, bought for $340 million in today's money, is now worth at least $60 trillionβ€”a 17,640,000% return on investment
  • Chucky agent acts as an interactive portfolio representative for AI builders, inspired by the job interview scene from Good Will Hunting
  • "First 10 respondents were all no" when asked if they have 25% of crypto portfolio in DeFi after recent hacks
  • Technology earnings up 18% but stocks down 12%, representing 25% multiple compression as AI investments shift companies from asset-light to asset-heavy models

Episodes

Vlad Barbalat - Investing $120 Billion in Permanent Capital - [Invest Like the Best, EP.479]

Vlad Barbalat - Investing $120 Billion in Permanent Capital - [Invest Like the Best, EP.479]

Gavin Baker - Watts and Wafers - [Invest Like the Best, EP.473]

Gavin Baker - Watts and Wafers - [Invest Like the Best, EP.473]

Paul Tudor Jones - Lessons From 50 Years in Markets - [Invest Like the Best, EP.469]

Paul Tudor Jones - Lessons From 50 Years in Markets - [Invest Like the Best, EP.469]

Scott Nolan - SpaceX, Founders Fund, and Rebuilding American Uranium Enrichment - [Invest Like the Best, EP.467]

Scott Nolan - SpaceX, Founders Fund, and Rebuilding American Uranium Enrichment - [Invest Like the Best, EP.467]

Alan Waxman - Private Credit and the Modern Financial System - [Invest Like the Best, EP.466]

Alan Waxman - Private Credit and the Modern Financial System - [Invest Like the Best, EP.466]

Mitchell Green - Lessons from Cold Calling 10,000 Companies - [Invest Like the Best, EP.464]

Mitchell Green - Lessons from Cold Calling 10,000 Companies - [Invest Like the Best, EP.464]

Dan Sundheim - The Art of Public and Private Market Investing - [Invest Like the Best, EP.460]

Dan Sundheim - The Art of Public and Private Market Investing - [Invest Like the Best, EP.460]

Josh Kushner - Concentration and Conviction - [Invest Like the Best, EP.459]

Josh Kushner - Concentration and Conviction - [Invest Like the Best, EP.459]

Alex Behring and Daniel Schwartz - Inside 3G Capital - [Invest Like the Best, EP.458]

Alex Behring and Daniel Schwartz - Inside 3G Capital - [Invest Like the Best, EP.458]

Ben Horowitz - Backing America’s Future - [Invest Like the Best, EP.457]

Ben Horowitz - Backing America’s Future - [Invest Like the Best, EP.457]

Patrick O’Shaughnessy - Creating on Principle - [Invest Like the Best, EP.455]

Patrick O’Shaughnessy - Creating on Principle - [Invest Like the Best, EP.455]

Tom Digan & Greg Stewart - Building the World’s Best Fitness App - [Invest Like the Best, EP.454]

Tom Digan & Greg Stewart - Building the World’s Best Fitness App - [Invest Like the Best, EP.454]

Reed Hastings - Building Netflix - [Invest Like the Best, EP.453]

Reed Hastings - Building Netflix - [Invest Like the Best, EP.453]

Ric Elias - The Art of Living Well - [Invest Like The Best, CLASSICS]

Ric Elias - The Art of Living Well - [Invest Like The Best, CLASSICS]

Henry Ellenbogen - Man Versus Machine - [Invest Like the Best, EP.452]

Henry Ellenbogen - Man Versus Machine - [Invest Like the Best, EP.452]

Gavin Baker - Nvidia v. Google, Scaling Laws, and the Economics of AI - [Invest Like the Best, EP.451]

Gavin Baker - Nvidia v. Google, Scaling Laws, and the Economics of AI - [Invest Like the Best, EP.451]

Josh Kushner - Building Thrive Capital - [Invest Like the Best, CLASSICS]

Josh Kushner - Building Thrive Capital - [Invest Like the Best, CLASSICS]

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