Billionaire's WARNING: I'm SELLING. The Crash Is Already Here!
The man who predicted the dot-com crash and the 2007 housing collapse warns that the AI bubble is the biggest in American history. Billionaire investor Jeremy Grantham reveals why it will burst, the exact strategy to protect your money, and why house prices need to fall 30%.
Jeremy Grantham is the co-founder of GMO, an institutional investment firm in Boston, and serves as the firm’s long-term investment strategist. He is also the chairman of the Grantham Foundation For the Preservation of the Environment, and co-author of “The Making of a Permabear: The Perils of Long-term Investing in a Short-term World”.
Jeremy Grantham's comments are all his personal opinions and not the opinions of GMO.
He explains:
◼ Why Wall Street will never warn you when to get out of the market, and what to do instead
◼ The exact portfolio Jeremy recommends to protect your money before the crash
◼ What everyday chemicals in your food and cosmetics are doing to your fertility
◼ Why house prices need to fall 30%, and what it means for your finances
◼ Why the AI boom won't automatically lead to higher profits, and what to buy instead
Chapters
00:00:00 Who Is Jeremy Grantham?
00:02:34 Will AI Become The Next Financial Bubble?
00:06:38 How Jeremy Grantham Built An Investing Empire
00:07:45 The Most Money He's Ever Managed
00:08:09 Are You A Billionaire?
00:08:58 What Happens When The AI Bubble Bursts?
00:11:15 How AI Will Change Everyday Life
00:12:33 The Investing Strategy For Right Now
00:17:52 Why You Should Avoid US Stocks
00:19:54 Why Investment Advisors Mislead Clients
00:25:32 Advice For Entrepreneurs Right Now
00:28:22 The Real Risks Of AI
00:29:21 Should AI Have A Maternal Instinct?
00:34:06 What Happens If AI Lacks Benevolence?
00:35:44 The Battle Between The Magnificent 7
00:39:10 Ads
00:41:19 Which Jobs AI Will Replace First
00:43:41 Will SpaceX Eventually Fail?
00:49:52 Should You Invest In SpaceX?
00:50:02 The Most Valuable Skill For The Future
00:51:04 Is Society Declining And What Comes Next?
00:53:25 What History Says About Wealth Inequality
00:55:58 Should The Rich Pay More Tax?
00:57:21 How To Build Wealth In Your 30s Today
00:59:31 How To Invest Your Salary Wisely
01:02:20 Should You Own Crypto?
01:03:14 Will Bitcoin Eventually Go To Zero?
01:03:27 Is Property Still A Good Investment?
01:04:37 Ads
01:06:50 What's Really Causing The Baby Bust?
01:10:50 When Could Sperm Counts Reach Zero?
01:13:47 How Microplastics Affect Fertility
01:16:04 How Pesticides Impact Fertility
01:21:05 How To Reduce Toxic Chemical Exposure
01:22:16 Why US Products Are More Toxic
01:26:52 How To Stay Healthy In A Toxic World
01:33:17 The Most Important Thing We Missed
01:34:57 Should You Move Countries Right Now?
01:35:18 The Flaw That Destroys Societies
01:38:44 The Best Places To Live Today
01:40:02 What Would You Do If Failure Was Impossible?
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Jeremy Grantham on How to Tell If a Bubble Is About to Burst
Jeremy Grantham, co-founder and long-term strategist of GMO, has a long history of calling bubbles. As he recounts in his new memoir, The Making of a Permabear: The Perils of Long-Term Investing in a Short-Term World, that includes spotting the dot-com bubble of the early 2000s, which some people see as analogous to the current excitement over AI. And when it comes to today's market, there are a lot of signs of frothiness you could point to. In this episode, we speak to Grantham about how he sees markets right now, including a watershed change for Big Tech stocks, the signs he watches out for to spot when a bubble might burst, and what really keeps him up at night.
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James Montier Explains Why Corporate Profits Keep Going Up
More than a decade ago, GMO strategist James Montier published a paper predicting that corporate profit margins were destined to come down from "nosebleed" levels. Fast forward to 2023, and it's clear that hasn't happened as profit margins remain far above their long-term average. On this episode of the Odd Lots podcast, Montier explains what he got wrong back in 2012, why corporate profits have remained so stubbornly high, and what this could mean for stock valuations now. He also discusses the ongoing debate over whether high corporate earnings are fueling inflation, as well as revisiting the work of economist Michael Kalecki.
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171 - What Causes Bubbles? with Edward Chancellor - "The Price of Time"
Edward Chancellor is a financial historian, journalist, and author of, "Devil Take the Hindmost: A History of Financial Speculation" and his latest, “The Price of Time: The Real Story of Interest”
The two books link together the history of money and finance, and human culture.
In today’s episode we explore the ways in which money and finance is embedded deeper in our lives than we may have previously thought.
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Devil Take the Hinemost https://www.amazon.com/Devil-Take-Hindmost-Financial-Speculation/dp/0452281806
Primitive Money https://www.elsevier.com/books/primitive-money/einzig/978-0-08-011679-2
Digital Chicago Plan - Column In Breakingviews https://www.breakingviews.com/columns/digital-chicago-plan-fixes-many-financial-woes/
Irving Fisher 100% money https://mises.org/library/100-money
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Jeremy Grantham - A Historic Market Bubble – [Invest Like the Best, EP.214]
My guest today is Jeremy Grantham. Jeremy is the Long-Term Investment Strategist and Co-Founder at GMO. Jeremy has an encyclopedic knowledge of the history of markets, which made it such a pleasure to have him back on the show. In this conversation, we discuss the three key signs of a bubble, why Jeremy believes we are in a bubble right now and how it’s being led by retail rather than institutional investors. We close with the important role that demographics and productivity will play over the next few decades across the world. Please enjoy my conversation with Jeremy Grantham.
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Show Notes
[00:03:03] - [First question] - His view on the markets today
[00:03:07] - Jeremy Grantham’s Podcast Episode
[00:08:00] - Proliferation of SPAC’s and how he views them as a potential bubble
[00:10:20] - Could SPAC’s help to improve the IPO process
[00:14:30] - How he viewed the Gamestop story through his historical context
[00:18:24] - Is investor education possible
[00:19:50] - How the increasing role of retail investors impacts bubbles
[00:24:15] - Attitudes towards market bears in bubbles
[00:28:52] - Long term view on the economy and the forces pushing it higher
[00:41:50] - Returning to a hard money standard for the US economy
[00:49:39] - Would a finite supply of money change market trajectory
[00:51:02] - Best ways to improve the infrastructure of the economy and people’s willingness to work
[00:53:52] - What should one do if they believe we are in a bubble
[00:58:14] - What he is excited about in his green investments
[01:02:28] - Advice to young investors
Jeremy Grantham – An Uncertain Crisis - [Invest Like the Best, EP.177]
My guest today is Jeremy Grantham. Jeremy is the co-founder and chief investment strategist of Grantham, Mayo, & van Otterloo (aka GMO). GMO, which manages more than $60B for clients, was a firm that helped educate me early in my investing career. They’ve long published thought-provoking research, most of which came from Grantham himself. He is regarded as a highly knowledgeable investor in various stock, bond, and commodity markets, but is particularly noted for his prediction of various bubbles. In this conversation we discuss the current crisis, which he calls the fourth major event of his long and storied career as an investor. As he says, this one is the most uncertain. We also discuss unique topics like commodity-based companies, and how opportunity often lies between fields of expertise. Please enjoy our conversation.
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Show Notes
(1:37) – (First question) – What keeps him going in investing
(2:54) – Changing approaches to managing money over the decades
(7:27) – Their investment forecast for major allocations and how that has evolved
(10:06) – How to markets compete with FAANG stocks
(16:06) – More opportunity for active investors and where
(30:55) – How he talks to clients about major stock market events
(34:09) – His interest in natural resources/commodities
(47:07) – Long term argument for the three natural resources: oil, metals, and food
(47:10) – An Investment Only A Mother Could Love: The Tactical Case
(52:01) – Specific case for particular metals
(56:46) – Areas in the future that excite him or that he wants to learn more about
(1:03:42) – Advice for people interested in investing
(1:05:15) – Kindest thing anyone has done for Jeremy
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