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Intelligent Investment Today - The Warren Buffett Way
Intelligent Investment Today is a shortcast series delivering powerful lessons from the father of value investing, Benjamin Graham—mentor to legendary investor Warren Buffett. Each concise 10-15 minute episode breaks down the timeless principles behind successful long-term investing, including Graham’s famous concepts like “Mr. Market” and the margin of safety.
Perfect for complete beginners looking to understand the stock market as well as experienced investors wanting to refresh their knowledge, this mini-podcast makes classic value-investing strategies simple, practical, and relevant for today’s markets.
Whether you're building a solid foundation or strengthening your existing investment approach, this series helps you think smarter, invest more wisely, and stay disciplined in any market environment.
Episodes
68 episodes
Lessons from the 2008 Financial Crisis: A Value Investor's Guide to Market Storms
In this episode of Intelligent Investment Today, we take a deep dive into the 2008 Financial Crisis - the most severe market collapse of the modern era - and explore what it teaches us about risk, human behaviour, and investing wisely. Join Dav...
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Why Even Smart Investors Get It Wrong: Lessons in Value Investing
In this episode of Intelligent Investment Today, we explore one of the most overlooked aspects of value investing: the inevitability of mistakes.Guided by the principles of Benjamin Graham - mentor to Warren Buffett - we discuss why even...
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The Eternal Allure of Easy Money - and How Value Investors Resist It
Can the stars predict the stock market? A century ago, thousands believed they could. Today, the same impulse drives countless investors toward "get-rich-quick" gurus and online influencers. In this episode, we uncover the psychology behind our...
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Warren Buffett's Secret Weapon: The Moat That Protects Great Businesses
In this episode of Intelligent Investment Today, host David Coombs takes a deep dive into one of Warren Buffett's most enduring investment principles - the durable competitive advantage, or what Buffett calls a company's "economic moat."...
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When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management
In this episode of Intelligent Investment Today, we explore one of the most dramatic cautionary tales in financial history: the collapse of Long-Term Capital Management. Founded by Nobel Prize winners and Wall Street legends, LTCM promised near...
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11:37
The Marshmallow Test: Patience, Psychology, and the Investor's Edge
What does a 1970s psychology experiment involving children and marshmallows have to do with long-term investing? In this episode of Intelligent Investment Today, we explore the parallels between delayed gratification and successful value invest...
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The UK Stock Market: Unloved, Undervalued, and Ripe for Reappraisal?
The UK stock market has been underperforming - not just recently, but for years. From Brexit uncertainty to structural investing habits and a lack of flashy tech names, the FTSE has fallen out of favour with both domestic and international inve...
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10:49
Diversification: How Much Is Too Much? Finding Your Investment Sweet Spot
In this episode of Intelligent Investment Today, we tackle one of value investing's oldest questions: how much diversification is enough - and when does it become too much? Guided by the wisdom of Benjamin Graham and Warren Buffet, we explore w...
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Inside the Circle: Why Understanding Beats Guesswork in Investing
In this episode of Intelligent Investment Today, David Coombs dives into a foundational principle of value investing: staying within your circle of competence. Inspiured by the teaching of of Benjamin Graham and the wisdom of Warren Buffett, we...
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10:25
All That Glitters is Not Value: Gold and The Value Investor
Is gold a timeless hedge or just shiny nonsense? In this episode, David Coombs dismantles the glittering myth of gold as a solid investment for value investors. From personal distaste for gaudy accessories to a lack of intrinsic value, nothing ...
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Act Like an Owner: The Mindset That Powers Value Investing
In this episode of Intelligent Investment Today, we explore one of the most overlooked yet powerful principles in value investing: thinking and acting like a true owner of the business in which we hold stock. Host David Coombs breaks down why a...
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Speculation vs. Investment: Is There Room for a Little Gamble?
In this episode of Intelligent Investment Today, host David Coombs steps outside the typical boundaries of value investing to explore a surprising topic: intelligent speculation. While speculation is often seen as the antithesis of val...
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Margin of Safety: The Key to Defensive Investing
In this edition we re-examine one of the central tenets of value investment - The Margin Of Safety Principle. This principle was put forward by Benjamin Graham to insure against mistakes or errors of judgement in the selection of stock. The pri...
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The Retention Trap: Why Companies Hold Back Dividends
In this edition we take a look at dividend policy and the habit that many businesses have fallen into of retaining earnings when it is not always in the shareholders best interest for them to do so. We consider why many businesses and managemen...
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The Value Investor’s DNA: Traits You Can’t Teach
In this edition we look at some of the common traits shared by the typical value investor. One of the main qualities seems to be our need to obtain value for money whether that be in the purchase of stocks at less than their intrinsic value or ...
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10:37
Gamestop 2.0? Inside the Next Meme Stock Craze
In this edition we look into a recent report of growing excitement on a certain Reddit forum about a whole new bunch of stocks. What one financial newspaper is tentatively dubbing Gamestop 2.0, we consider if investors have learned their lesson...
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9:45
The Alternative Investments Market - Worth The Hassle?
In this episode we investigate the pros and cons of investing in smaller listed businesses such as those listed on London's AIM index (Alternative Investments Market).
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11:26
The Efficient Markets Hypothesis vs Mr Market
In this episode we take the efficient markets hypothesis and consider if it really can stand up to scrutiny. Does the parable of Mr Market offer a better understanding of how the markets work in reality?
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9:56
Neil Woodford - Britain's Greatest Ever Value Investor?
In this edition we take a look at the career highs and lows of The British Value Investor Neil Woodford. After 26 years of Buffett rivalling performance at his Invesco Fund his reputation was heavily tarnished after the investment fund he set u...
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The Japanese Economic Miracle And The Lost Decades
In this edition we take a look at the Japanese economic miracle. In the four decades that followed the Second World War Japan's economy went on to become the world's third largest. We then look at the lost decades that followed the economic cra...
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9:11
Tesla Stock- A Lesson In Speculation
In this episode we take a look at the interesting case of Tesla. We consider the reasons why investors continue to prop up the stock price of this business despite a price to earnings ratio of around 160 times.
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10:02
Airline Stocks- Bargains Hiding in Plane Sight? Or To Be Jettisoned ?
In this episode we take a look at the Airline Industry. We consider the attractiveness or otherwise of this exciting and exotic sector as a destination for your capital, exploring the eccentricities and foibles of the industry along the way. &n...
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See's Candies - Buffett's Seminal Investment
In this episode we take a look at one of Buffett's earliest deviations away from the strict value approach as espoused by his mentor, Benjamin Graham. We will discover how the qualities of this Californian candy business would permanently alter...
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10:38
Black Monday - One Of The Stock Market's Darkest Days
In this episode we take a look at the events of Monday October 19, 1987, the day that went on to be known as Black Monday. On this day the Dow Jones Industrial average went on to shed around 23% of its value, and in doing so it looked like, for...
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