Grant Williams & Peter Atwater: The Market is 'Long Abstraction, Short Reality' | #525

Published: March 15, 2024, 5:31 a.m.

Today\u2019s guests are Peter Atwater and Grant Williams, two guys that have known each other for a decade. Peter is a professor and author of The Confidence Map: Charting a Path from Chaos to Clarity. Grant is the author of the newsletter Things That Make you Go Hmmm\u2026 and host of The Grant Williams Podcast. He was also a co-founder of Real Vision.\nToday\u2019s episode is a masterclass in how to analyze market sentiment, which seems particularly timely given how the market has been lately. Peter shares his framework for looking at the world through the lens of certainty and control and how that drives consumer confidence. Then he and Grant kick around a bunch of topics, including the relationship between natural gas and Nvidia, Elon Musk and the velvet rope economy, gold and Bitcoin, the opportunity in Japan, and much, much more.\n\n(1:40) - Welcome to our guests, Peter Atwater and Grant Williams\n\n(2:28) - Confidence and vulnerability\u2019s role in financial market\n\n(6:18) - Elon Musk 0 - 60mph Tweet\n\n\n(10:21) - Peter\u2019s take on natural gas and Nvidia\n\n(13:17) - Class versus wealth\n\n(17:30) - Thoughts on gold and Bitcoin\n\n(22:38) - The world of luxury\n\n(28:43) - The UK stock market\n\n(33:10) - Why Grant is excited about the Japanese stock market\n\n(37:14) - Who would Grant want to interview today?\n\n(38:23) - Modern-Day Asset Management Business w/ Anthony Deden\n\n\n(44:29) - Peter and Grant\u2019s most controversial opinions\n\n(48:59) - Peter and Grant\u2019s most memorable investments\n\n-----\nFollow Meb on Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube\nFor detailed show notes, click here\nTo learn more about our funds and follow us, subscribe to our mailing list or visit us at cambriainvestments.com\n-----\nSponsor: Today\u2019s episode is sponsored by The Idea Farm. The Idea Farm gives you access to over $100,000 worth of investing research, the kind usually read by only the world\u2019s largest institutions, funds, and money managers. Subscribe for free here.\nFollow The Idea Farm: Twitter | LinkedIn | Instagram | Tik Tok\n-----\nInterested in sponsoring the show? Email us at Feedback@TheMebFaberShow.com\n-----\nPast guests include Ed Thorp, Richard Thaler, Jeremy Grantham, Joel Greenblatt, Campbell Harvey, Ivy Zelman, Kathryn Kaminski, Jason Calacanis, Whitney Baker, Aswath Damodaran, Howard Marks, Tom Barton, and many more.\xa0\n-----\nMeb's invested in some awesome startups that have passed along discounts to our listeners. Check them out here!\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices