Weekly Investing Roundup – News, Podcasts, Interviews (09/05/2025)
Thursday, September 4, 2025 · Johnny Hopkins
Ray Dalio – US sliding towards 1930s-style autocracy (FT)
Ken Fisher – What Comes Next for US Stocks? (Fisher)
Europe’s Small-Cap Golden Age (Verdad)
Warren Buffett says he is ‘disappointed’ in Kraft Heinz split; shares fall 7% (CNBC)
A Short History of the S&P 500 (Carlson)
The Probability Machine (Ritholz)
Trump’s Deals With Companies Aren’t Un-American. That’s the Problem (WSJ)
Most stock-picking pros have been underperforming this year’s market rally (TKer)
Why Long-Dated Bonds Are Falling Out of Favor (MSN)
Warren 95: A Collection of My Favorite Buffett-isms (Kingswell)
A good memory makes you a better investor (Klement)
‘Ncredible’ (Felder)
When Does It Matter? (Ep Theory)
MiB: Mark Zandi, chief economist of Moody’s Analytics (MiB)
Current status of diversification (HD)
The Cost of Comfort (Collab Fund)
Fred Smith: The Story of FedEx (Farnam)
AI Hype Will Encourage Investors to do Precisely the Wrong Thing (BI)
RV Capital’s First-Half 2025 Letter to Co-Investors (RV)
First eagle Investments: The Small Idea (FEIM)
This week’s best value investing news:
Sound Shore Management: The Evolution of Value Investing (Sound Shore)
Value stocks poised for a comeback, says Tweedy, Browne managing director (IN)
The Resurgence of Value Investing: A Quality-Driven Opportunity in a Volatile Market (AIInvest)
This week’s Fear & Greed Index:
This week’s best investing podcasts:
Justin Ishbia – Lessons from Acquiring 586 Companies (ILTB)
Benedict Evans: The Patterns Everyone Else Misses (KP)
Bob Elliott on The Biggest Macro Experiment of Our Lifetime (Meb)
Do Dividend Stocks Benefit From Non-US Revenue? (Morningstar)
Joe Davis: How to Capitalize on ‘Megatrends’ (LongView)
Kristin Gilbertson – Risk, Resilience, and Returns (VIWL)
Baxter Hines, CFA: Tokenization, Security Tokens, and the Future of Blockchain (EI)
Gwen Hofmeyr on Methods to Verify a Company’s Market Share (MOI)
The bull market for Australian small caps – Claude Walker (EM)
Cole Smead on Deficits, Inflation, and the Erosion of Earnings Quality in Technology Stocks (ER)
This week’s Buffett Indicator:
This week’s best investing research:
How Buffer ETFs Promise to Protect You (and Why They Can’t Do It All) (AA)
5 Conversations to Test Whether Your Asset Manager’s AI Adds Value (CFA)
Pride, Prejudice & Private Credit (AllAboutAlpha)
This week’s best investing tweet:
Small (S&P 600, red) and mid cap (S&P 400, blue) stocks continue to trade at a wide valuation discount to large caps. (And smalls trade at a small discount to mids (green)).
— Tobias Carlisle (@Greenbackd) September 4, 2025
Smalls (S&P 600, red) trade 30% cheaper than large and mid caps (S&P 400, blue) trade 27% cheaper than… pic.twitter.com/wLkHtRzh2e
This week’s best investing graphic:
Ranked: The World’s Top 25 Countries by Oil Consumption (Visual Capitalist)
