Our guest on the podcast today is Victor Haghani. He is the co-author of a new book called The Missing Billionaires: A Guide to Better Financial Decisions. In 2011, Victor founded Elm Wealth, an investment advisory firm for high-net-worth individuals. He started his career at Salomon Brothers in 1984, where he became a managing director in the bond arbitrage group. And in 1993, he was a co-founding partner of Long-Term Capital Management. He graduated from the London School of Economics with a bachelor’s degree in economics.
Background
Bio
Elm Wealth
The Missing Billionaires: A Guide to Better Financial Decisions, by Victor Haghani and James White
Investment Sizing and Expected Utility
“The Most Costly Investment Mistake You Can Make Is Easy to Avoid,” by Victor Haghani and James White, Bloomberg.com, Feb. 14, 2024.
“Bigger Is the Enemy of Better Investing,” by Victor Haghani and Richard Dewey, businesstimes.com, March 20, 2021.
Robert K. Merton
“Merton Model: Definition, History, Formula, What It Tells You,” by Will Kenton, Investopedia.com, Aug. 10, 2022.
“Lifetime Portfolio Selection Under Uncertainty: The Continuous-Time Case,” by Robert C. Merton, jstor.org, August 1969.
“How Much of a Good Thing Is Too Much?” by Victor Haghani, linkedin.com, Oct. 11, 2022.
“To Realize, or Not to Realize,” by Victor Haghani and James White, elmwealth.com, Oct. 22, 2020.
Lifetime and Retirement Spending
“Spending Like You’ll Live Forever,” by Victor Haghani and James White, elmwealth.com, April 6, 2021.
“Cut Your Losses Early; Let Your Profits Run,” by Victor Haghani, linkedin.com, Aug. 8, 2023.
Puzzles
“George Costanza At It Again: The Leveraged ETF Episode,” by Victor Haghani and James White, elmwealth.com, April 16, 2020.
“Who Wants Protection Like This?” by Victor Haghani, linkedin.com, Nov. 14, 2022.
Other
“Vic’s TEDx Talk: Where Are All the Billionaires and Why Should We Care?” Elmwealth.com, March 8, 2013.
Matt Levine
Michael Lewis
The St. Petersburg Paradox
Hal Hershfield
“Hal Hershfield: People Treat Their Future Self as if It’s Another Person,” The Long View podcast, Morningstar.com, Sept. 21, 2021.
Stumbling on Happiness, by Daniel Gilbert
When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management, by Robert Lowenstein
Inventing Money: The Story of Long-Term Capital Management and the Legends Behind It, by Nicholas Dunbar
Andrew Blake: Broker/Dealer Consolidation and Fee Compression Have Been Much Bigger Headwinds for Advisors Than Market Volatility
Keith Lee: ‘We Think Revenues Are a Better Indicator of Size Than Market Capitalization’
Jamila Souffrant: ‘What Type of Life Do You Actually Want to Live?’
Dan Ivascyn: The Outlook for Bonds Amid a Covid ‘Aftershock Global Economy’
Damien Conover and Rebecca Springer: ‘We Are in a Healthcare Consumerization Moment Right Now’
Greg McBride: ‘Successful Saving Is All About the Habit’
Carl Vine: The Japan Earnings Story Has Legs
Meir Statman: ‘The Biggest Risks in Life Are not in the Stock Market’
Neil Shearing: What the Consensus Is Missing About the Current Economy
Matt Krantz: Yield-Chasing Investors Are ‘Asking for a World of Hurt’
Peter Mallouk: The Financial Advice Industry Is ‘Still Very Messy’
Bryan Armour: Is Index Investing’s Superpower Unstoppable?
Anne Lester: You’re Bad at Savings and It’s Not Your Fault
JB Taylor: Small Caps Haven’t Been This Cheap in 25 Years
Sonali Pier: Don’t Rent Yield
Marc Freedman: The Case for Encore Careers
Roger Young: Visualizing Retirement Is So Important
Justin Leverenz: Emerging Markets Are ‘Incredibly Attractive’
Joel Fried and Al Mordecai: Upholding the Culture at Primecap Management
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