Guy Spier, Portfolio Manager of the Aquamarine Fund and Author of the Education of a Value Investor and His Thoughts on the Current Geopolitical Landscape.

About this episode

Guy Spier discusses his global upbringing, investment strategies, and thoughts on the current geopolitical landscape.

The Interview Discusses: Growing up in Iran and how having a global upbringing has impacted him as an investor.Why he is more comfortable investing in the United States.How his grandparents fleeing Nazi Germany has impacted his investment decision making.His experience as an investor during the financial crisis and how he invests during uncertain times.What about the current geopolitical landscape scares him as an investor.His thoughts on holding cash as an investment.His opinion on inv...

People in this episode

Guest: Guy Spier

Topics covered

• investing
• geopolitical landscape
• financial crisis
• value investing
• global upbringing

Keywords

• investor
• geopolitics
• cash investment
• value investor
• financial crisis

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Iran, United States, Nazi Germany

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