My Interview with Burton Malkiel (That You Will Never Hear)

About this episode

Tyler reconstructs a lost interview with Burton Malkiel to discuss index investing and the challenges of sticking to simple investment strategies.

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People in this episode

Host: Tyler Gardner

Guest: Burton Malkiel

Topics covered

• index investing
• behavioral finance
• investment strategies
• financial education
• active vs passive management

Keywords

• index investing
• Burton Malkiel
• investment strategies
• financial education
• active management
• passive management
• behavioral finance

Sponsors

Fabric, Gelt, LMNT, Facet

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: A Random Walk Down Wall Street

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