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TBP Episode 5

Thinking long-term when companies run into trouble, chickens and financial bubbles, soul in the game, and more

Welcome to the fifth episode of The Better Podcast! We’re your co-hosts CHIN Hui Leong and CHONG Ser Jing. In The Better Podcast, we want you to get better at this game called life, together with us. This podcast is designed to share what we’ve learnt about life, business, investing, and so much more.

For our fifth episode, Chin uses the recent troubles of Meta Platforms (the parent of Facebook and Instagram) as an example to illustrate the importance of thinking long-term when investing and giving the benefit of the doubt to management teams with a long track record of success. And using Meta Platforms as the launch point, we also talk about the behavioural quirk known as the recency bias that afflicts all of us.

Moving on, Ser Jing discusses a weird financial bubble in Europe in the mid-to-late 1800s that involved chickens and how it played a role in Charles Darwin’s thinking on the theory of evolution. We also share the positive consequences that could occur in the aftermath of financial bubbles despite their hugely negative impacts.

Finally we talk about the concept of soul in the game when evaluating management teams, using the examples of Jim Weber (CEO of Brooks Running) and the late Steve Jobs.

Nothing on this show should be taken as investment advice. It is purely for informational and entertainment purposes only. All opinions expressed in this show by us and our guests are solely our own opinions. We and our guests may hold positions in the financial assets discussed in the show. These holdings are subject to change at any time.

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