June 10, 2026

Brutally honest guide to not losing money in the market

Brutally honest guide to not losing money in the market
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Episode 832: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to legendary fund manager Barry Ritholtz( https://x.com/Ritholtz ) about the behaviors that destroy returns for investors and how to avoid them.

Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro

(2:19) christmas tree portfolio

(4:43) the cowboy account

(9:51) day trading

(11:09) Barry yells at Lloyd Blankfein

(13:46) panic selling

(16:45) sam picks a fight

(18:46) direct indexing

(21:43) Great investors

(27:25) 90% of everything is crap

(36:14) Elon's foray into PE

(44:02) Predicting the housing crisis

(46:01) spending a year as the dumbest guy on wall street

(49:01) Why bubbles are good for the economy

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