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During this interview with The Young Investors Podcast, Guy Spier discusses the difficulty of investing and how it’s comparable to other challenging pursuits, such as cycling. He also shares a personal experience of asking Warren Buffett if investing gets easier over time. Here’s an excerpt from the interview: Spier: I … Read More

In this interview with The Compound, Guy Spier discusses Warren Buffett’s dedication to investing, and his ability to focus on financial matters while having little interest in other activities like leisure or reading literature. Here’s an excerpt from the interview: Spier: So I don’t know him well enough. I mean … Read More

In this interview with William Green, Guy Spier discusses the challenge of deciding whether to trim investments when the valuation of a position has greatly appreciated. Here’s an excerpt from the interview: Spier: In the Berkshire case we can take the example of Coca-Cola, where that investment has been held … Read More

During this interview with IWT, Guy Spier discusses taking calculated risks. Spier says it’s better to carefully walk down a path, even if you don’t know where it leads, than to jump off a cliff without a plan. Here’s an excerpt from the interview: Spier: Managing my own psychology and … Read More

In this interview with Investing With Tom, Guy Spier discusses the power of doing nothing. Here’s an excerpt from the interview: Spier: Any case I couldn’t think of anything else, and eventually the pressure came too great for me and I sold the shares at two dollars a share, and … Read More

During his recent interview with Julia La Roche, Guy Spier explained how Warren Buffett’s instincts keep him out of trouble. Here’s an excerpt from the interview: Spier: It was a question at this year’s Berkshire meeting where somebody asked, apparently Berkshire Hathaway got to owning about four or five billion … Read More

During his recent interview with Richard Hsu, Guy Spier explains how Warren Buffett’s is constantly updating his investing models. Here’s an excerpt from the interview: Spier: Because there’s a lot of problems that go away when you have permanent capital. I think that the story of my investing career has … Read More

During his recent interview with Excess Returns, Guy Spier explained how investors can take out stupidity insurance to protect their portfolio. Here’s an excerpt from the interview: Spier: It’s trying to figure out how do I decide my circle of competence in such a way that I rule out those … Read More

During his recent interview on the RWH Podcast, Guy Spier discussed what Warren Buffett taught him about managing debt. Here’s an excerpt from the interview: Spier: The only reason why I might not have been caught up this time is that I did enough of those other things. And before … Read More

In his recent interview on the Investing With Tom Podcast, Guy Spier discussed placing right-sized bets. Here’s an excerpt from the interview: Spier: Well the investment that we make obviously we make the investment hoping it’s going to be a multi-bagger but we don’t know, we can’t predict. So we … Read More

In his latest interview on The Investors Podcast, Guy Spier discusses unlearning and relearning from Warren Buffett. Here’s an excerpt from the interview: Spier: I am going to the Berkshire meeting, and there’s this wonderful investor who’s extraordinarily wealthy I suspect at this point, who lives on an island in … Read More

In his latest interview on the What Got You There Podcast, Guy Spier explains why he would like to sit down with Charlie Munger. Here’s an excerpt from the interview Spier: I would love to sit down with Charlie Munger. I think that he’s got an extraordinary mind. At the … Read More

In an interview earlier this year with The Omaha YouTube Channel, Guy Spier discussed why he continues to own Berkshire Hathaway. Here’s an excerpt from the interview: Spier: In the case of Berkshire Hathaway you’ve got to assume that the day you buy it Warren Buffett is no longer around. … Read More

In his recent interview with Kiana Danial, Guy Spier discusses why value investing, or as he puts it, intelligent investing, will never die. Here’s an excerpt from the interview: Spier: Value investing is not dead. Intelligent investing is not dead. To just go into it in a little bit more … Read More

One of the best resources for investors are the publicly available 13F-HR documents that each fund is required to submit to the SEC. These documents allow investors to track their favorite superinvestors, their fund’s current holdings, plus their new buys and sold out positions. We spend a lot of time … Read More

Here’s a great interview with Guy Spier on Value TV where he discusses his idea generation process and investing strategy. Here’s an excerpt from the interview: Host: Hello Guy. Welcome back to our interview. This time we want to talk about process. So let’s start with the beginning. Where do … Read More