Meb Faber Research – Stock Market and Investing Blog

Episode #56: Dave Nadig, ETF.com, “This Is A Big Year For ETFs”   Guest: Dave Nadig is CEO of ETF.com. Previously, he was director of ETFs at FactSet Research Systems. Before that, as managing director at BGI, he helped design some of the first ETFs. As co-founder of Cerulli Associates, Nadig conducted some of the earliest research...

Episode #55: Ed Easterling, Crestmont Research, “In Reality, Normal Is Actually Volatile. Normal Is Not Mellow”   Guest: Ed Easterling founded Crestmont Research, which provides financial market education services. Ed is also the author of Probable Outcomes: Secular Stock Market Insights (Cypress House, 2010) and Unexpected Returns: Understanding Secular Stock Market Cycles (Cypress House, 2005), contributing author...

South Park is an award-winning, animated TV show on Comedy Central. In one particular episode, we’re introduced to Ms. Claridge, an invalid who communicates only through a series of computerized beeps. One beep means “yes” and two beeps meaning “no.” There’s a scene in which an accident leads to several buildings burning down. Everyone believes the culprit is the local deviant, Trent...

Episode #54: Elizabeth Dunn, University of British Columbia, “How Can I Use My Money Most Effectively In Order To Promote My Happiness?”   Guest: Dr. Elizabeth Dunn is a professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of British Columbia. She conducts experimental research on self-knowledge and happiness, with a current focus on how mobile technology...

I get asked all the time by friends and investors variants of the same question: “If you could give someone just one comprehensive book to learn about investing, what would it be”? So we chatted about it on the podcast the other day and I still don't have a good, single answer. We then put together a survey and received almost 1,000 responses.  I...

I get asked all the time by friends and investors the same question.  And I don't have a good, single answer. "If you could give a recent college grad just one comprehensive book to learn about investing, what would it be"? Help me out, would love your feedback!  Will post the summarized answers next week...  

Episode #53: Radio Show: Cheapest Countries Right Now for New Dollars   Guest: Episode #53 has no guest, but is co-hosted by Jeff Remsburg. Date Recorded: 5/16/17     |     Run-Time: 1:00:41 Summary:  Episode 53 is another “radio show” format. This means we tackle a handful of topics from Meb’s blog and tweets. TOPIC 1 – VALUATIONS 3 DIFFERENT TAKES ON...