{"podcast":{"title":"Two Quants and a Financial Planner","slug":"two-quants-and-a-financial-planner-6020642","podcast_index_feed_id":6020642,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/d9f6e850/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://excessreturnspod.com","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/36468372/36468372-1743436197707-44e8cf3ef5035.jpg","author":"Excess Returns","episode_count":145,"summary":"Two Quants and a Financial Planner bridges the worlds of investing and financial planning to help investors achieve their long-term goals. Join Matt Zeigler, Jack Forehand and Justin Carbonneau as they cover a wide range of investing and financial planning topics that impact all of us and discuss how we can apply them in the real world to achieve the best outcomes in our financial lives.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-20T22:20:02.766400+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/two-quants-and-a-financial-planner-6020642"},"episode":{"title":"How to Avoid Selling Your Next 100-Bagger | Practical Lessons from Chris Mayer","slug":"how-to-avoid-selling-your-next-100-bagger-practical-lessons-from-chris-mayer","published_at":"2025-08-11T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/two-quants-and-a-financial-planner-6020642/how-to-avoid-selling-your-next-100-bagger-practical-lessons-from-chris-mayer","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/two-quants-and-a-financial-planner-6020642","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/education-financial-plan/episodes/How-to-Avoid-Selling-Your-Next-100-Bagger--Practical-Lessons-from-Chris-Mayer-e36mjpi","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/d9f6e850/podcast/play/106695922/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-7-10%2F405443492-44100-2-fc7ccb08e246a.mp3","summary":"In this special episode, Matt Zeigler and Bogumil Baranowski take you on a deep-dive mixtape journey through the best moments from their past three years of conversations with author and investor Chris Mayer. From the brutal patience required to ride out dead money periods to why the lack of a catalyst might be a feature, not a bug—this episode is packed with timeless investing wisdom. Whether you're chasing a hundred bagger or trying to hold through volatility, Mayer’s philosophy will challenge and inspire you. 🔑 Topics Covered: Why “dead money” is often harder than drawdowns The real challenge of holding long-term winners The myth of catalysts and the power of compounding How great businesses reveal their edge over time The emotional toll of patience—and how to cultivate it Aligning capital with the right investor mindset What Buffett’s evolution teaches us about reinvestment risk Why most investors can’t handle uncertainty—and how that creates opportunity How great investors and great CEOs think in decades, not quarters ⏱️ Timestamps: 00:00 Intro + Episode Setup 02:07 Dead Money vs. Drawdowns 10:00 Waiting Without a Catalyst 18:15 The Real Test of Holding 25:00 Aligning with Long-Term Capital 35:00 Buffett and Value Investing 2.0 44:00 Management and Short-Term Thinking 50:00 The True Meaning of Patience 54:18 Outro + Closing Thoughts","meta_description":"In this special episode, Matt Zeigler and Bogumil Baranowski take you on a deep-dive mixtape journey through the best moments from their past three years…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3283,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/two-quants-and-a-financial-planner-6020642/episodes/how-to-avoid-selling-your-next-100-bagger-practical-lessons-from-chris-mayer/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/two-quants-and-a-financial-planner-6020642/how-to-avoid-selling-your-next-100-bagger-practical-lessons-from-chris-mayer.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}