Investology: Investment Management Intelligence
Investology: Investment Management Intelligence
Investment Management Intelligence
Edward Chancellor - Author of The Price of Time, The Real Story of Interest
53 minutes Posted Mar 16, 2023 at 11:26 am.
Teaser
Introducing Edward Chancellor
A historian in the investment world
The study of human activity can't be explained by science
The historian’s edge
The problem with models
The consensus view on interest and inflation
The 5 roles of interest
Buffett's quote on interest rates and  gravity
Interest rates, investment decisions
The everything bubble
Where the cracks show
Active management
Areas most at risk
PE troubles
We are early in the burst
regional bank problems
Bubbles burst slowly
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Edward Chancellor is a financial historian, journalist and investment strategist, and the author of  The Price of Time, the real story of interest. This is an essential book for investors who want to understand the impact of interest rates.
Episode links
Edward’s website: https://www.edwardchancellor.com/
Link to the book: https://www.edwardchancellor.com/books/the-price-of-time
Quotes
"If interest is an omnipresent phenomenon and the ultra-low rates wormed their way into all economic and financial activity, then it would follow that the everything bubble turns into the everything burst."
"If you know history, this late 1990s stock market looks a hell of a lot like the British Railway Mania of the 1840s. You've got a new technology. People are getting very excited about it. Very, very similar patterns. If you know the history, you are aware of the vulnerability of the markets."
"You couldn't really understand the world unless you understood interest. And you have to bear in mind the Fed funds rate of 0% and the negative interest rates in Europe and in Japan. But those zero rates and negative rates were the lowest interest rates in five millennia of history. So that, that obviously has to be a noteworthy factor."
"If you think about it, it took two and a half years for losses on subprimes to the Lehman's blowup.  Everyone expects that everything happens very quickly, and after the fact, the timeline seems to be compressed. But if you're living through it, actually, it takes much longer."
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