If the dollars in your account keep rising but buy you less each year, your measuring stick is lying to you. In this episode, we dig into the "denominator problem" of money—how debasement quietly raises the number of units required to buy the same home, car, or grocery basket—and map a framework for protecting real purchasing power when volatility strikes. We're joined by returning guest Aaron Olson to pressure-test a debasement-ready portfolio across five pillars: high-quality residential r...
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If the dollars in your account keep rising but buy you less each year, your measuring stick is lying to you. In this episode, we dig into the "denominator problem" of money—how debasement quietly raises the number of units required to buy the same home, car, or grocery basket—and map a framework for protecting real purchasing power when volatility strikes. We're joined by returning guest Aaron Olson to pressure-test a debasement-ready portfolio across five pillars: high-quality residential r...
You can't eliminate risk, only decide which ones to take
Tall Oaks Podcast
37 minutes
2 months ago
You can't eliminate risk, only decide which ones to take
Risk functions like energy—it cannot be created or destroyed, only converted from one form to another, which means you're always choosing which risks to take rather than eliminating risk entirely. • Risk does not equal return—it equals the possibility of more return • Standard deviation and volatility metrics capture only one dimension of risk • "Safe" investments like bonds or savings accounts still carry significant inflation and currency risks • The 2022 market demonstrated how bonds and ...
Tall Oaks Podcast
If the dollars in your account keep rising but buy you less each year, your measuring stick is lying to you. In this episode, we dig into the "denominator problem" of money—how debasement quietly raises the number of units required to buy the same home, car, or grocery basket—and map a framework for protecting real purchasing power when volatility strikes. We're joined by returning guest Aaron Olson to pressure-test a debasement-ready portfolio across five pillars: high-quality residential r...
