Analyst theses, tested against the tape.
Investing Experts brings analysts and investing guests into brisk conversations about stocks, risk, and portfolio positioning. Recent episodes move from Blue Owl and AI infrastructure names to gold, energy, value stocks, real yields, and conflict-driven market stress.
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Investing Experts is an interview series built for investors who like their market talk specific. The show is not a broad personal-finance explainer. It works closer to an analyst roundtable, with each episode organized around a guest thesis, a sector setup, and the practical question of what belongs in a portfolio now. Recent conversations have moved quickly across Blue Owl, BDC sentiment, direct lending, AI infrastructure, memory, optics, gold, energy, real yields, health care, consumer platforms, and small-cap value ideas. The host usually opens with the market backdrop, then gives guests room to build a full chain of reasoning. That chain often runs from macro pressure to sector rotation, from sector rotation to valuation, and from valuation to named stocks or instruments. The texture is conversational and sometimes messy in the way live market thinking can be. It allows digressions, corrections, and long explanations when a thesis needs room. Samuel Smith’s Blue Owl discussion, for example, weighs negative sentiment against the company’s asset management structure, BDC exposure, real estate assets, AI infrastructure business, and GP stakes. AI-focused episodes with Amrita Roy, Utam Day, and Steve Kress examine capex, bottlenecks, memory demand, quant screens, and whether the market is rewarding or punishing the right companies. Sara Awad’s Tech Contrarians appearance frames tech through fear, greed, premium valuations, and the risk of chasing a cycle after sentiment has changed. James Kostoris brings geopolitical conflict into the investing frame, especially around oil, real yields, and market scenarios. Victor Dergunov’s correction strategy emphasizes taking profits, reducing risk, hedging, and rotating away from more speculative parts of the market. George Noble pushes a more education-heavy, contrarian angle around gold, energy, bonds, and the S&P. Raul Shah’s appearance grounds value investing in margin of safety, client portfolios, tax planning, and specific names such as UnitedHealth, Hims & Hers, and Gambling.com. Across these episodes, the show keeps returning to a few questions: what is mispriced, what has already run too far, what risk is being ignored, and what evidence would change the call. It suits listeners who can follow ticker talk, valuation arguments, and sector terminology without needing every term slowed down. It is especially useful for investors who want to hear how conviction sounds before it becomes a clean written recommendation.
Made for: Investing Experts is for engaged retail investors who follow individual stocks, sector rotations, valuation debates, and macro risk. It best suits listeners comfortable with market terminology who want thesis-driven conversations rather than beginner education.
What sets it apart: The show stands out by letting analysts carry detailed arguments from macro context to named securities, then pressing on valuation, risk, and timing. It favors portfolio logic over market chatter.
Seeking Alpha's deep dive stock analysis and topical takes on the market with top analysts and industry experts.Transcripts: seekingalpha.com/author/investing-experts-podcast
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Investing Experts turns stock opinions into inspectable reasoning about valuation, fundamentals, income, technology spending, and portfolio choices.
Investing Experts builds its conversations around a useful editorial move: ask market analysts how they think, then test that framework against particular companies and market conditions.
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A focused defense of Blue Owl that broadens the story beyond direct lending.
Blue Owl is framed here as something larger than a direct-lending name. Smith makes the case that it is an asset manager with several BDCs, and that only about a third of AUM sits in direct lending, alongside other credit holdings, a triple net lease REIT business, AI…
A practical look at where AI demand is flowing and which parts of the supply chain may benefit first.
Amrita Roy and Utam Day keep the discussion anchored in the AI supply chain, moving from inference demand to memory, optics, and valuation with a clear investor focus.
Practical earnings-season stock talk that values discipline and live reasoning over polished certainty.
Gary Vaughn lays out his thinking without dressing it up. The talk starts on the day before NVIDIA earnings and stays close to actual portfolio calls: trimming half of a long-held NVIDIA position, managing run-up risk in Credo, and using TrendSpider's Sidekick to take some…
An income-first dividend pitch that treats retirement cash flow, not share price, as the central test.
Will Barton presents High Dividend Opportunities as an income-first path to retirement, not a share-price-first way to invest. The argument is plain: retirement means giving up a paycheck, so the real job is to replace that monthly income with a nest egg that can generate cash…
A brisk stock debate that turns AI, buybacks, and valuation into portfolio questions.
This episode keeps its focus on momentum, valuation, AI, and the large names that still shape portfolio debate. Julia Ostian, Kenny O'Fontes, and Jack Bowman each bring a different angle, and the talk moves from investing style to practical stock calls, with Apple drawing most…
Demetri Kofinas interviews specialists on geopolitics, energy markets, AI, and finance at length.
BBC's daily business show, from toy-industry founders to Anthropic's Pentagon standoff.
Blue Owl gets a second look.
AI inference changed the conversation.
This episode features an interview with Seeking Alpha's head of quant discussing AI-related tech stocks like Micron, Credo, and Lumentum as strong buys amid current market volatility and geopolitical tensions.
Sara Awad from Tech Contrarians discusses the shifting investor sentiment in tech markets, analyzing the tension between greed and fear amid changing conditions in Q1 2025.
This episode features an interview with James Kostoris discussing geopolitical conflicts, particularly between Iran and Israel, and their implications for investors, including impacts on oil and real yields.
An interview with analyst Victor Durgunov discussing his cautious market outlook and strategy of reducing risk by taking profits.
An interview with veteran investor George Noble discussing his career, lessons learned, and his focus on investor education.
An interview with Raul Shah discussing his value investing approach and the performance of his registered investment advisory firm.
An interview with Scott Kaufman discussing dividend investing trends, market rotations, and the impact of geopolitical events on stock valuations.
Host Rena interviews James Castori, a global portfolio strategist, about his background and the impact of geopolitical events on markets.
An interview with a quant expert discussing dividend stock opportunities amid market turmoil caused by inflation and geopolitical events.
Gary Vaughn returns to Investing Experts and starts with the day before NVIDIA earnings.
Will Barton lays out High Dividend Opportunities' main idea: retirement is really about replacing monthly income.
The show brings back Julia Ostian, Kenny O'Fontes, and Jack Bowman for a wide-ranging market conversation.
An interview with a tech contrarian analyst discussing market fear vs.
An interview with David Alton Clark about his investing group's name change to Retirement Income Warrior and his strategy for generating retirement income through dividend and growth portfolios.
Host Irina interviews financial advisor and author Cullen Roche about his investing philosophy and new book 'Your Perfect Portfolio'.
An interview with Scott Kaufman about his transition to Dividend Kings and his focus on dividend growth investing.
Host Daniel Snyder and analyst Steve Kress recap the performance of Seeking Alpha's top 10 stock picks for 2025, discussing market sentiment and sector trends.
An interview with Rob Isbitz discussing market trends, index investing, and his milestone of 10,000 followers on Seeking Alpha.
Victor Dergunov discusses his focus on risk management in the current market environment, highlighting lofty valuations and overheated technicals after a strong year where his portfolio gained 73%.
Alex King discusses maintaining a zen-like, cold approach to investing by focusing on price, volume, and fundamentals while avoiding market noise and political distractions.
An interview with an economic strategist discussing the surprising strength of the AI-driven bull market and where retail investors can find alpha.
Jonathan Faison discusses his disciplined biotech investing strategy, focusing on position sizing and trading frequency.
An interview with J.D.
An interview with gold and silver investing expert Don Durrett discussing how to find and value mining stocks in a bull market.
The host introduces Kirk Spano to discuss his perspective on current market conditions, contrasting with a previous guest's downhearted take on small and mid-cap stocks.
Host discusses AI bubble concerns and tech stock valuations with guest Sara Awad from Tech Contrarians.
This episode features an interview with Irene, who discusses her investing approach with Second Wind Capital on Seeking Alpha, reflecting on her current mindset and personal experiences.
Host Brandon interviews Stephen Kress, head of quant at Seeking Alpha, about the quant system and its data-driven approach to stock analysis.
An interview with David Gardner, co-founder of Motley Fool, discussing his book Rule Breaker Investing and strategies for beating the market.
Host discusses Fed rate cut expectations and yield curve implications with analyst Michael Kramer.
Danielle DiMartino Booth discusses the historic confirmation of Stephen Myron to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors and the partisan dynamics surrounding recent appointments.