What podcasts say about Jonathan Wellum
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What Jonathan Wellum has said on podcasts
34 statements · 28 positive · 3 negative · 3 neutral
Mark Carney is a committed globalist pursuing a global agenda.
“he is a true globalist. global agenda.”
Open the episode · We Must Not Abandon Capitalism For Socialism | Jonathan WellumListen at 13:35
Carney seeks a middle-country bloc capable of countering China and the United States.
“he believes that if he could pull it off, he gets these so-called middle countries, because smaller countries, they all band together, and they can then act as a power block against, say, China and the U.S.”
Open the episode · We Must Not Abandon Capitalism For Socialism | Jonathan WellumListen at 13:41
The EU has weak growth and substantial demographic, social, and tax problems.
“The EU are countries that aren't growing very quickly. They have massive demographic problems. They have massive social problems. They also have huge tax issues. These are not growing countries.”
Open the episode · We Must Not Abandon Capitalism For Socialism | Jonathan WellumListen at 14:04
Canada should maintain close relationships with the United States and European Union.
“our better advantage would be, again, to have a very close relationship with the United States and also with the EU.”
Open the episode · We Must Not Abandon Capitalism For Socialism | Jonathan WellumListen at 14:14
A stronger, more competitive Canada benefits the United States.
“it's always better. The United States is better off if we're stronger and we're also more competitive.”
Open the episode · We Must Not Abandon Capitalism For Socialism | Jonathan WellumListen at 14:55
Canada becoming stronger and more competitive benefits the United States.
“The United States is better off if we're stronger and we're also more competitive.”
Open the episode · We Must Not Abandon Capitalism For Socialism | Jonathan WellumListen at 14:56
Canada should deregulate, reduce costs and taxes, and permit broader capital inflows.
“just open it up, deregulate. cut the costs cut the taxation for everybody and let the capital come in under you know proper rules and regulations”
Open the episode · We Must Not Abandon Capitalism For Socialism | Jonathan WellumListen at 15:44
U.S. tax cuts pressure Canada to avoid tax increases and reduce taxes.
“whenever Trump cuts taxes in the United States, it puts pressure on Canada also to not put taxes up and try to get them down a little bit too”
Open the episode · We Must Not Abandon Capitalism For Socialism | Jonathan WellumListen at 16:38
A North American deal would unlock additional resources across the Western Hemisphere.
“if we can get a deal done i think that uh you know it will unlock more resources for north america also mexico down into south america and the western hemisphere”
Open the episode · We Must Not Abandon Capitalism For Socialism | Jonathan WellumListen at 17:01
The Trump administration’s Greenland deal is strategically valuable.
“I like the deal that the Trump administration has done in Greenland. Now, that's a very important strategic area.”
Open the episode · We Must Not Abandon Capitalism For Socialism | Jonathan WellumListen at 17:22
Investors need exposure to technology.
“I think that you have to.”
Open the episode · We Must Not Abandon Capitalism For Socialism | Jonathan WellumListen at 58:27
Technology now functions as basic infrastructure.
“Technology has become basic infrastructure.”
Open the episode · We Must Not Abandon Capitalism For Socialism | Jonathan WellumListen at 58:30
Apple will benefit from artificial intelligence.
“they'll benefit from ai”
Open the episode · We Must Not Abandon Capitalism For Socialism | Jonathan WellumListen at 58:55
Reshoring will benefit certain infrastructure organizations.
“Reshoring is going to be helpful for some of these organizations.”
Open the episode · We Must Not Abandon Capitalism For Socialism | Jonathan WellumListen at 59:32
North American energy demand is expected to grow 2–4% annually.
“you've gone from zero growth in energy in North America because of efficiency gains to two, three, 4% a year growth in energy demand”
Open the episode · We Must Not Abandon Capitalism For Socialism | Jonathan WellumListen at 1:00:15
Rolls-Royce is well run and positioned for greater defense demand.
“if you believe in a world that needs more defense and they get into these long-term contracts it's a really well-run company”
Open the episode · We Must Not Abandon Capitalism For Socialism | Jonathan WellumListen at 1:00:57
Rolls-Royce provides remote energy and data-center energy systems.
“they're providing, again, a lot of remote energy and energy for data centers and so forth.”
Open the episode · We Must Not Abandon Capitalism For Socialism | Jonathan WellumListen at 1:01:13
Royalty Pharma funds early-stage drug development.
“they provide funding to drugs, early stage drug development.”
Open the episode · We Must Not Abandon Capitalism For Socialism | Jonathan WellumListen at 1:01:34
Royalty Pharma has strong cash flow and margins above 90%.
“a very, really big cashflow business and margins at 90% plus.”
Open the episode · We Must Not Abandon Capitalism For Socialism | Jonathan WellumListen at 1:01:44
Royalty Pharma offers diversified exposure and continually adds investments.
“Royalty Farming gives you a really nice basket of portfolio and it's constantly investing more and more that are coming on stream.”
Open the episode · We Must Not Abandon Capitalism For Socialism | Jonathan WellumListen at 1:02:52
Owning Sprott is preferable to buying its commodity funds.
“that's a much better position to be in than buying their funds by the company.”
Open the episode · We Must Not Abandon Capitalism For Socialism | Jonathan WellumListen at 1:03:26
Sprott Inc. could become an acquisition target over time.
“that's, I think, also a great takeout candidate over time, too.”
Open the episode · We Must Not Abandon Capitalism For Socialism | Jonathan WellumListen at 1:03:37
Some insurance companies trade at seven to eight times earnings while generating substantial cash.
“Some of these companies are trading at seven, eight times earnings and generating lots of cash.”
Open the episode · We Must Not Abandon Capitalism For Socialism | Jonathan WellumListen at 1:04:03
Selected insurance companies are growing book value at low-double-digit rates.
“they're growing book value very steadily, you know, low double digits in a very tough environment.”
Open the episode · We Must Not Abandon Capitalism For Socialism | Jonathan WellumListen at 1:04:31
Some selected insurance companies trade below ten times earnings.
“you're buying them at, you know, under 10 times earnings in some cases.”
Open the episode · We Must Not Abandon Capitalism For Socialism | Jonathan WellumListen at 1:04:37
Markel’s assets are undervalued by the market.
“there's a company that they're just not valuing some of the assets on the balance sheet.”
Open the episode · We Must Not Abandon Capitalism For Socialism | Jonathan WellumListen at 1:05:15
Markel is a safe value investment with strong equity and bond portfolios.
“we look at that as a value play, safe play, great investors, good active equity portfolio, also a very, very, very strong bond portfolio.”
Open the episode · We Must Not Abandon Capitalism For Socialism | Jonathan WellumListen at 1:05:20
Investors should remain invested rather than exit markets entirely.
“you have to be in the game”
Open the episode · We Must Not Abandon Capitalism For Socialism | Jonathan WellumListen at 1:07:31
Wellum’s firm holds approximately 15–18% in short-term interest-bearing securities.
“we do have maybe 15%, 18% in short-term interest-bearing security, so close to cash.”
Open the episode · We Must Not Abandon Capitalism For Socialism | Jonathan WellumListen at 1:07:35
Excessive cash allocation can be problematic for investors with long horizons.
“if you're overly weighted in cash and especially if you have a reasonable time horizon, I guess what I would, in terms of parting comments”
Open the episode · We Must Not Abandon Capitalism For Socialism | Jonathan WellumListen at 1:08:07
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