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What Tom Monaghan has said on podcasts

33 statements · 22 positive · 6 negative · 5 neutral

  1. on AI infrastructure buildoutPositiveOct 7, 2026· Excess Returns

    AI infrastructure investment is a significant driver of GDP growth.

    “the AI buildout, which we'll get into more detail, I'm sure, but that's a significant driver of GDP growth”

    Listen at 2:47

    Open the episode · Tom Maher on Small-Cap Investing, AI Infrastructure and Opportunities Beyond Big Tech
  2. on Small- and mid-cap companiesPositiveOct 7, 2026· Excess Returns

    Small- and mid-cap earnings are expected to grow 20–30% over the next few years.

    “you have 20%, 30% kind of earnings growth expected over the next few years”

    Listen at 3:08

    Open the episode · Tom Maher on Small-Cap Investing, AI Infrastructure and Opportunities Beyond Big Tech
  3. on Operational efficiency at industrial companiesPositiveOct 7, 2026· Excess Returns

    Operational efficiency is boosting earnings through margin improvements.

    “you are seeing some of that come through”

    Listen at 7:57

    Open the episode · Tom Maher on Small-Cap Investing, AI Infrastructure and Opportunities Beyond Big Tech
  4. on Small-cap versus large-cap earnings growthPositiveOct 7, 2026· Excess Returns

    Small-cap earnings growth has begun to improve relative to large caps.

    “that seems to have reversed to some extent”

    Listen at 9:22

    Open the episode · Tom Maher on Small-Cap Investing, AI Infrastructure and Opportunities Beyond Big Tech
  5. on Small-cap stocksPositiveOct 7, 2026· Excess Returns

    Improving small-cap earnings should attract more investor interest.

    “you should probably start to see a little more interest in the market space”

    Listen at 9:36

    Open the episode · Tom Maher on Small-Cap Investing, AI Infrastructure and Opportunities Beyond Big Tech
  6. on U.S. small- and mid-cap stocksPositiveOct 7, 2026· Excess Returns

    U.S. small- and mid-cap stocks will capture reshoring and domestic development activity.

    “all of that is going to be captured by small mid-cap stocks here in the United States”

    Listen at 11:07

    Open the episode · Tom Maher on Small-Cap Investing, AI Infrastructure and Opportunities Beyond Big Tech
  7. on Small- and mid-cap stocksPositiveOct 7, 2026· Excess Returns

    Investors should consider small- and mid-cap stocks for diversification and growth exposure.

    “you should be thinking about small and mid-cap stock”

    Listen at 12:18

    Open the episode · Tom Maher on Small-Cap Investing, AI Infrastructure and Opportunities Beyond Big Tech
  8. on Hilton Capital small- and mid-cap strategyNeutralOct 7, 2026· Excess Returns

    The strategy’s investable range extends down into micro-cap stocks.

    “the low end is really kind of down to, you name it, micro caps”

    Listen at 14:13

    Open the episode · Tom Maher on Small-Cap Investing, AI Infrastructure and Opportunities Beyond Big Tech
  9. on Small-cap stocksPositiveOct 7, 2026· Excess Returns

    Small-cap stocks can carry a valuation premium at the individual-stock level.

    “I think that there is a premium”

    Listen at 16:06

    Open the episode · Tom Maher on Small-Cap Investing, AI Infrastructure and Opportunities Beyond Big Tech
  10. on Small- and mid-cap companiesNegativeOct 7, 2026· Excess Returns

    Only a small minority of small- and mid-cap companies graduate into larger-cap status.

    “Very few of them actually graduate”

    Listen at 16:30

    Open the episode · Tom Maher on Small-Cap Investing, AI Infrastructure and Opportunities Beyond Big Tech
  11. on Small-cap portfolio managementPositiveOct 7, 2026· Excess Returns

    Small-cap investors should actively manage sector exposures rather than track index weights.

    “you need to be genuinely active”

    Listen at 20:22

    Open the episode · Tom Maher on Small-Cap Investing, AI Infrastructure and Opportunities Beyond Big Tech
  12. on Small-cap active managementPositiveOct 7, 2026· Excess Returns

    Small-cap managers should vary both stock selection and sector weights.

    “you want a manager who's not only active in terms of the stock level decisions, but I think also the willingness to let those sector weights move”

    Listen at 21:22

    Open the episode · Tom Maher on Small-Cap Investing, AI Infrastructure and Opportunities Beyond Big Tech
  13. on Hilton Capital portfolio constructionNeutralOct 7, 2026· Excess Returns

    The portfolio expands its number of holdings during major market or macro changes.

    “when things are sort of in a change point, you'll see that number expand”

    Listen at 23:22

    Open the episode · Tom Maher on Small-Cap Investing, AI Infrastructure and Opportunities Beyond Big Tech
  14. on Hilton Capital portfolio constructionPositiveOct 7, 2026· Excess Returns

    The portfolio concentrates into higher-conviction holdings during difficult conditions.

    “when things are getting rough, our number of names actually shrinks”

    Listen at 23:33

    Open the episode · Tom Maher on Small-Cap Investing, AI Infrastructure and Opportunities Beyond Big Tech
  15. on Small-cap indexesNegativeOct 7, 2026· Excess Returns

    The quality of small-cap indexes has declined because more constituents are unprofitable.

    “the overall aggregate quality is a little bit lower”

    Listen at 24:31

    Open the episode · Tom Maher on Small-Cap Investing, AI Infrastructure and Opportunities Beyond Big Tech
  16. on Private-capital-backed companiesPositiveOct 7, 2026· Excess Returns

    Private-capital exits will eventually produce good mid-cap public companies.

    “there will be some good companies coming out that way”

    Listen at 28:54

    Open the episode · Tom Maher on Small-Cap Investing, AI Infrastructure and Opportunities Beyond Big Tech
  17. on Groundbreaking technology companiesPositiveOct 7, 2026· Excess Returns

    Groundbreaking technology companies can be relatively insulated from macroeconomic conditions.

    “the macro may have very little impact on that company's fortunes in the near term or even in the long term”

    Listen at 31:17

    Open the episode · Tom Maher on Small-Cap Investing, AI Infrastructure and Opportunities Beyond Big Tech
  18. on Equity portfolio constructionNeutralOct 7, 2026· Excess Returns

    Stock selection should incorporate both bottom-up analysis and macroeconomic conditions.

    “you need to incorporate both”

    Listen at 32:48

    Open the episode · Tom Maher on Small-Cap Investing, AI Infrastructure and Opportunities Beyond Big Tech
  19. on Small- and mid-cap companiesPositiveOct 7, 2026· Excess Returns

    Higher interest rates increase the importance of balance-sheet and business quality.

    “quality should start to matter more”

    Listen at 36:47

    Open the episode · Tom Maher on Small-Cap Investing, AI Infrastructure and Opportunities Beyond Big Tech
  20. on Equity valuation multiplesNegativeOct 7, 2026· Excess Returns

    Higher interest rates should theoretically reduce equity valuation multiples.

    “multiple theoretically should come down”

    Listen at 38:14

    Open the episode · Tom Maher on Small-Cap Investing, AI Infrastructure and Opportunities Beyond Big Tech
  21. on Small-cap stocks in thematic ETF basketsPositiveOct 7, 2026· Excess Returns

    Small-cap stocks can massively outperform when ETF inflows target their thematic baskets.

    “the small cap stock may massively outperform”

    Listen at 42:15

    Open the episode · Tom Maher on Small-Cap Investing, AI Infrastructure and Opportunities Beyond Big Tech
  22. on Small-cap stocks in ETF basketsPositiveOct 7, 2026· Excess Returns

    Basket-driven selling can create opportunities in fundamentally sound small-cap stocks.

    “you can find opportunities where a stock gets clobbered because it's in a basket that people are selling off”

    Listen at 42:55

    Open the episode · Tom Maher on Small-Cap Investing, AI Infrastructure and Opportunities Beyond Big Tech
  23. on Small-cap investingPositiveOct 7, 2026· Excess Returns

    Small-cap investors should place greater emphasis on earnings growth than multiple expansion.

    “you really have to sort of have more of an emphasis on that earnings growth”

    Listen at 44:46

    Open the episode · Tom Maher on Small-Cap Investing, AI Infrastructure and Opportunities Beyond Big Tech
  24. on Small-cap companies with improving earningsPositiveOct 7, 2026· Excess Returns

    The market will eventually recognize companies delivering materially improved earnings growth.

    “eventually I think market will come around to the attention on that company”

    Listen at 46:55

    Open the episode · Tom Maher on Small-Cap Investing, AI Infrastructure and Opportunities Beyond Big Tech
  25. on Small-cap stock valuationsNeutralOct 7, 2026· Excess Returns

    Investors should be equally cautious about extremely cheap and expensive stocks.

    “we're as wary of really cheap stocks as we are really expensive stocks”

    Listen at 51:37

    Open the episode · Tom Maher on Small-Cap Investing, AI Infrastructure and Opportunities Beyond Big Tech
  26. on Consistent earnings-growth companiesPositiveOct 7, 2026· Excess Returns

    Consistent earnings growth can eventually lead to higher valuation multiples.

    “the valuation may actually start to go up again”

    Listen at 56:01

    Open the episode · Tom Maher on Small-Cap Investing, AI Infrastructure and Opportunities Beyond Big Tech
  27. on Small-cap company managementPositiveOct 7, 2026· Excess Returns

    Management assessment is especially important when evaluating small-cap companies.

    “assessing management is very important”

    Listen at 57:07

    Open the episode · Tom Maher on Small-Cap Investing, AI Infrastructure and Opportunities Beyond Big Tech
  28. on Small-cap company management decisionsNegativeOct 7, 2026· Excess Returns

    Poor management decisions affect small enterprises quickly and dramatically.

    “if you make bad moves, it can sort of manifest itself rather quickly and more dramatically”

    Listen at 57:34

    Open the episode · Tom Maher on Small-Cap Investing, AI Infrastructure and Opportunities Beyond Big Tech
  29. on U.S. manufacturing reshoringPositiveOct 7, 2026· Excess Returns

    Manufacturing reshoring and a domestic industrial renaissance are occurring.

    “I think they're happening”

    Listen at 1:01:43

    Open the episode · Tom Maher on Small-Cap Investing, AI Infrastructure and Opportunities Beyond Big Tech
  30. on GlobalizationNegativeOct 7, 2026· Excess Returns

    Globalization has partially unwound, increasing demand for local production capacity.

    “you've had a little bit of an unwind of the globalization”

    Listen at 1:04:10

    Open the episode · Tom Maher on Small-Cap Investing, AI Infrastructure and Opportunities Beyond Big Tech

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