What podcasts say about Whitney Tilson

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What Whitney Tilson has said on podcasts

35 statements · 19 positive · 14 negative · 2 neutral

on pace of technological and societal developmentPositiveOct 24, 2026· Bloomberg Surveillance
Important developments are occurring at increasingly shorter intervals.
“The space between important things that happened here on Earth keeps getting shorter.”
Listen at 7:18
Open the episode · Affordability In Focus Ahead of Midterms; US National Wealth Tax Debate
on pace of technological and societal changePositiveOct 24, 2026· Bloomberg Intelligence
Important developments are occurring at increasingly shorter intervals.
“The space between important things that happened here on Earth keeps getting shorter.”
Listen at 7:18
Open the episode · Affordability In Focus Ahead of Midterms; US National Wealth Tax Debate
on U.S. technology companies in index fundsNegativeOct 24, 2026· Bloomberg Intelligence
Index funds provide less diversification than investors commonly believe.
“those index funds are really making a big bet on a small number of U.S. tech companies.”
Listen at 8:26
Open the episode · Affordability In Focus Ahead of Midterms; US National Wealth Tax Debate
on U.S. technology companies in index fundsNegativeOct 24, 2026· Bloomberg Surveillance
Major index funds are heavily concentrated in a few U.S. technology companies.
“those index funds are really making a big bet on a small number of U.S. tech companies.”
Listen at 8:26
Open the episode · Affordability In Focus Ahead of Midterms; US National Wealth Tax Debate
on investor portfolio diversificationNegativeOct 24, 2026· Bloomberg Surveillance
Investors’ portfolios are less diversified than they believe.
“what you think might be really diversified is less than you imagine.”
Listen at 9:01
Open the episode · Affordability In Focus Ahead of Midterms; US National Wealth Tax Debate
on index-fund diversificationNegativeOct 24, 2026· Bloomberg Intelligence
Investors’ perceived diversification is overstated.
“what you think might be really diversified is less than you imagine.”
Listen at 9:01
Open the episode · Affordability In Focus Ahead of Midterms; US National Wealth Tax Debate
on AI investment and interest ratesNegativeOct 24, 2026· Bloomberg Intelligence
Persistent spending and AI investment will keep interest rates high.
“When these structural drivers of spending and AI is just one of them. are expected to go on for a long time. Rates are going to be high for a long time.”
Listen at 10:16
Open the episode · Affordability In Focus Ahead of Midterms; US National Wealth Tax Debate
on Interest rateNegativeOct 24, 2026· Bloomberg Surveillance
Interest rates will remain elevated for an extended period.
“Rates are going to be high for a long time.”
Listen at 10:22
Open the episode · Affordability In Focus Ahead of Midterms; US National Wealth Tax Debate
on wealth taxationPositiveOct 24, 2026· Bloomberg Surveillance
Western countries will need mechanisms to tax wealth.
“we're going to need to find some way to tax wealth.”
Listen at 12:25
Open the episode · Affordability In Focus Ahead of Midterms; US National Wealth Tax Debate
on wealth taxationPositiveOct 24, 2026· Bloomberg Intelligence
Western countries will need mechanisms to tax wealth.
“we're going to need to find some way to tax wealth.”
Listen at 12:25
Open the episode · Affordability In Focus Ahead of Midterms; US National Wealth Tax Debate
on wealth taxationPositiveOct 24, 2026· Bloomberg Intelligence
Governments will have to tax wealth to build sustainable tax bases.
“we're going to have to find a way to do it.”
Listen at 12:42
Open the episode · Affordability In Focus Ahead of Midterms; US National Wealth Tax Debate
on capital mobilityNeutralOct 24, 2026· Bloomberg Surveillance
Wealthy people can relocate in response to taxation.
“capital mobility is a real thing.”
Listen at 12:44
Open the episode · Affordability In Focus Ahead of Midterms; US National Wealth Tax Debate
on financial regulationNegativeOct 24, 2026· Bloomberg Intelligence
Financial regulation and enforcement appear substantially weakened.
“Do we live in a world that actually has financial regulation? Because it doesn't look like to me.”
Listen at 13:38
Open the episode · Affordability In Focus Ahead of Midterms; US National Wealth Tax Debate
on financial regulation enforcementNegativeOct 24, 2026· Bloomberg Surveillance
Financial regulation enforcement is currently weaker than in the past.
“the state of like any sort of enforcement or regulation, it's seen better times for sure.”
Listen at 13:49
Open the episode · Affordability In Focus Ahead of Midterms; US National Wealth Tax Debate
on active investingPositiveOct 24, 2026· Bloomberg Surveillance
Active investors can outperform by taking positions contrary to market consensus.
“the only way you can beat it as an active investor is to play an opposite game.”
Listen at 19:24
Open the episode · Affordability In Focus Ahead of Midterms; US National Wealth Tax Debate
on active investingPositiveOct 24, 2026· Bloomberg Intelligence
Active investors can outperform by taking contrarian positions.
“the only way you can beat it as an active investor is to play an opposite game.”
Listen at 19:24
Open the episode · Affordability In Focus Ahead of Midterms; US National Wealth Tax Debate
on Trump tariffs and Iran warNegativeOct 24, 2026· Bloomberg Intelligence
Trump’s tariffs and the Iran war have increased consumer prices.
“Trump's tariffs, the war in Iran, both of which have jacked prices up for consumers.”
Listen at 21:14
Open the episode · Affordability In Focus Ahead of Midterms; US National Wealth Tax Debate
on Democratic Party housing regulationNegativeOct 24, 2026· Bloomberg Intelligence
Democratic regulatory policies have constrained housing supply.
“regulation and so forth, which has, for example, constrained housing”
Listen at 21:54
Open the episode · Affordability In Focus Ahead of Midterms; US National Wealth Tax Debate
on Democratic housing regulationNegativeOct 24, 2026· Bloomberg Surveillance
Democratic regulatory policies have constrained housing supply.
“regulation and so forth, which has, for example, constrained housing”
Listen at 21:54
Open the episode · Affordability In Focus Ahead of Midterms; US National Wealth Tax Debate
on California wealth-tax propositionNegativeOct 24, 2026· Bloomberg Intelligence
California’s wealth tax is a bad policy.
“I think California's wealth tax, for example, is a bad idea.”
Listen at 23:10
Open the episode · Affordability In Focus Ahead of Midterms; US National Wealth Tax Debate
on national wealth taxPositiveOct 24, 2026· Bloomberg Intelligence
A properly designed national wealth tax could work.
“A national wealth tax properly, properly constructed in the devils in the details, I think could work as well.”
Listen at 23:19
Open the episode · Affordability In Focus Ahead of Midterms; US National Wealth Tax Debate
on national wealth taxPositiveOct 24, 2026· Bloomberg Surveillance
A properly designed national wealth tax could be effective.
“A national wealth tax properly, properly constructed in the devils in the details, I think could work as well.”
Listen at 23:19
Open the episode · Affordability In Focus Ahead of Midterms; US National Wealth Tax Debate
on Democratic PartyNegativeOct 24, 2026· Bloomberg Surveillance
The Democratic Party has moved excessively far left.
“I saw a party that had swung too far to the left.”
Listen at 24:15
Open the episode · Affordability In Focus Ahead of Midterms; US National Wealth Tax Debate
on Democratic PartyNegativeOct 24, 2026· Bloomberg Intelligence
The Democratic Party has moved too far left.
“I saw a party that had swung too far to the left.”
Listen at 24:15
Open the episode · Affordability In Focus Ahead of Midterms; US National Wealth Tax Debate
on Mamdani housing policiesPositiveOct 24, 2026· Bloomberg Surveillance
Mamdani’s policies aim to increase housing construction and ease New York’s shortage.
“he's taken. to construct more housing and ease the housing shortage in the city.”
Listen at 24:39
Open the episode · Affordability In Focus Ahead of Midterms; US National Wealth Tax Debate
on Democratic control of Congress after midtermsPositiveOct 24, 2026· Bloomberg Surveillance
Betting markets reasonably predict Democrats will flip the House and possibly Senate.
“I think the odds on the betting sites right now of almost certain to flip the House and maybe two to one odds to flip the Senate are probably about correct.”
Listen at 25:13
Open the episode · Affordability In Focus Ahead of Midterms; US National Wealth Tax Debate
on Democratic Party midterm prospectsPositiveOct 24, 2026· Bloomberg Intelligence
Democrats are likely to win the House and have a two-to-one Senate chance.
“almost certain to flip the House and maybe two to one odds to flip the Senate are probably about correct.”
Listen at 25:15
Open the episode · Affordability In Focus Ahead of Midterms; US National Wealth Tax Debate
on S&P 500 SPYPositiveOct 24, 2026· Bloomberg Intelligence
Most people should automate retirement contributions into an S&P 500 fund.
“the vast majority of people should do what my daughters and my sister and my parents do, which is, you know, have money held back from your paycheck into an IRA or 401k, something like that, and then just have it default automatically put in the S&P 500 SPY.”
Listen at 25:36
Open the episode · Affordability In Focus Ahead of Midterms; US National Wealth Tax Debate
on retirement investingPositiveOct 24, 2026· Bloomberg Surveillance
Most investors should automate retirement contributions into broad index funds.
“the vast majority of people should do what my daughters and my sister and my parents do”
Listen at 25:36
Open the episode · Affordability In Focus Ahead of Midterms; US National Wealth Tax Debate
on RSPPositiveOct 24, 2026· Bloomberg Intelligence
Investors should shift part of SPY holdings into RSP.
“I've recommended that they shift part of that into RSP”
Listen at 26:16
Open the episode · Affordability In Focus Ahead of Midterms; US National Wealth Tax Debate

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