My First Million
My First Million

Brutally honest guide to not losing money in the market

June 10, 2026 · 55 min

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Episode 832: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to legendary fund manager Barry Ritholtz( https://x.com/Ritholtz ) about the behaviors that destroy returns for investors and how to avoid them.

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Show Notes:

() Intro

() christmas tree portfolio

() the cowboy account

() day trading

() Barry yells at Lloyd Blankfein

() panic selling

() sam picks a fight

() direct indexing

() Great investors

() 90% of everything is crap

() Elon's foray into PE

() Predicting the housing crisis

() spending a year as the dumbest guy on wall street

() Why bubbles are good for the economy

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Links:

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