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RWH040: Go Global w/ Laura Geritz
Episode 829
In this episode, William Green chats with Laura Geritz, founder of Rondure Global Advisors, which scours the globe in search of high-quality companies trading at attractive prices in places like India, China, Japan, Thailand, Taiwan, Turkey, Brazil, & Mexico. Here, Laura makes the case for allocating more money to undervalued stocks outside the US. She also discusses her unusual lifestyle, which is built around relentless travel, voracious reading, & abundant time to think.
IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN:
00:00 - Intro
08:15 - How Laura Geritz earned the nickname “Money Bags.”
09:41 - How she broke into the investment industry by living in Japan.
12:55 - How she was shaped by the frugal, unflashy culture of rural Kansas.
22:57 - What she learned from her mentor & partner, Robert Gardiner.
30:14 - Why so many talented women quit the investment business.
36:54 - Why she believes many investors are taking too much risk.
38:56 - Why foreign stocks may be overdue for a powerful rebound.
41:20 - How she weighs the risks & rewards of Chinese stocks.
52:26 - How she screens 70,000 stocks to identify great businesses.
1:03:36 - What foreign investors don’t understand about Japanese companies.
1:11:51 - How to become a continuous learning machine.
1:25:38 - How Laura handles adversity when her investing style is out of favor.
1:32:06 - Why she maintains a remarkably uncluttered calendar.
Disclaimer: Slight discrepancies in the timestamps may occur due to podcast platform differences.
BOOKS AND RESOURCES
- Laura Geritz’s investment firm, Rondure Global Advisors.
- Graham Greene’s book The Quiet American.
- Yasunari Kawabata’s book Snow Country.
- Michael Pollan’s book A Place of My Own.
- Rolf Potts’ book Vagabonding.
- Pico Iyer’s book The Half-Known Life.
- William Green’s podcast interview with Pico Iyer |
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