Behind the Billions: The Hidden Stories of Famous Investments

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Behind the Billions: The Hidden Stories of Famous Investments

Journey from casual market on-looker to story-driven investment sleuth. This part uses captivating narratives to reveal how legendary deals were really made and what they teach us about smart investing today.

You'll uncover:

The human drama and strategic pivots behind iconic investments
Timeless principles hidden inside each story
Practical ways to spot and craft your own winning narratives

Perfect for curious minds who think numbers alone never tell the full tale.

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10 episodes1h 12min total

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Episodes

Invest Smarter — Apple’s IPO Reveals Narrative Power

Invest Smarter — Apple’s IPO Reveals Narrative Power

Discover how a garage start-up became a market legend and why the story investors heard mattered as much as the Macs they built.

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Decode Market Moves — Rothschilds’ Waterloo Information Edge

Decode Market Moves — Rothschilds’ Waterloo Information Edge

Learn how one family’s lightning-fast intel after the Battle of Waterloo changed banking—and why information speed still rules.

Spot Moats — Buffett’s See’s Candies Sweet Deal Explained

Spot Moats — Buffett’s See’s Candies Sweet Deal Explained

Unwrap how Warren Buffett turned a chocolate company into a cash-flow machine and what it teaches about pricing power.

Scale Vision — SoftBank’s Yahoo Bet Ignites Internet Boom

Scale Vision — SoftBank’s Yahoo Bet Ignites Internet Boom

Dive into Masayoshi Son’s audacious early-stage investment in Yahoo and the art of spotting hyper-growth trends.

Profit from Perception — Milken’s Junk Bonds Reshape Finance

Profit from Perception — Milken’s Junk Bonds Reshape Finance

See how Michael Milken turned ‘junk’ into Wall Street gold and what high-yield debt teaches about risk pricing.

Own Land Wisely — Empire State Building Syndication Secrets

Own Land Wisely — Empire State Building Syndication Secrets

Explore how small investors once pooled money to own Manhattan’s crown jewel and the mechanics of real-estate syndication.

Survive Crashes — Amazon’s Dot-Com Comeback Blueprint

Survive Crashes — Amazon’s Dot-Com Comeback Blueprint

Follow Amazon’s brush with bankruptcy after the dot-com bust and learn resilience tactics for high-growth firms.

Detect Bubbles — Mortgage Magic & the 2008 Big Short Play

Detect Bubbles — Mortgage Magic & the 2008 Big Short Play

Peek inside synthetic CDOs and discover how a few contrarians profited when housing dreams turned to dust.

Ride Early Waves — Bitcoin’s First Believers Cash In

Ride Early Waves — Bitcoin’s First Believers Cash In

Trace the journey from pizza payments to multi-million fortunes and extract principles for evaluating frontier assets.

Craft Your Edge — Turning Stories into Smart Investments

Craft Your Edge — Turning Stories into Smart Investments

Synthesize nine episodes of insight into a repeatable framework for spotting, testing, and profiting from narratives.

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