TIP596: Building Wealth Through High-Quality Stocks w/ Stig Brodersen and Clay Finck

On today’s show, Stig Brodersen talks with co-host Clay Finck. They outline how and why you should invest in high-quality businesses. IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: 00:00 - Intro 01:43 - How to identify the best businesses 06:00 - Why you need to focus on barriers of entry when assessing a stock 06:44 - Why competition is for losers 18:28 - When management is important and not important in high-quality investing 23:07 - How you want the management to be compensated 24:41 - Why insider ownership is not only important but even more so how it was acquired.   57:13 - Why you should invest in stocks with two engines  1:03:01 - What is the Berkshire Summit, and how do you attend?  Disclaimer: Slight discrepancies in the timestamps may occur due to podcast platform differences. BOOKS AND RESOURCES Join the exclusive TIP Mastermind Community to engage in meaningful stock investing discussions with Stig, Clay, and the other community members. Our episode with Christian Billinger about quality investing | YouTube Video. Our episode on The Outsiders about the best CEOs | YouTube Video. Our episode about Dino Polska. A compounder with high insider ownership | YouTube Video. Chris Mayer’s book, 100-baggers - read reviews of this book. Lawrence Cunningham’s book, Quality Investing - read reviews of this book. Robert Pirsig’s book, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance - read reviews of this book. Check out the books mentioned in the podcast here. NEW TO THE SHOW? Check out our We Study Billionaires Starter Packs. Browse through all our episodes (complete with transcripts) here. Try our tool for picking stock winners and managing our portfolios: TIP Finance Tool. Enjoy exclusive perks from our favorite Apps and Services. Stay up-to-date on financial markets and investing strategies through our daily newsletter, We Study Markets. Learn how to better start, manage, and grow your business with the best business podcasts. SPONSORS Support our free podcast by supporting our sponsors: River Toyota Linkedin Marketing Solutions Fidelity Efani Shopify NDTCO Fundrise Wise NetSuite TurboTax Vacasa NerdWallet Babbel HELP US OUT! Help us reach new listeners by leaving us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts! It takes less than 30 seconds, and really helps our show grow, which allows us to bring on even better guests for you all! Thank you – we really appreciate it! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices