{"id":2112,"date":"2009-02-01T11:59:25","date_gmt":"2009-02-01T16:59:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/?p=2112"},"modified":"2016-09-20T17:00:46","modified_gmt":"2016-09-20T21:00:46","slug":"tdi-podcast-94-the-outcome-is-preordained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/2009\/02\/01\/tdi-podcast-94-the-outcome-is-preordained\/","title":{"rendered":"TDI Podcast 94: The Outcome is Preordained"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Guests &#8211; James Altucher and Bill Fleckenstein. First up on this episode is James Altucher, founder of \u00a0 Stockpickr.com. We discuss some of the <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-disciplined-investor\/id217999782\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-257 alignright\" title=\"iTunes Subscribe\" src=\"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/itunes_subscribe-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"111\" height=\"39\" \/><\/a>great investors of our time and how they are fairing in these difficult market conditions. We also explore Stockpickr.com and his outlook for the coming months. Then we have a chance to discuss the economic stimulus plan with Bill Fleckenstein who writes the <a href=\"http:\/\/articles.moneycentral.msn.com\/Investing\/ContrarianChronicles\/ContrarianTodayButTomorrowWhoKnows.aspx\">Contrarian Chronicles<\/a> for MSN Money.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #888888;\"><a href=\"#podcast\" target=\"_self\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">LISTEN TO PODCAST NOW<\/span><\/a> | <span style=\"color: #000000;\">LISTEN<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">@<\/span> <a title=\"Zune Subscribe\" href=\"zune:\/\/subscribe\/?The%20Disciplined%20Investor=http:\/\/feeds.thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/tdicasts\" target=\"_blank\">ZUNE<\/a> &#8211;<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> @<\/span> <a title=\"iTunes Subscribe\" href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-disciplined-investor\/id217999782\" target=\"_blank\">iTUNES<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin: 2px;\" title=\"James Altucher\" src=\"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/1005630_187x169.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"118\" height=\"106\" \/>James Altucher is president and founder of <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stockpickr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Stockpickr<\/a><\/strong> LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestreet.com\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>TheStreet.com<\/strong><\/a> and part of its network of Web properties, and a managing partner at Formula Capital, an alternative asset management firm that runs a fund of hedge funds. He also is a weekly columnist for the <em>Financial Times<\/em> and the author of the books <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0471484857\/investmentadvi09\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Trade Like a Hedge Fund<\/em>, <em>Trade Like Warren Buffett<\/em><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0471745995\/investmentadvi09\" target=\"_blank\"><em>SuperCa$h<\/em><\/a>. Previously, Altucher was a managing partner at technology venture capital firm 212 Ventures and was CEO and founder of Vaultus and Reset Inc. He holds a bachelor&#8217;s degree from Cornell and was a doctoral candidate at Carnegie Mellon University. He is also a nationally ranked chess master.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Check out his latest book: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0471745995\/investmentadvi09\" target=\"_blank\">The Forever Portfolio<\/a><\/strong><a onclick=\"urchinTracker ('\/outbound\/article\/www.fleckensteincapital.com');\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fleckensteincapital.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-958 alignright\" style=\"margin: 10px;\" title=\"bill-fleckenstein\" src=\"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/bill-fleckenstein.jpg\" alt=\"Bill Fleckenstein\" width=\"91\" height=\"98\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8212;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a onclick=\"urchinTracker ('\/outbound\/article\/www.fleckensteincapital.com');\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fleckensteincapital.com\/\"><strong><span style=\"color: #2255aa;\">Bill Fleckenstein<\/span><\/strong><\/a> is the president of Fleckenstein Capital, which manages a hedge fund based in Seattle and author of <a onclick=\"urchinTracker ('\/outbound\/article\/www.amazon.com');\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0071591583\/investmentadvi09\"><span style=\"color: #2255aa;\">Greenspan\u2018s Bubbles : The Age of Ignorance at the Federal Reserve<\/span><\/a>. \u00a0 He also writes a daily Market Rap column on his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fleckensteincapital.com\" target=\"_blank\">Fleckensteincapital<\/a> website as well as the popular column <strong><a onclick=\"urchinTracker ('\/outbound\/article\/articles.moneycentral.msn.com');\" href=\"http:\/\/articles.moneycentral.msn.com\/Commentary\/ByAuthor\/BillFleckenstein.aspx\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #2255aa;\">Contrarian Chronicles<\/span><\/a><\/strong> for MSN Money.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8212;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Sponsor:  Try GotoMyPC free for 30 days! For this special offer, visit <a title=\"GoToMyPC\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gotomypc.com\/podcast\" target=\"_blank\">www.gotomypc.com\/podcast<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>&#8212;<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Stocks mentioned in this episode<\/strong>: Barrack Gold (ABX), \u00a0 SPDR Gold ETF (GLD) , Apple (AAPL), <span class=\"std\">iShares FTSE\/Xinhua China 25 Index <\/span>( FXI), ProShares Leveraged Inverse Financial ETF (SKF), \u00a0 Archer Daniels Midland (ADM)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8212;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/25\/technology-for-an-obama-recovery\/\"><strong>Free TDI Report: Technology Stocks for an Obama Recovery<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8212;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">The Disciplined Investor Managed Growth Strategy is now available to most international investors. Click for More info <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/mailbox\/tdi-investment-fund\/\">HERE<\/a><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p><a id=\"podcast\" name=\"podcast\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9799\"><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/tdi_podcast\/www.thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/podcasts\/tdi_episode94.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('9799','http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/tdi_podcast\/www.thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/podcasts\/tdi_episode94.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/powerpress\/TDI_PlayPodcast-679.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/tdi_podcast\/www.thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/podcasts\/tdi_episode94.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=2112-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/tdi_podcast\/www.thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/podcasts\/tdi_episode94.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"tdi_episode94.mp3\">Download<\/a> (28.5MB)<\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5vtvEVDPUi4221imwhXyXt\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/podcasts\/Markets-and-Investing\/The-Disciplined-Investor-p414586\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/subscribe-to-podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guests &#8211; James Altucher and Bill Fleckenstein. First up on this episode is James Altucher, founder of  Stockrickr.com. We discuss some of the great investors of our time and how they are fairing in these difficult market conditions. We also explore Stockpickr.com and his outlook for the coming months. Then we have a chance to discuss the economic stimulus plan with Bill Fleckenstein who writesthe Contrarian Chronicles for MSN Money.<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9800\"><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/tdi_podcast\/www.thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/podcasts\/tdi_episode94.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('9800','http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/tdi_podcast\/www.thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/podcasts\/tdi_episode94.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/powerpress\/TDI_PlayPodcast-679.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/tdi_podcast\/www.thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/podcasts\/tdi_episode94.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=2112-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/tdi_podcast\/www.thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/podcasts\/tdi_episode94.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"tdi_episode94.mp3\">Download<\/a> (28.5MB)<\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5vtvEVDPUi4221imwhXyXt\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/podcasts\/Markets-and-Investing\/The-Disciplined-Investor-p414586\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/subscribe-to-podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,9,296],"tags":[280,481,482,297,490],"class_list":["post-2112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-markets","category-podcasts","category-shownotes","tag-economic-crisis","tag-economy","tag-podcasts","tag-show-notes","tag-stocks","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2112"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2112\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}