{"id":56599,"date":"2025-05-18T13:30:31","date_gmt":"2025-05-18T17:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/?p=56599"},"modified":"2025-05-16T15:44:53","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T19:44:53","slug":"tdi-podcast-consistency-plan-921","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/18\/tdi-podcast-consistency-plan-921\/","title":{"rendered":"TDI Podcast: Consistency Pays (#921)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Consistency pays and it should be a basic discipline.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s talk about process and the plan.<\/p>\n<p>Deals and congressional actions are front and center.<\/p>\n<p>And our guest \u2013 Ed Easterling of Crestmont Research.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-disciplined-investor\/id217999782\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-54929 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/ApplePodcasts-300x100.png\" alt=\"TDI Podcast on Apple Podcasts\" width=\"300\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/ApplePodcasts-300x100.png 300w, https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/ApplePodcasts-610x204.png 610w, https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/ApplePodcasts.png 677w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><em>NEW!<\/em> <\/strong><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/TDI-Notes-and-Summary-921.pdf\"><em><strong>DOWNLOAD THIS EPISODE\u2019S AI GENERATED SHOW NOTES (Guest Segment)<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Easterling-Photo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18571 alignleft\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" title=\"Easterling Photo\" src=\"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Easterling-Photo-255x300-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"108\" height=\"128\" \/><\/a>Ed Easterling is the founder and President of Crestmont Holdings, an Oregon-based investment management and research firm that publishes provocative research on the financial markets at <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.crestmontresearch.com\/\">www.CrestmontResearch.com<\/a><\/strong>. He has over thirty years of alternative investment experience, including financial markets, private equity, and business operations.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Easterling is the author of recently-released <em>Probable Outcomes: Secular Stock Market Insights<\/em> and <em>Unexpected Returns: Understanding Secular Stock Market Cycles <\/em>(Cypress House; 2005). In addition, he is contributing author to <em>Just One Thing<\/em> (John Wiley &amp; Sons; 2005) and co-author of chapters in <em>Bull\u2018s Eye Investing<\/em> by John Mauldin. Mr. Easterling is a Senior Fellow and a Board Member at the Alternative Asset Management Center at SMU\u2018s Cox School of Business in Dallas, and previously served as a member of the adjunct faculty teaching the course on alternative investments and hedge funds for MBA students. Mr. Easterling holds a BBA in business, a BA in psychology, and an MBA from Southern Methodist University.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Check this out and find out more at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.interactivebrokers.com\/\">http:\/\/www.interactivebrokers.com\/<\/a><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.interactivebrokers.com\/mkt\/?src=tdi1&amp;url=%2Fen%2Findex.php%3Ff%3D1338\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-54327\" src=\"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/InteractiveBrokers_logo1-e1607262448146.jpg\" alt=\"Interactive Brokers - Why IB?\" width=\"393\" height=\"87\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/andrewhorowitz\" data-size=\"large\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @andrewhorowitz<\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0Stocks mentioned in this episode: (AAPL), (HALO), (OKLO), (SMR)<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7468\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/tdi_podcast\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/podcasts\/tdi_episode921.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('7468','https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/tdi_podcast\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/podcasts\/tdi_episode921.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=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/tdi_podcast\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/podcasts\/tdi_episode921.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=56599-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/tdi_podcast\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/podcasts\/tdi_episode921.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"tdi_episode921.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 1:01:59 &#8212; 57.0MB)<\/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>Consistency pays and it should be a basic discipline. Let&#8217;s talk about process and the plan. Deals and congressional actions are front and center. And our guest \u2013 Ed Easterling of Crestmont Research. NEW! DOWNLOAD THIS EPISODE\u2019S AI GENERATED SHOW NOTES (Guest Segment)<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7469\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/tdi_podcast\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/podcasts\/tdi_episode921.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('7469','https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/tdi_podcast\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/podcasts\/tdi_episode921.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=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/tdi_podcast\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/podcasts\/tdi_episode921.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=56599-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/tdi_podcast\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/podcasts\/tdi_episode921.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"tdi_episode921.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 1:01:59 &#8212; 57.0MB)<\/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":56365,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9,296],"tags":[482,297],"class_list":["post-56599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-podcasts","category-shownotes","tag-podcasts","tag-show-notes","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56599","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=56599"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56599\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56606,"href":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56599\/revisions\/56606"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}