This episode was recorded before the sad news that Mark Leonard had to step down as CEO of Constellation Software for health reasons. We wish him a full and speedy recovery. This week, Barry and Ernest react to Constellation Software's conference call about the risks and opportunities of AI to their business. 0:00- Intro4:34- Constellation's AI conference call13:53- Geoffrey Hinton's radiologist prediction14:58- AI concerns for Constellation24:48- AI opportunities for Constellation27:02- Constellation's decentralization 32:00- High hurdle rates for M&A
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Getting carried away with Brookfield
This week, Barry and Ernest provide an update onBrookfield after its annual investor day, before breaking down Adobe's earnings and business updates. 0:00- Intro6:40- Brookfield annual investor days9:38- BAM's AI strategy17:27- BAM's retail opportunity 18:51- BAM carried interest 20:41- BN's insurance business31:48- BN's real estate update 35:19- How BN's insurance growth benefits BAM 39:39- Adobe update
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Searching a way out
This week, Barry and Ernest break down Google's favorable antitrust remedies ruling and how it impacts Google, Apple, and perhaps surprisingly, Live Nation. 0:00- Intro2:04- Google's antitrust risk8:34- Favorable remedies ruling for Google13:18- AI competition for Google Search18:12- Apple benefitting from the ruling25:00- Live Nation's antitrust issues30:00- Live Nation's international growth
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Why Long-Term Investing?
This week, Barry and Ernest discuss the risks of alternativeinvestments and explain why long-term investing makes sense, before reviewing the current state of Canadian banks. 0:00- Intro2:20- Are alternatives suitable for investors? 13:25- Cracks in the housing market impacting banks15:55- What does long-term investing mean?19:30- What a long-term investor should look for? 22:30- How incentives lead to short-term performance26:35- Building conviction through research for the long-term 29:52- Incentives to sell "losers"36:00- Update on Canadian banks
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Defending Big Tech’s AI splurge
Barry and Ernest are back from summer vacation and discuss why companies need to think locally in international markets, before breaking down how Big Techs can earn healthy returns on their massive capital spending on AI. 1:41- Ernest getting stuck in Europe 5:37- Importance of local operators9:04- Couche-Tard’s failed Carrefour deal14:50- Market update21:24- Google’s strong performance26:24- What’s the return for big tech capex?33:20- Will AI displace traditional software? 36:25- How AI impacts Constellation Software
About Long Term Investing - With Baskin Wealth Management
Welcome to the refreshing podcast that focuses exclusively on Long-Term Investing and how to grow your wealth. This podcast features in-depth discussions on quality businesses, great capital allocators and compounders. Show hosts, Barry Schwartz and Ernest Wong, are industry professionals with years of experience and each week they will bring you an exciting conversation that filters out the noise and gets to the heart of what really matters for Long-Term Investors.
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