Soar Financially, Released on 7/12/26 (Recorded on 7/7/12)

Grant Williams joins us to explain why investors are focused on the wrong question. Instead of trying to predict when markets will turn, Grant argues that the real priority is building a portfolio that can survive uncertainty.

Chapters & Timestamps (AI generated):
00:00 Introduction
01:17 Uncertainty vs. risk
05:24 Should your goal be making money—or not losing it?
09:08 What is the new safe haven?
12:15 Why Grant became more defensive
14:19 The danger of relying on AI for investing
16:16 Passive investing and market concentration
19:10 Are we close to the breaking point?
22:20 How to avoid FOMO
24:51 Is there still reason to be optimistic?

Grant Williams is a portfolio and strategy advisor to Vulpes Investment Management in Singapore and an Advisor to Matterhorn Asset Management in Switzerland and the founder and publisher of Things That Make You Go Hmmm… and the Grant Williams Podcast. Grant has decades of experience in finance on the Asian, Australian, European and US markets and has held senior positions at several international investment houses, including Robert Fleming, UBS and Credit Suisse.

  gold, Grant Williams, investing, market crash, recession