Episodes
Buy High, Sell Higher | Travis Prentice on Dispersion, Passive's Structural Risk and Why 52 Week Highs Don't Mean What You Think
This episode explores how massive structural shifts—AI, deglobalization, and the rise of passive investing—are reshaping markets and what that means for investors. Informed Momentum Company CIO Travis...
The Secular Plateau | Chris Bloomstran on Why We May Be at Peak Valuations
This episode features Chris Bloomstran of Semper Augustus discussing market concentration, AI capital spending, Berkshire Hathaway, and the risks facing today’s equity investors. The conversation expl...
They Call It "Broadening." The Data Says It’s Just Two Stocks
Markets are sending conflicting signals right now—shrugging off geopolitical shocks, powering higher on a narrow set of AI-driven stocks, and relying on a consumer that may be spending beyond its mean...
We Asked Liz Ann Sonders, Jim Grant, and Brent Donnelly What Investors Miss About This Market
This week’s Excess Returns Weekly Wrap brings together insights from Jim Grant, Liz Ann Sonders, and Brent Donnelly to break down the biggest forces driving markets right now, including war-driven inf...
We Asked David Rosenberg Why He Owns Almost No US Stocks — and What He Holds Instead
This episode features David Rosenberg, founder of Rosenberg Research, breaking down why today’s market may be driven more by valuation excess and investor behavior than fundamentals. He explains why t...
The Resilience No One Trusts | Brent Donnelly on Why War and Oil Haven’t Broken This Market
Brent Donnelly returns to Excess Returns to break down one of the most confusing market environments in years, where policy shocks, volatility, and positioning matter more than traditional fundamental...
The Bear Market No One Sees | Liz Ann Sonders on the Real Story Indexes Hide
Liz Ann Sonders of Schwab joins Excess Returns to break down how war, an oil shock, and shifting market dynamics are reshaping the investing landscape. She explains why the surface-level strength in m...
The Forever Invariable Truth | Jim Grant on War, Inflation, and What Comes Next
This episode features Jim Grant of Grant’s Interest Rate Observer on inflation, war, monetary policy, and the long arc of credit cycles. Grant explains why inflation is ultimately driven by monetary d...
The Recession Signal Hidden in Walmart | The Weekly Wrap - 4/12/2026
This week’s Excess Returns Weekly Wrap brings together insights from Jim Paulsen, Brent Kochuba, Anthony Wang, and Tom Hancock to break down what’s really driving markets right now—from recession sign...



