The Meb Faber Show

Today’s guest is Brian Jacobs, Portfolio Manager and Investment Strategist with Aptus Capital Advisors. In today’s episode, Brian and I talk about some investing truisms, including the CAPE ratio, home ownership, the ideal bond allocation, tax-efficient strategies and more. We also discuss Aptus Capital Advisors’ unique approach to hedged equity products and defined risk strategies, as well as the benefits of minimum volatility and trend following in portfolio management. (0:00) Starts (1:00) Introduction of Brian Jacobs (2:29) Historical bond performance (6:02) Aptus ETFs and investment strategies (9:37) Defined risk and hedging products (ACIO, UPSD, DEFR) (22:50) Options strategies (25:42) Bond yields, put writing, and credit spreads (29:03) Housing market & tax optimization (35:18) Stock buybacks, dividends, and total return concepts (45:19) CAPE ratio critique (56:32) Most memorable investment ----- Follow Meb on X, LinkedIn and YouTube For detailed show notes, click here To learn more about our funds