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Investing Strategies For The Coming Decades

16 May 2011
In this week’s episode:

What could the world look like in 2050? Find out when David Kuo chats with Lars Tvede, former derivatives trader and investment manager and author of Supertrends. Lars, who also co-founded CarryQuote and made enough money from one of his ventures to own a thousand Ferraris, identifies the opportunities and threats investors could face over the next forty years.

 

Listen out for this week's competition for your chance to win a copy of Lars' book. To enter, email your answer to moneytalk@fool.co.uk. The closing date is Sunday 22 May 2011. Read the full terms & conditions for this competition.

 

A transcript of this podcast is also available.

Lars Tvede and David Kuo
Lars Tvede and David Kuo

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shinygoldcar 17 May 2011 , 1:28pm

very interesting, from both an investing and a non-investing point-of-view.

dippydoji 17 May 2011 , 4:06pm

I enjoyed this too..thanks David and Lars.!

TMFDragon 18 May 2011 , 8:46am

Hi shinygoldcar, Hi dippydoji

I only managed to cover a fraction of what Lars wrote about in his book. Unfortunately, I didn't have enough time to talk about the growth of luxury brands and lifestyle changes over the next decades. But you can read about it if you win a copy of his book in this week's competition!

Best regards

David

Doshslosh 18 May 2011 , 5:51pm

Big hello

Very interesting but misguided in parts. I think Lars has taken a massive leaf out of the other infamous Dane Bjorn Lomborg (the sceptical environmentalist) who claims that our vital ecosystems and natural resources are happily improving and that technology will solve our accumulating problems. Lars, as a fellow Dane, I expected deeper analysis and greater balance on an issue which is very likely to pose the biggest threat to future economic prosperity let alone human wellbeing.

Interesting nevertheless,

Best,

Henrik Joegensen

baldpaul147 19 May 2011 , 8:05am

This is the first time I've taken the trouble to make a post of this kind so that should give you an idea how much I enjoyed the podcast.

Enjoyed it immensely and found it completely fascinating. Whether he is right or not only time will tell but a lot of what he said made complete sense and loved his analysis and thought process.

Get him back at least every 6 months for more insights.

Regards
Paul

TMFDragon 19 May 2011 , 8:46am

Hi Doshslosh

Lars refers to Bjorn Lomborg in his book. He also looked at “The Al Gore view”, “The Henrik Svensmark view” and the “Ray Kurzweil view” in Chapter 7 too.

The chapter is 28 pages long and we could have done an entire podcast on the subject of “Environmental and Resource Strain” on its own to do the subject justice. Unfortunately, I only have 30 minutes. So the fault lies with me and the sands of time.

Best

David

TMFDragon 19 May 2011 , 8:50am

Hi paulprescott

I believe it was a famous Dane, Niels Bohr, who said: "Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future."

Best

David

TMFDragon 20 May 2011 , 7:45am

Hi

Just a quick reminder that the closing date for a chance to win a copy of Lars' book, Supertrends, is Sunday 22 May 2011.

The winner will be announced here on Monday morning.

Good luck!

David

TMFFlaneur 21 May 2011 , 1:00pm

Great stuff David and Lars -- don't agree with all of his predictions, but a pleasant change from the doom and gloom we hear so often from pundits.

TMFDragon 23 May 2011 , 7:24am

Hi All

Thank you to everyone who took part in the competition to win a copy of Lars Tvede's book.

The answer to the quiz question is Berne.

The winner of the competition is: KY from London.

Well done KY.

Best regards

David

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