Simply Sarbit
by Larry Sarbit/Darren Coleman/Acme Podcasting Company
Latest episode
Chasing Winners - The Sequel
Chasing Winners - The Sequel
About this podcast
Larry Sarbit is one of Canada's best-known investors with a long-standing reputation of being a patient value investor. Darren Coleman is a respected senior portfolio manager and veteran of the North American wealth management industry. Larry and Darren are also great friends who love to get together to discuss investing. The result is Simply Sarbit!
Episodes
- Chasing Winners - The Sequel · 35 min · Episode 13The chase continues... Larry and Darren discuss the "tyranny of the index," where investors favor passive indexing over active management. Their conversation includes the…
- Chasing Winners · 41 min · Episode 12In this episode, Larry and Darren discuss the challenges of active management versus index funds. Larry emphasizes the importance of finding undervalued companies and the…
- How Often Is Often Enough? · 33 min · Episode 11In this episode, recorded on September 25, 2025, Darren and Larry discuss President Trump's proposal to shift publicly listed companies from quarterly to semi-annual reporting…
- Dividends - An investor’s best friend? · 38 min · Episode 10Larry and Darren discuss the importance of dividends in investing, emphasizing their role in long-term wealth accumulation. They highlight the Dividend Aristocrats, companies…
- The Legacy of Warren Buffett · 38 min · Episode 9After leading Berkshire Hathaway for 60 years, Warren Buffett at 94, wiil step down as CEO at year end. On this episode, Larry & Darren discuss all things Buffett.
- Brother, can you spare a tulip? · 36 min · Episode 8Darren and Larry discuss market euphoria and financial bubbles, highlighting historical examples like the Tulip Mania of 1630 and the 2006-2007 housing bubble, and they reference…
- Milton Friedman, I, Pencil & the History of Tariffs · 37 min · Episode 7It’s no joke… We recorded this episode on April 1st, just 24 hours before Donald Trump’s Liberation Day. Because of that, Darren and Larry thought it would be wise to discuss the…
- Are you a Speculator or an Investor? · 36 min · Episode 6In his 2024 annual letter to shareholders, Warren Buffett warned that today's stock market increasingly resembles gambling, with Wall Street profiting while everyday investors…
- The E.J. Korvette story... go Ferkauf! · 35 min · Episode 5There's a lot to be learned, not just from success, but there's a lot to learn from failure and ideally other people's failure. And here's a great example... this business has…
- A is for Apple · 34 min · Episode 4As Darren and Larry work their way through analyzing companies in the S&P 500, known as the Magnificent Seven, they stop off at the Apple store and look at this consumer…
- Low Prices – Fast Shipping – Millions of Items · 38 min · Episode 3Darren and Larry discuss Amazon as a "wonderful business" using Warren Buffett's criteria. They highlight Amazon's rapid growth from selling books in 1995 to its current…
- Larry knows the Alphabet · 33 min · Episode 2Larry and Darren discuss the characteristics of a "wonderful business" using Alphabet as a case study. They highlight the importance of management, trust, and a significant…
- Introducing Simply Sarbit · 34 min · Episode 1On this, our first episode, Darren intoduces you to the wit and wisdom of Larry Sarbit. Larry has a long history as a portfolio manager in Canada managing American equities and…
