The Insightful Investor with ALEX SHAHIDI

Unique perspectives to navigate financial markets

The Insightful Investor is a weekly podcast hosted by Alex Shahidi, Co-CIO of a leading RIA. With over two decades of experience managing billions of dollars in client assets, Alex offers unique access to some of the world’s premier investors and business icons.

Market Insights

Industry leaders share their views on markets and the economy

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Investing Insights

Discover perspectives and frameworks you may not have considered and learn the flaws with conventional investment approaches

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Learn about the inner workings of the financial industry, including the incentives, how advisors think and the challenges inherent in the business

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Recent Episodes

Industry Insights | 03.24.2026

#115 - Dr. Szymanski: Building Healthspan with Medicine 3.0

We take a brief detour from our usual investment focused conversations to welcome Dr. Jared Szymanski, a leading physician in preventative and precision medicine. Dr. Szymanski explains how Medicine 3.0 reframes risk, extends healthspan, and helps people stay ahead of the “big four” diseases long before symptoms appear—offering insights that echo the long term, forward looking mindset central to disciplined investing.

Investing Insights | Market Insights | 03.17.2026

#114 - Michael Gross: Private Credit Crowding, Complexity Alpha

Michael is Co-Founder of SLR Capital Partners, a private credit firm advising on $13B of total available capital (as of 9/30/25), and a pioneer of modern private credit, including as a founding partner of Apollo Global Management. We discuss how the private credit landscape has evolved as it has scaled and institutionalized, why parts of the market have become crowded, and how complex strategies like asset based lending may offer more compelling risk adjusted returns and true portfolio differentiation today.

Industry Insights | Investing Insights | 03.10.2026

#113 - Young Lee & Asheesh Gupta: Audax AI Value Creation

Young is Co President at Audax Private Equity, and Asheesh is a Managing Director overseeing the firm’s Strategic Resources Group and Portfolio Support team at Audax, a leading middle market PE platform managing $19.5 billion (as of year end 2025). We discuss how Audax is intentionally embedding data and AI into its operating model and portfolio companies to systematically enhance decision making, scale its Buy & Build strategy, and drive durable value creation.

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