# Acquired

Markdown copy of https://realalpha.app/shows/acquired/ on Real Alpha, the best minutes from long interviews with the people building AI. Cite and link the page, not this copy.

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Investing and business · [No. 37 of 37 AI podcasts](https://realalpha.app/best/ai-podcasts/#acquired)

Acquired is an investing and business show, hosted by Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal, with a new episode about once a month.

3 moments cut from one episode.

Also [No. 18 of 18 tech podcasts](https://realalpha.app/best/tech-podcasts/#acquired) and [No. 17 of 17 business podcasts](https://realalpha.app/best/business-podcasts/#acquired).

- [Ben Gilbert](https://realalpha.app/hosts/)
- [David Rosenthal](https://realalpha.app/hosts/)

**New episodes**

Monthly

**Latest**

Oct 19, 2026

**Moments cut**

3

**Episodes cut**

1

## Best moments from Acquired

From its most-watched episodes, best first. Each plays right here.

1. Acquired · May 18, 2026 · 3 min
   **[Bogle's firing and the legal loophole that created Vanguard](https://realalpha.app/s/bogles-firing-and-the-legal-loophole-that-created-vanguard/)**
   > “They were about to find out just how powerful that technicality was. Or Jack was about to test it, shall we say.”
   Acquired [55:32](https://realalpha.app/v/ipiKIgdynZE/?t=3332)
2. Acquired · May 18, 2026 · 3 min
   **[A 1% fee quietly costs you a third of your retirement](https://realalpha.app/s/a-1-fee-quietly-costs-you-a-third-of-your-retirement/)**
   > “If you invested $100,000 at age 25, and you got 7% market returns for 40 years, you'd end up with $1.5 million.”
   Acquired [1:21:12](https://realalpha.app/v/ipiKIgdynZE/?t=4872)
3. Acquired · May 18, 2026 · 4 min
   **[Buffett's million-dollar bet: an index fund crushed hedge funds](https://realalpha.app/s/buffetts-million-dollar-bet-an-index-fund-crushed-hedge/)**
   > “So when all is said and done, the Vanguard 500 returns a total of 126% net after fees for the 10-year period, while the hedge fund portfolio returns just 36”
   Acquired [2:33:02](https://realalpha.app/v/ipiKIgdynZE/?t=9182)

## Recent episodes

- Acquired
  **[Seinfeld - Full Episode (Audio)](https://realalpha.app/v/Wm53dMsn5dk/)**
  17K views · Oct 19
- Acquired
  **[Vanguard: The communist capitalist who saved investors a trillion dollars (Audio)](https://realalpha.app/v/ipiKIgdynZE/)**
  [53:17](https://realalpha.app/v/ipiKIgdynZE/?t=3197) of 3:48:06 · May 18

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