Podcaster Bobby Althoff asked Mark Cuban for $50 million to buy a house. His response highlights housing affordability

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In classic Althoff fashion, she not only asked Cuban for $5 million, but she also asked him to invest in her podcast.

“I don’t know if I’d invest in a podcast,” Cuban laughed.

Although Cuban was hesitant to jump on Althoff’s investment offer, he certainly isn’t against diversifying his investments. According to his website, Cuban has invested in all kinds of goods and services—from NBA franchises to healthy bakeries (5).

Asset diversification can be a great way to protect your wealth. Often, when investors diversify, they are looking for alternative assets that differ from the stock market.

This is especially the case now, as fears of a potential AI bubble have some investors wary of keeping large chunks of their money in the stock market.

in Pioneers of AI podcast in November 2025, Cuban said: “I don’t think this is a traditional stock market bubble.” Although he warned that there could be small bubbles within the industry, “to be the market leader, they could be overspending (6).”

If you invest mostly in the S&P 500, your portfolio is very vulnerable to companies competing for the AI ​​throne. Just the five largest AI companies – Amazon, Alphabet, Apple, Meta and Microsoft – account for 30% of the S&P 500, according to CNBC (7).

If any of those companies take a downturn, investors will see their portfolios suffer.

At the Global Financial Leaders Investment Summit in November 2025, Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon said, “Equity markets are likely to decline by 10 to 20% over the next 12 to 24 months.”

With that kind of warning sign, diversification isn’t just smart—it’s necessary.

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