141: Erik Townsend – Software Millionaire Fooled by ‘The Dream’ and Saved by Global Macro
Featuring on this episode is former software entrepreneur turned hedge fund manager, Erik Townsend. I’m sure some will already be quite familiar with Erik—in particular the macro investing crowd, as E...
6 Syys 20171h 34min
140: Jimmy Soni – The Life and Times of Genius Problem Solver, Claude Shannon
My guest on this episode is Jimmy Soni—who, with his co-author Rob Goodman, recently wrote the biography of Claude Shannon, titled; A Mind at Play. Shannon was born in 1916 and became one of the forem...
31 Elo 20171h 17min
139: Bobby Cho – Making Way for the 'Whales' of Cryptocurrency Markets
Bobby Cho is a cryptocurrency trader at Cumberland Mining—which is a company of DRW Trading. Ever since getting involved in financial markets, during 2008, he has gravitated towards mostly illiquid/di...
24 Elo 201742min
138: Kevin Muir – In Search of the Next Great Trade—with The Macro Tourist
During the 90’s, Kevin Muir was a proprietary derivatives trader for RBC Dominion Securities. In 2000, Kevin branched out to begin trading independently, and since 2014, he’s been writing a daily blog...
17 Elo 20171h 25min
137: Dr. William Ziemba – The Horse Bettor Exploiting Anomalies in Financial Markets
Dr. William Ziemba’s an academic, a practitioner, gambler, trader and an author. He’s worked with and consulted to many well-respected names in the field, such as; Edward Thorp, Blair Hull and the ver...
10 Elo 20171h 20min
136: Mike Agne – Take Care of the Short Term; Take Care of the Long Term
I first interviewed Mike at CWTNYC, in May 2017. The 100-listeners (give or take) who attended, will already be very familiar with Mike and there may be a few moments of déjà vu throughout this episod...
3 Elo 20171h 17min
135: Sheelah Kolhatkar – How Mastermind Trader, Steven Cohen, Bent Rules and Made Billions
Sheelah Kolhatkar is a writer at the The New Yorker, who was previously a journalist at Bloomberg Businessweek, and prior to that, a hedge fund analyst. She’s also the author of New York Times bestsel...
27 Heinä 201743min
134: BTCVIX – Bitcoin: The Magic Internet Money You Can No Longer Ignore
On this episode, I have a returning guest—who first appeared on episode 53. His name is a mystery, but he goes by the handle: @BTCVIX Episode 53 was the first time I covered Bitcoin on this podcast, a...
20 Heinä 20171h 16min
