Adventures in Finance 21 - Ponzi Hunters: Harry Markopolos and His Dogs of Fraud
Harry Markopolos was the lone whistleblower on Bernie Maddoff's $18 billion Ponzi scheme and, in this interview, takes the whole regulatory and accounting apparatus to task in a way that will have you...
23 Kesä 20171h 9min
Adventures in Finance 20 - Cyber Warfare: Welcome to the New Normal
For years, cyberattacks on a global scale were the stuff of fiction; they have now become reality. And if the NSA isn’t safe then no one is safe. This week, we decode a potential existential threat to...
16 Kesä 20171h 18min
Adventures in Finance 19 - Over Stocked & Under Sold: A Tale of the US Shopper and the Global Economy
If you want to predict the path of the global economy, you best have a pulse on the US consumer. At 70% of the US economy, consumer spending is in the economic driver seat. We speak to Stephanie Pombo...
9 Kesä 20171h 3min
Adventures in Finance 18 - Bitcoin: Journey Beyond the Hype to a Universe of Applications
Bitcoin is all everyone can talk about and the public is downright hysterical about the price, but the price is not what you need to be focusing on. This week, we explore how Bitcoin and the underlyin...
2 Kesä 20171h 8min
Adventures in Finance 17 - Demographics Are Destiny
Neil Howe isn't only a household name for finance-types, he coined the term "Millennials" and literally wrote the book on generational analysis. This week, he shares his insights on where we stand in ...
26 Touko 20171h 9min
Adventures in Finance 16 - Having Reservations: US Restaurant Revenues Signal Recession Risk
What if restaurant sales could predict the next recession? According to Paul Westra, Senior Research Analyst at Stifel, decades of restaurant sales data accurately predicted the last two US recessions...
19 Touko 20171h 2min
Adventures in Finance 15 - Crises, Bubbles, Scandals: Financial History Uncensored (Part 1)
"The farther back you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see", Sir Winston Churchill. Men and women of historical significance understood the importance of history. Tim Price, partner and...
12 Touko 20171h 15min
Adventures in Finance 14 - Feeding the Future: Debt, Demographics, & Dinner Plates
The agricultural industry sustains human life but is taken for granted and is subject to volatile cycles. Alan Boyce, former Soros Fund Management Director and Agtech investor, talks us through the bi...
5 Touko 20171h 8min
