This Is How a Currency Trader Actually Picks What to Buy and Sell
Most asset classes move in a fairly straightforward manner. They're either going up or down at any given time. But when it comes to currencies it's not that simple. Since they're all traded against ea...
13 Marras 201731min
History Has Some Ominous Warnings for Investors in Initial Coin Offerings
You can't go a day without hearing about ICOs or Initial Coin Offerings. By taking advantage of a regulatory gap and buzz surrounding cryptocurrencies, companies are raising millions of dollars by lau...
6 Marras 201720min
Everything You've Been Taught About How to Value a Stock Might Be Wrong
Investors are constantly poring over income statements from big companies to figure out whether they should buy or sell the business's stock. But should they bother? In this week's episode, Joe and Tr...
30 Loka 201725min
ETFs Are Eating the Financial World and They're Not Done Yet
By now, almost everyone in financial markets is familiar with ETFs (exchange-traded funds), and how they allow investors to move quickly in and out of a basket of stocks with a few clicks. But perhaps...
23 Loka 201724min
How One Trader Won Big While Everyone Else Panicked on Black Monday
On Monday October 19th, 1987, the Dow Jones fell 508 points in a one day crash that will forever be known as "Black Monday". In honor of the 30th anniversary, Joe and Tracy talk to Blair Hull, managin...
16 Loka 201729min
What We Can Learn About Market Liquidity By Looking At Everyday Life
"Liquidity" is one of the most widely-talked about yet least understood concepts in markets. Roughly speaking, a market is liquid if you can transact in it without affecting the price significantly. B...
9 Loka 201732min
Inside the Changing World of the Sell-Side Analyst
The world of sell-side analysts has been upended in recent years with intense competition, new technology and regulation in the form of MIFID. At the same time, many of the issues being faced by the a...
2 Loka 201736min
Revisiting The Strange Story Behind the Beanie Babies Bubble
To wrap up our series on financial bubbles, the Odd Lots podcast looks back at an early episode, focusing on one of the most iconic bubbles of the 20th century: Beanie Babies.Two market bubbles stand ...
25 Syys 201729min
