Best and Final: WBD, IPO, BNPL
Katie and Matt discuss the Warner Bros. bidding war, negotiating against yourself, having your dad buy companies for you, Bleenberg, breakup fees, trillion-dollar IPOs, getting in on the third floor, ...
12 Joulu 202526min
Flying High in Bird Heaven: MSTR, PSUS, ETF
Matt and Katie discuss corporate holiday parties, shareholder meetings, the Strategy narrative arc, Strategy's dollar reserve, an ouroboros of newsletters, digital asset treasury companies in indexes,...
5 Joulu 202528min
Re-run: Gappy Paleologo
In an episode from July, Katie and Matt talk with Gappy Paleologo of Balyasny Asset Management about gardening leave, what makes a good quant researcher, factor models, the social function of hedge fu...
28 Marras 202554min
Bat Tat: Labubu, OBDC, Frank
Katie and Matt discuss Batman, Labubu binary options, sneaker manipulation, publicly traded private credit, OBDC, OBDC II, private credit marks, Frank's email list, indemnification and cellulite butte...
21 Marras 202528min
Mouth Noises: 50y, ISS, HF
Katie and Matt discuss ASMR, 50-year mortgages, Fannie and Freddie, housing as a positional good, indentured servitude, assumable and/or portable mortgages, Matt’s mortgage rate, optimal exercise of p...
14 Marras 202531min
Fat Wallet: Tariffs, Mergers, Brands
Katie and Matt discuss tariffs, skeptical questions, nondelegation, major questions, reimbursement, the Metsera deal, amylin targeting, Sam Bankman-Fried’s appeal, alleged fraud at First Brands, facto...
7 Marras 202525min
Kinda Spooky: META, AI, TSLA
Katie and Matt discuss Halloween costumes, AI capital spending, hybrid financing, K-cup JVs, investment grade private credit, the metaverse (?!?), the OpenAI reorganization, OpenAI capital needs and g...
31 Loka 202529min
Indoor Cat: JPM, AI, 777
Katie and Matt discuss JPMorgan’s new headquarters, in-office pubs, in-office gyms, the JPMorgan District, specialist fine-tuning of AI models, pls fix memes, crushing investment banking analysts’ hop...
24 Loka 202530min
