Wall Street Quants - A History
Send us a textI have been a trader for over twenty years, and from the start of my hedge fund career working with Victor Niederhoffer I have taken a quantitative approach to researching and executing ...
6 Touko 202116min
What Are The Odds Of A Double Yolk Egg?
Send us a textTodays podcast is a fun look at probability and statistics. We learn about double yolk eggs, why do they happen, what is the probability of finding one, and if you get one double yolker...
29 Huhti 20216min
The Bitcoin Green Revolution - Is Cathie Wood Right About Bitcoin?
Send us a textWe look at the latest research from the good folks ARK Invest and payment company Square titled “Bitcoin is Key to an Abundant, Clean Energy Future”. Are Cathie Wood and Jack Dorsey rig...
26 Huhti 202114min
New Companies Vs. Old
Send us a textA study by McKinsey found that the average life-span of S&P 500 companies has fallen from 61 years in 1958 to less than 18 years today. McKinsey predict that, by 2027, 75% of the compani...
16 Huhti 202110min
Gamestop Selling New Shares $GME
Send us a textTwo months after Reddit day traders took GameStonk ( $GME ) shares to surprising heights in a massive short squeeze, the video game retailer is finally trying to cash in. On Monday, it a...
6 Huhti 20217min
The Archegos Capital Blow-up
Send us a textArchegos Capital: The little-known family office of Bill Hwang convinced almost every big bank to lend enormous sums to it. One of the so-called Tiger Cub veterans of Julian Robertson’s...
31 Maalis 202113min
The Collapse of Greensill Capital
Send us a textThe Collapse of Greensill CapitalSoftBank-backed Greensill (a fintech company) lent billions of dollars to companies that included the highly indebted metals conglomerate GFG Alliance, s...
24 Maalis 202119min
The Next Hedge Fund Scandal
Send us a textWhat is the latest free money for Wall Street Hedge Funds? SPAC Arbitrage, which is an investment strategy that seeks to acquire shares or units of a special purpose acquisition company ...
17 Maalis 202112min
