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 Tiger Management fund, Hwang was, after all, a man who had run into trouble before, having been banned from trading in Hong Kong and fined millions in the US to settle illegal trading charges in 2012. Hwang, used to run a hedge fund called Tiger Asia, but he returned outside money aft...
31 Mar 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, silicon valley Construction Technology company Katerra and West Virginia mining company Bluestone Resources. These loans were packaged into bonds which were sold as a fund by Credit Suisse.Greensill was funded by its own German-based and regulated bank and via Zurich-based Credit Suisse Asset Mana...
24 Mar 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 (“SPAC”) at or below its net asset value (“NAV”) in order to generate a return through either:An exit at a premium to NAV once the SPAC announces a business combinationAn exit at NAV, being the IPO price plus accrued interest, while keeping the SPAC WarrantIzzy Englander’s Millennium Management i...
17 Mar 202112min
The Infinite Money Machine
Send us a textThe story I am about to tell you will contradict almost everything I have taught people about risk and return, about how easy it is to make money and about arbitrage in markets. Today I’m going to tell you how an experimental physicist Konstantin Anikeev discovered an infinite money machine and used it to make $310 thousand dollars. In addition he made this money in such a way that the IRS could not even tax him on the income. because Konstantin doesn’t have to pay taxes o...
10 Mar 20217min
Top Five Corporate Scandals of The Century
Send us a textIn today's Podcast we look at some of the biggest corporate scandals since the turn of the century. They are listed in no particular order - let’s see if there is anything we can learn from them.Patrick's Books:Statistics for The Trading Floor: https://amzn.to/3eerLA0Derivatives For The Trading Floor: https://amzn.to/3cjsyPFCorporate Finance: https://amzn.to/3fn3rvC Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/PatrickBoyleOnFinanceVisit our website: www.onf...
6 Mar 202121min
The Best Performing Stocks of The Last 100 Years
Send us a textIn today's podcast we discuss the top performing stocks of the last 100 years. Which countries have had the best performing stock markets, and which factors drive outperformance. Every year, in association with Credit Suisse, Elroy Dimson, Paul Marsh and Mike Staunton of London Business School, release The Credit Suisse Global Investment Returns Yearbook which analyses global market returns since 1900. The 2020 edition gives us the insights gleaned from examining 120...
19 Feb 20219min
Victor Haghani - From Long Term Capital Management To Elm Partners - Investing Lessons
Send us a textIn today's podcast Patrick Boyle interviews Victor Haghani, former Long Term Capital Management Partner about Salomon Brothers in the days of Liars Poker, What it was like working at LTCM, different approaches to investing, short squeezes, arbitrage and how Victor invests today. We talk briefly about the GameStop short squeeze, Melvin Capital and why Steve Cohen and Citadel might have invested more money.Victor has spent more than 40 years in the world of finance, from the Londo...
12 Feb 202159min
Day Trading and Leverage - The Kelly Criterion
Send us a textThis weeks podcast discusses some of the lessons that can be taken from the world of gambling that might help a trader with sizing their trades. We discuss what returns a trader might reasonably expect from the market. We look at the Kelly criterion (also known as the Kelly system or Kelly formula), to see if it can provide any insights to investors.Patricks' Books:Statistics for Traders: https://amzn.to/3eerLA0Financial Derivatives: https://amzn.to/3kwsPSrCo...
4 Feb 202119min
