Episode 17: How One Analyst Uncovered a $7 Billion Fraud
In late 2008, as markets tanked thanks the the global financial crisis, two massive Ponzi schemes unraveled. One was the $17.5 billion fraud engineered by Bernie Madoff. The other was the smaller but ...
29 Feb 201625min
Episode 16: Making Money When Everyone Else is Losing Theirs
Everybody knows by now that a handful of hedge funders made a fortune by betting against housing before the market crashed back in 2008. But, people who bought at the bottom, when everyone else was pa...
22 Feb 201622min
How a Rural Irish Farmer Became an Expert on the Euro Crisis
In theory, anyone with an internet connection can became an expert on just about anything from just about anywhere. In the latest edition of Odd Lots, we speak with Lorcan Roche Kelly, a cattle farmer...
16 Feb 201629min
Episode 14: The World’s Only Stand-Up Economist
On today’s episode, we’re taking the “dismal” out of the dismal science by interviewing Yoram Bauman, who bills himself as the world’s only stand-up economist. Join us for a Laffer curve-a-minute romp...
8 Feb 201624min
Episode 13: How a Professor Won Gambling on an Obscure Sport
Episode 13: Everyone dreams of being able to win almost every time when gambling. Of course, whether it's blackjack, horse betting, poker or the stock market, it's really hard to consistently win. But...
1 Feb 201625min
Episode 12: How a Consultant Foresaw the 2015 Commodities Crash
On this episode, co-host Tracy Alloway is joined by Bloomberg Markets reporter Luke Kawa for a journey back in time. As the global elite mingle at the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Davos, S...
25 Jan 201623min
Episode 11: How David Bowie Became a Financial Product
When the world lost David Bowie this month, it lost one of modern music's undisputed geniuses. Less well-known is Bowie's contribution to the financial world. In this episode of Odd Lots, hosts Tracy ...
19 Jan 201633min
Episode 10: How the World Ended Up With a Boring Banana
This week, we're taking on one of the most fragile commodities markets around. No, it's not oil (though we do get to that later in the program), it's the market for bananas. Dangerously reliant on a s...
11 Jan 201631min
