How Instagram Turned Into a Giant Market for Food
Avocado toast, unicorn frappuccinos, and kale salads. Taking photos of your food and putting them on Instagram is a now a huge trend that's transforming markets in more ways than one. In this edition ...
12 Maj 201733min
How a Fund Manager's Trying to Fix Some of the Mideast's Issues
When you think about the Middle East what springs to mind? Perhaps oil, maybe political instability, terrorism or even war. On this week's episode of the Odd Lots podcast we speak to someone who's try...
5 Maj 201734min
One Of The Top Chess Players Talks Computers & Options Trading
On this week's episode of the Odd Lots podcast, we talk to Hikaru Nakamura, one of the best chess players in the world. Currently ranking in the top seven, Nakamura achieved grandmaster status at a yo...
28 Apr 201738min
How to Use Pop Music to Forecast the Stock Market
When most people analyze the stock market, they look at stuff like revenues, earnings, valuations, and economic conditions. But some people like to look at the Billboard music charts or what kinds of ...
21 Apr 201728min
What Happens When Markets As We Know Them Cease to Exist
What if you woke up tomorrow and found the U.S. stock market was closed for good? That happened to investors in the Russian market after the communist revolution in 1917, leading to huge losses for pe...
13 Apr 201726min
Inside the Hidden Cycles That Rule Markets and Life
History, as you may have heard, has a tendency to repeat. But does it repeat in ways that are measurable and predictable? We speak with Peter Borish, a veteran investor and trader who is currently chi...
7 Apr 201740min
This Is How You Know When the Stock Market Is in a Bubble
One of the most fascinating market phenomenons is the bubble. When they occur, fortunes are made and lost, and the full spectrum of human emotions, from fear to greed, are on display. But what defines...
31 Mars 201729min
How a Fund Manager Teaches His Kids About Money and Banking
Plenty of people pay their kids an allowance to teach them the value of hard work and earning money. But our guest on this week’s Odd Lots podcast takes it to the next level. Toby Nangle is a fund man...
27 Mars 201730min
