How To Stop The Fiscal Emergency Facing U.S. Cities And States
With the U.S. economy going into a deep slump, the Federal government has attempted to counteract the pain by increasing spending. But for cities and states, it’s virtually impossible for them to run ...
13 Apr 202043min
Here’s What’s Happening With Those Korean Structured Notes That Bet Against Market Volatility
Earlier this year on Odd Lots, we did an episode about Korean structured investment products that were sold to retail investors, whose performance was tied to various market indices around the world. ...
9 Apr 202040min
Tom Barrack On The Crisis In The Commercial Real Estate Market
The commercial real estate market has been clobbered in this crisis, as restaurants and stores virtually shut down entirely throughout the month of March. On this week’s Odd Lots episode, we speak to ...
6 Apr 202040min
Zoltan Pozsar and Perry Mehrling On The Historic Crisis Of Financial Market Plumbing
The plumbing of the financial system is coming under strain like never before. On this week’s podcast, we speak with two legendary experts on how the money system works: Zoltan Pozsar of Credit Suisse...
30 Mars 202054min
How The Crisis Nearly Blew Up One Of The World’s Safest Trades
In normal times, U.S. Treasuries are the ultimate safe haven. They are highly liquid and guaranteed to pay out. So when people want to hide out during periods of economic and financial market volatili...
26 Mars 202054min
A Longstanding Fear About The Corporate Debt Market May Finally Be Coming True
For a long time, people have been warning that corporate debt could be the major source of vulnerability in today's economy. And the market meltdown that we've been seeing since the beginning of March...
23 Mars 202041min
How A Macro Manager Is Trading On One Of The Wildest Markets In History
Markets around the world are so extremely volatile that nobody can think of any perfect precedent. There are shades of the Great Recession, 1987, the period in the wake of 9/11, and other moments of e...
19 Mars 202045min
How Saudi Arabia Delivered A Blow To U.S. Shale Companies At The Worst Possible Moment
Saudi Arabia recently announced that it was engaging in a full-on price war by pumping oil like crazy. At one point, after the move, the price of Brent Crude plunged 31%. This was a body blow to U.S. ...
16 Mars 202039min
