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Back to SearchTodd Rapp, CEO, Fortress Multi-Manager Group
Episode 235
Todd Rapp got his career started in equity options at Goldman Sachs in the late 1990’s, a wild time in which a bubble inflated and burst and provided critical lessons in both gamma and vega risk in t…
Published on 5 hours ago
Jessica Stauth, CIO, Systematic Equity, Fidelity Investments
Episode 234
It was a pleasure to welcome Jessica Stauth, CIO for Systematic Equities at Fidelity Investments, to the Alpha Exchange. Our discussion explores how quant investing has evolved through cycles of mark…
Published on 1 week ago
Price is the Only Fundamental
Episode 233
They say there’s always a bull market somewhere and a chart on doom commentary has surely been up and to the right. Perhaps it’s been the joint decline in the equity and crypto markets. NVDA is down …
Published on 2 weeks ago
Megan Miller, Senior Portfolio Manager and Head of Options Solutions, Allspring Global Investments
Episode 232
Welcome back to the Alpha Exchange. In today’s episode, I am joined by Megan Miller, Senior Portfolio Manager and Head of the Options Solutions team at Allspring Global Investments. Her career spans …
Published on 2 weeks, 4 days ago
Jordi Visser, CEO of Visser Labs and Head of AI Macro Research at 22V
Episode 231
On this episode of the Alpha Exchange, I’m pleased to welcome back Jordi Visser, CEO of Visser Labs and Head of AI Macro Research at 22V. Our conversation centers on one of the most consequential the…
Published on 3 weeks ago
Alex Kazan, Partner and Geopolitical Co-Lead, Brunswick Group
Episode 230
The global economic and geopolitical order has long been balanced by the United States. Today, however, that traditional stabilizing role is in flux. The drivers of market uncertainty, typically resu…
Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
Is US Stock Market Wealth a Reflexive Risk?
Episode 229
Loyal listeners, I hope your recent days have gone well, even if they are becoming shorter. On my mind – and where I hope to engage your interest for 20 odd minutes – is the topic of risk and uncerta…
Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
Ben Hoff, Global Head of Commodity Strategy Société Générale
Episode 228
The distribution of asset price returns is a subject of much study in the literature of empirical finance. We know, of course, that equity returns are left-tailed, subject to the occasional violent p…
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Low Correlation is the Defining Risk in Markets
Episode 227
They say that diversification is the only “free lunch” in markets. Scatter your bets around and you’ll realize a reduction in volatility that helps you manage risk. That’s been happening at an epic s…
Published on 2 months, 1 week ago
David Puritz, Founder and Chief Investment Officer, Shaolin Capital Management
Episode 226
It was a pleasure to welcome David Puritz back to the Alpha Exchange. A colleague of mine from 25 years ago and now the CIO of Shaolin Capital Management, Dave has some excellent insights to share on…
Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago