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Back to SearchMitchell Garfin, Co-Head of Leveraged Finance, BlackRock
Episode 215
With nearly three decades at BlackRock, Mitch Garfin brings a deep well of experience to his role as Co-head of Leveraged Finance, overseeing high yield and leveraged loan strategies for the firm. In…
Published on 6 months ago
Sayings on Vol and Risk...A Fresh Five
Episode 214
In 2024, I did a 5-part podcast series called “25 Sayings on Vol and Risk”. These are observations I’ve found do a nice job of describing how markets work, or perhaps better said, how markets someti…
Published on 6 months ago
Benjamin Bowler, Managing Director and Global Head of Equity Derivatives Research at Bank of America
Episode 213
As Global Head of Equity Derivatives Research at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Ben Bowler is helping the firm’s institutional client base understand the complex risk dynamics that impose themselves …
Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago
Corey Hoffstein, CIO, Newfound Research
Episode 212
Corey Hoffstein, the Co-Founder and CIO of Newfound Research is among the investors expanding the financial product set available to the RIA community. A client segment that has long been fed a diet …
Published on 7 months, 1 week ago
The VIXgilantes Strike Back
Episode 211
In six short trading days from 4/2 to 4/9, the SPX realized as much vol as it did during the ENTIRE year of 2024. The protracted risk-off that began with the “Liberation Day” fallout ranks only behin…
Published on 7 months, 1 week ago
Matt King, Founder, Satori Insights
Episode 210
For Matt King, evaluating market risk is often about pinpointing vulnerabilities within the financial system. Over the many years he's been advising institutional investors, he's gone where the actio…
Published on 7 months, 2 weeks ago
Steve Englander, Head of G10 FX and North America Macro Strategy, Standard Chartered
Episode 209
Market risk events come in all shapes and sizes, originating from unique sources of uncertainty. We've seen them all - valuation bubble unwinds, mortgage credit crashes, Fed policy shocks, even the s…
Published on 7 months, 2 weeks ago
The Vol Shock Heard 'Round the World
Episode 208
Lenin purportedly said, “There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen.” It’s difficult to understate how highly consequential these past few days have been. We li…
Published on 8 months ago
Campbel Harvey, Professor of Finance, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University
Episode 207
Best known for his seminal work on the information content of the US Treasury yield curve nearly 4 decades ago, Campbell Harvey has produced meaningful academic research in all corners of empirical f…
Published on 8 months, 1 week ago
GeoVolitics and Gold
Episode 206
In this discussion, I review the absolutely stunning level of volatility experienced by the S&P 500 right around this time 5 years ago, as the market crash resulting from the Covid shutdowns occurred…
Published on 8 months, 2 weeks ago