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Plant Some Petunias: Hindenburg, 360, ESG
Matt and Katie discuss how hard it is to make money as a short-focused researcher, how not to get the best rate on a savings account, and whether ESG…
1 year, 8 months ago
Sick and Aging Trees: GSE, MBA, ICE
Katie and Matt discuss the return of the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac trade, a business school class project that came true in real life, and taking co…
1 year, 9 months ago
Unfeasibly Tanned for This Time of Year: A Mailbag Episode
Katie and Matt answer reader questions about their paths into the world of finance, goth closing bell ceremonies, government insider trading, buying …
1 year, 9 months ago
Half Backronym: PISCES, ACI, MSTR
Katie and Matt discuss insider trading in private companies, the process of generating financial acronyms, supermarket antitrust, the grand reopening…
1 year, 9 months ago
Thin Gruel: Tetrahedron, Target, Firing
Katie and Matt talk about levels of financial celebrity, The Onion's efforts to buy Infowars out of bankruptcy, whether DEI is securities fraud, and …
1 year, 9 months ago
Good Conspiracy: ESG, Assemblies, HPS
Katie and Matt discuss whether index funds are illegal, whether ESG investing leads to cartel-like profits, whether jury duty for index fund investor…
1 year, 10 months ago
Chickenization: An Odd Lots Crossover
Katie and Matt sit down with Tracy Alloway and Joe Weisenthal, hosts of the Odd Lots podcast, to discuss their new series on the chicken industry, Ra…
1 year, 10 months ago
Perpetual Motion Machine: Adani, MSTR, OSTK
Matt and Katie discuss the Adani bribery charges, the future of FCPA enforcement, MicroStrategy's Bitcoin strategy and the technology and legality of…
1 year, 10 months ago
Generous Portion: FTC, CMG, ETF
Matt and Katie talk about merger arbitrage, affordable luxury handbags, burrito bowl sizing, securities fraud and double Warren Buffett.
Become a Blo…
1 year, 10 months ago
Garlic Cartel: Markets, Credit, Code
Matt and Katie discuss the price of garlic, anticompetitive price disclosure, the private credit gold rush and (allegedly) downloading quant models a…
1 year, 11 months ago