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Private Money Lending – Zinc Income Fund – w/Todd Pigott

November 15, 2021

Listen to Todd, founder and owner of Zinc Income Fund, a specialty lender in the residential rehab and resale business.  These securitized loans are  of less than 2 years duration, and pay Zinc’s investors monthly payouts. In a day of record low interest rates this strategy has a strong track record of above market payouts…

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Investing in Private Companies – KingsCrowd.com – w/Chris Lustrino

July 23, 2021

Until now, investors could invest into publicly traded companies that are listed on the exchanges (NY Stock Exchange, NASDAQ, etc.), with all information re: these companies being made available to the public via quarterly earnings announcements and audited financial reports.  But, the vast majority of companies are private, so investing in them was much more…

Commodities Trading – Auspice Capital – w/Tim Pickering

July 1, 2021

Having spent his entire career in commodities trading, holdng a variety of high level positions w/various major trading firms, Tim started Auspice in 2005.  Focusing on their COM ETF, which is marketed and made available to the public thru Direxion family of mutual funds, It is a tactical, diversified basket of commodities that can be…

Passive Investing in Agriculture and Agribusiness – HarvestReturns.com- w/Chris Rawley

July 1, 2021

Following a distinguished career as a Naval Officer, Chris started the firm in 2016, investing in various farming and  agriculture diversified portfolios.  They match investors w/farming and agribusiness players, in Private Placement projects, typically w/equity positions.  Focused on the smaller, retail investors, this approach is fairly new and they are very active in the “Indoor…

Commodities and Futures Trading – BubbaTrading.com – w/Andrew Hecht

May 3, 2021

A three plus decade Commodities and Futures trader and prolific writer and contributor for Seeking Alpha, Andrew offers great insight into the world of commodities and futures trading.  Never without an opinion, and always ready to defend his positions, Andrew is a delight to interview, as you will see.  If you are at all interested…

Avoiding Over Priced Stocks By Managing Risk Like Actuaries – New Age Alpha – w/Julian Koski

April 30, 2021

Co-Founder of New Age Alpha, Julian explains the unique methodology of the firm’s investment strategy.  Seeking to differentiate the losers from winners, NAA focuses on the “Human Risk Factors” that have been factored into the expected company performance in the future,  NAA’s strategy seeks to rely only on the hard data in the company’s financial…

Investing in E-Sports and iGaming ETF’s- Roundhill Investments – w/Mario Stefanidis

April 30, 2021

Thematic ETF’s have been developed to focus on particular themes of the investment marketplace.  Two of those themes are E-Sports and Gaming/Media Entertainment.  Listen to Mario discuss and explain two of Roundhill’s ETF’s focusing on these themes.  No question, these are avant-garde investment pursuits, now available to all investors thru a liquid investment vehicle, focused…

“Insider Monkey” – Following the Best Performing Hedge Funds – w/Dr. Ian Dogan

April 30, 2021

Dr. Dogan specializes in and researches the trading of company “Insiders” and the active trades of the 10% highest performing Hedge Funds, and publishes that information for his clients. In this interview he tells us what his research uncovers and how that information can be used productively by investors and advisors.  Knowing what companies have…

Futures Commodities Trading – Capital Trading Group – w/Nell Sloane

March 27, 2021

A 30 plus year veteran in the futures commodities trading arena, and Co-Founder of CTG, Nell tells us about the industry and opportunities of trading commodities in the futures markets.  With retail and institutional traders/investors, typically thru Commodity Trading Advisors (CTA’s), this is a less well known portion of the trading industry, and focuses on…

Why & How to Invest in Gold and Precious Metals – Sprott Asset Management – w/Ed Coyne

March 22, 2021

Listen to Ed Coyne,, Senior Managing Director, for Sprott., who started his career as an Architect, educated at the Univ of Missouri, and switched to asset management over 30 years ago.  Sprott manages over $17 Billion, and focuses on Precious Metals and Real Assets, in variety of formats.  He discusses the reasons to own Precious…

Stock Traders Almanac 2021 – w/Jeffrey Hirsch, Editor and Publisher

March 15, 2021

“Sell in May and Go Away” – We’ve all heard it, but does it work?  Is it a long term strategy, or has it worked better or worse over the past 10 years?  How has it worked on the NASDAQ 100?  Has a simple Technical  Indicator enhanced or lessened the return? The STA has long…

Tailored Portfolio Outcomes thru Options – Simplify.us – w/Paul Kim, CFA

March 2, 2021

After a distinguished career @ PIMCO and the Principal, establishing ETF’s, Paul co-founded Simplify to create for Advisors Options based strategies that defined the potential outcomes upfront thru Options.  Listen to how Simplify.us creates these strategies and how they can be used by Advisors.  We hope you enjoy it.

“Exotic Alternative Investments” – Dr. Kevin Mirabile

March 1, 2021

Dr. MIrabile, a professor of finance @ Fordham University,  tells  us about his recent book, “Exotic Alternative Investments” and it is fascinating.  Taking the subject well beyond the usual “Liquid Alts” he delves into far less known categories of “Alternative Investments’ and discusses their strengths, weaknesses and the pros and cons of over 20 different…

Mortgage Note Investing – Bequest Funds w/Martin Saenz

January 30, 2021

Martin founded Bequest Funds in 2012 and tells us how he creates better than market cash flow returns for their investors by purchasing performing mortgages at a discount on residences t/o the country from banks and hedge funds and working w/the borrowers to work thru any past issues, keep them in their home, while creating…

Tactical Investing thru Index Funds – Blue Print Inv. Partners – w/Jon Robinson

January 7, 2021

Listen to Jon Robinson, co-founder and CEO, who reveals his unique way of landing his first job following college (w/Bear Stearns no less).  He eventually helped established Blue Print, which provides both tactical investing services w/Index Funds, plus practice management services for Advisors.  His, and Blue Print’s, approach is based on the “Behavior” of the…

Investing in Opportunity Zones – Nest Opportunity Fund – w/ Clint Edgington

December 29, 2020

Clint Edgington, CFA, Founder and Principal of Beacon Hill Advisors and creators of the NEST Opportunity Fund, investing in real estate development in Opportunity Zones in Columbus, OH and Lexington, KY, focused on Multi-Family and Single Family development projects.  Clint describes the potential capital gain tax benefits of Opportunity Zones and the compelling opportunities of…

Structured Outcome Investing – True Shares ETF’s – w/Mike Loukas

December 17, 2020

With the U.S. Equities in a significantly rising market many investors feel caught between the fear of missing out but recognizing that asset prices may well be over extended and see the probability that a major pull back or even correction could occur at any time.  It is a challenging situation.  True Shares has created…

Structured Outcome Investing – True Shares ETF’s – w/Mike Loukas

December 17, 2020

With the U.S. Equities in a significantly rising market many investors feel caught between the fear of missing out but recognizing that asset prices may well be over extended and see the probability that a major pull back or even correction could occur at any time.  It is a challenging situation.  True Shares has created…

The Current & Future Economy – w/Dr. Bob Dieli of the “No Spin Forecast”

October 14, 2020

After 7 months of lockdown there is wide disparity of opinion on the economy, stock market, expected future movement, etc.  A longtime friend and favorite of our show, Dr. Bob Dieli, PhD in Economics and former top economic advisor to several banks and institutions, provides his take on what has happened, is happening and is…

The Current & Future Economy – w/Dr. Bob Dieli of the “No Spin Forecast”

October 14, 2020

After 7 months of lockdown there is wide disparity of opinion on the economy, stock market, expected future movement, etc.  A longtime friend and favorite of our show, Dr. Bob Dieli, PhD in Economics and former top economic advisor to several banks and institutions, provides his take on what has happened, is happening and is…

Credit Investing – Verdad Capital – w/Greg Obenshain

March 20, 2020

The credit markets receive far less attention than they should in the marketplace, given the amount of money that is invested there. With a strong background in Private Equity, Verdad has conducted a significant amount of research into what has made Private Equity so successful as an investment strategy, and have found much of the…

An Economist’s View of the Markets – w/Dr. Mira Farka

February 25, 2020

Ever effervescent and lively, Dr. Mira is an Economist raised behind the Iron Curtain in a Communist country, now a Columbia University trained PhD in Economics and accomplished speaker and presenter t/o So. Calif on the economy, and Co-Director of the Woods Center for Economic Analysis and Forecasting @ Cal State Fullerton, Dr. Mira shares…

Private Asset Management – Harloff Capital Management – w/Gary Harloff

February 21, 2020

Gary, a PhD in Aeronautical Engineering, spent decades in this field, including time w/NASA.  In 1994 he started Harloff Capital to create investment strategies and manage assets. His focus is on market selection and rotation, not individual stocks.  Listen to his views of how to select those markets he believes are the most likely to…

Sector Rotation Strategy – State Street Global Advs’rs – w/ Michael Arone

February 6, 2020

Listen to Michael, the Chief Investment Strategist for SSGA, which is the 3rd largest money manager in the world, w/ over $3 Trillion in Assets Under Management and the founders of the SPY ETF in 1993, the S&P 500 Index ETF, the first ETF and the largest traded security in the country.  Michael discusses his…

Tax Efficient & Socially Responsible Investing – Advisor Partners – w/Rahul Agrawal

February 3, 2020

Started by Dr. Andrew Rudd, former Professor of Finance @ Cornell Univ, Advisor Partners focuses on providing niche services in tax efficient investing and SRI, all with advanced technologies and proficiency in these areas. They perform tax harvest strategies as well as SRI investment selection tailored to the specific portfolio and goals of each client. …