Introduction

Meet the Audience (30 Mins with the host 1 on 1) – Please Use This Form https://forms.gle/G3EyVBevjJAq2JHf8 Brendan has more than a decade of industry experience in investments and public finance since graduating from James Madison University with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Finance and Accounting. For the last several years, Brendan has worked as a Registered Investment Advisor for Lafayette Investments. For Lafayette, Brendan manages a portion of the $800 million in assets under management, primarily for high-net-worth individuals. Brendan is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charterholder. He has served on various boards and committees, including the James Madison University College of Business Board of Advisors (former Associate Board Member), Cystic Fibrosis Foundation’s Maryland Chapter (Board Member), Can Educate (Board Member) and the Member Engagement Committee for CFA Society Washington D.C. (former Committee Member). Brendan is a two-time winner of the Tomorrow’s Leader Award for his contributions to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Brendan is the author of two books: Markets in Chaos: A History of Market Crises Around the World (published by Business Expert Press) and The Wandering Investor. We talk about Brendan’s book and research on market crises around the world. We start with the most recent global COVID pandemic and the market chaos that followed. We take a tour around the world, stopping by in Iceland, and taking a fresh look at what happened there over a decade ago. Icelanders became three times richer in three years as leverage, and banking led to trouble. Brendan shares stories of crises in Latin America and Asia. We have a longer conversation about the dangers of inflation, and specifically hyperinflation. Our trip around the world wouldn’t be complete without a stop in Africa. We both have great curiosity about the 1970s in the US, the Japanese stock market rise and fall in the 1980s. We both strongly believe that there is always a lot to learn from history, and past market crises can teach us a lot. They expand our imagination and show us how to navigate some more stormy seas. Author: Markets in Chaos: A History of Market Crises Around the World Markets in Chaos: A History of Market Crises Around the World: Brendan Hughes: 9781637425145: Amazon.com: Books The Wandering Investor The Wandering Investor: Hughes, Brendan: 9781098320317: Amazon.com: Books NEVER INVESTMENT ADVICE.