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Grant's Interest Rate Observer
You've read their prose. Now hear their voices. Listen to Jim Grant and Evan Lorenz talk high finance, Grant's-style, with plenty of wit and historical context to enliven their discussion of today's foremost investment topics. Welcome to Grant's Radio!
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Oct 22, 2018 • 26min
The other side of the boat
Dean Curnutt, founder and chief executive officer of Macro Risk Advisors, joins Grant’s to talk markets, volatility and anticipating the future. @Dcurnutt 1:42 Today and 2017, have things changed? 5:52 #Gold, the anti-S&P 11:23 Risk parity and trend followers: The next step 19:50 Opportunities in cyclical #stocks Subscribe to the Grant's Current Yield Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, iHeart Radio, Google Play Music or listen from our website, www.grantspub.com

Oct 15, 2018 • 24min
Traffic signals
Lakshman Achuthan, co-founder of the Economic Cycle Research Institute, joins the cast of characters to review pertinent signals in growth, interest rates and inflation. 4:48 The future path of inflation 9:34 Keynes and the 1960’s 12:36 An interest rate surprise? 17:03 Financial repression and conventional indicators Subscribe to the Grant's Current Yield Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, iHeart Radio, Google Play Music or listen from our website, www.grantspub.com

Oct 9, 2018 • 31min
Kevin Warsh, former Federal Reserve governor.
Kevin Warsh, former Federal Reserve governor and distinguished fellow at the Hoover Institution, pays Grant’s a visit to discuss the state of the world and markets. 1:55 Making sense of the move in bond yields 6:20 The Fed and the market. Who’s in charge? 11:41 Generation-length trends in interest rates 20:07 David Hume, corporate profits and interest rates 23:23 The evolution of money Subscribe to the Grant's Current Yield Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, iHeart Radio, Google Play Music or listen from our website, www.grantspub.com

Sep 26, 2018 • 15min
Mix and match
Jim, Evan and Phil hold forth on the topics of the day. 0:51 Profits and interest rates 7:48 Inflation, the very long view 9:51 Human achievements and #financial cycles Subscribe to the Grant's Current Yield Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, iHeart Radio, Google Play Music or listen from our website, www.grantspub.com

Sep 14, 2018 • 23min
The path to a crisis
Dan Gertner, Grant’s alum in the run-up to and the midst of the 2008 crucible, comes back into the fold to review those years of excess and subsequent panic. 1:27 An email from Alan Fournier 7:30 A memorable lunch meeting 12:45 Parallels to the present day 19:10 Refinitiv: The largest leveraged buyout since the #crisis Subscribe to the Grant's Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, iHeart Radio, Google Play Music or listen from our website, www.grantspub.com

Sep 7, 2018 • 22min
Emerging value
John Haskell, head of research at Explorador Capital Management, joins Grant’s to assess opportunities in the particularly beaten down realm of emerging markets. 2:01 Where’s the value? 6:45 Argentina, bottom up investing under macro duress 10:43 Other opportunities in South #America 15:30 Implications of a bearish reversal in the U.S. Subscribe to the Grant's Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, iHeart Radio, Google Play Music or listen from our website, www.grantspub.com

Aug 31, 2018 • 22min
Current yield
Tony Canale, global head of research at Covenant Review, joins Grant’s to discuss what’s new in credit. 1:25 New laws in #Delaware and the J. Crew trapdoor 7:17 Overlooked risks for #corporate creditors 11:16 Triple-B, the frontier of #junk 17:30 Cycles, #fear and overconfidence Subscribe to the Grant's Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, iHeart Radio, Google Play Music or listen from our website, www.grantspub.com

Aug 13, 2018 • 15min
Summer Vacation episode
The usual suspects hold forth on a variety of financial topics, while Jim shares some of his favorite current books. 0:55 What’s happening this fall 2:25 #Gold has no friends 5:50 Yield curve: Predictions, theory and history 7:12 Beach reading, Jim Grant style Subscribe to the Grant's Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, iHeart Radio, Google Play Music or listen from our website, www.grantspub.com

Jul 30, 2018 • 26min
The battle of the interest rates
Richard Sandor, chairman and CEO of the American Financial Exchange and the Father of Financial Futures, joins Grant’s to help us make sense of the major changes that are coming to the world financial system. 1:32 What’s wrong with #Libor? 8:10 The Secured overnight #financing rate: Is it an improvement? 14:54 A potentially fraught transition from Libor 18:23 The role of #collateral 22:40 Milton Friedman, flexible exchange rates and the #gold standard Subscribe to the Grant's Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, iHeart Radio, Google Play Music or listen from our website, www.grantspub.com

Jul 19, 2018 • 13min
Summertime and the living is easy
China, the leveraged loan market, Netflix and the Los Angeles Dodgers utility-man (why not?) headline another scintillating investment discussion. 0:00 “Maximum” Max #Muncy and value investing 1:53 Cracks in the #China facade 5:19 Debt or equity? The #Netflix conundrum 11:05 Humphrey Hawkins redux and #crypto invades the CFA Subscribe to the Grant's Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, iHeart Radio, Google Play Music or listen from our website, www.grantspub.com