We have a special podcast for you today. We're getting the Mutiny team together. Taylor and I are doing a podcast together for the first time in a long time. We discuss Complexity Economics, Sugarscapes, Adaptive Walks vs Random Jumps, Bullwhip Effects, Spherical Cow Problem and more!  Links mentioned in this show:  https://mutinyfund.com/origin-of-wealth/ https://ergodicityeconomics.com/2018/05/29/the-copenhagen-experiment/ https://gist.github.com/chitchcock/1281611 https://fee.org/resources/i-pencil/ I hope you enjoy this conversation with Taylor as much as I did...  

In this episode, I talk with Max Arb - @max_arbitrage. Max is anonymous on Twitter and is a doctor that has built, sold, and still runs several successful medical practices. We talk about generational wealth transfer of businesses, how to manage investment allocations, Via Negativa, balance sheet vs. income statement, and cognitive biases. I hope you enjoy this conversation with Max as much as I did...  

In this episode, I talk with Devin Anderson, CEO and co-founder of Convexitas. Devin is an investment manager dedicated to delivering high performance derivative overlays for families and institutions. He is responsible for firm governance, compliance, business development, and technology. Devin and I talk about Google AI bot sentience, syntax vs. semantics, Turing test, AI-Pascal's wager, sell side research into option flows, Man+Machine in Vol trading and much more!  Links mentioned in this show:  Star Trek: The Next Generation - Sentient Being  https://cajundiscordian.medium.com/what-is-lamda-and-what-does-it-want-688632134489 https://cajundiscordian.medium.com/is-lamda-sentient-an-interview-ea64d916d917 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/alpha-exchange/id1442284870?i=1000566290184 I hope you enjoy this conversation with Devin as much as I did...  

In this episode, I talk with Eric Crittenden, Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Standpoint, an investment firm focused on bringing all-weather portfolio solutions to US investors.  Eric plays an active role in the firms’ research, portfolio management, product innovation, business strategy, environments and client facing activities. He believes using an all-wealth approach is the most effective way to prepare for a wide rage of market environments, while producing meaningful investment returns with limited downside risk. Eric has over 20 years experience researching, designing, and managing alternative asset portfolios on behalf of families, individuals, financial advisors, and other institution investors.  Eric and I talk about circuitous paths with multi-year dead-end rabbit holes, simplicity can be the ultimate sophistication, what do clients want? What's wrong with the investing industry, strategy scaling? For people who want to understand the capital efficiency argument, this is helpful: Backtest Portfolio Asset Allocation (portfoliovisualizer.com) Portfolio 1 = a blend of the more popular managed futures strategies Portfolio 2 =  100% Portfolio 1 + 50% global equities. Equities come at the expense of T-bills Portfolio 3 = standpoint   Towards the end, Eric was referencing a bond video. Here’s the link: https://www.standpointfunds.com/content/bond-return-simulator I hope you enjoy this conversation with Eric as much as I did...  

In this episode, I talk with Volatility trader, Darrin Johnson.  Darrin and I talk about all the things that traders never discuss.  The dual role of being an independent trader and a family man and if balance is possible.  What it's like to have your trader P&L also be your families balance sheet and what to do when you need a vacation. I hope you enjoy this conversation with Darrin as much as I did...      

Welcome to part two of the special edition podcast, What Happens in Vegas, where RCM's Jeff Malec @AttainCap2 and I discuss the EQ Derivatives conference that we recently attended at the Las Vegas Wynn Hotel. I highly recommend you go over to the Derivative podcast and check out part one of our discussion.  I also recommend you check out EQ Derivatives. It's a tremendous source for volatility options and all forms of derivatives trading.  I hope you enjoy this conversation with Jeff as much as I did…

In this episode, I talk with Corey Hoffstein, co-founder of and Chief Investment Officer at Newfound Research. Newfound Research LLC is a quantitative investment and research firm dedicated to helping investors pro-actively navigate the risks of investing through thought leadership and investment acumen. At Newfound, Corey is responsible for portfolio management, investment research, strategy development, and communication of the firm's views to clients. Corey holds a Master of Science in Computational Finance from Carnegie Mellon University and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, cum laude, from Cornell University. I hope you enjoy this conversation with Corey as much as I did...  

In this episode, I talk with PJ Pierre from Denali Asset Management.  PJ and I talk about MMT as taught to him by Warren Mosler.  Being an autodidact trader.  How banks create money.  The different forms of money as credit historically.   What is the Haitian dollar.   I hope you enjoy this conversation with PJ as much as I did...

In this episode, I talk with Zed Francis, co-founder and CIO of Convexitas. Convexitas is a fiduciary that works with families and institutions to maintain balance and flexibility. Convexitas is more than a manager or a product – they provide tools that bring balance to your allocation process. When you know Convexitas will provide liquidity during times of distress, you are free to make better allocation decisions and avoid becoming a forced seller. Liquidity enables proactive opportunity capture without the fear of inopportune liquidations to service capital calls, charitable obligations, or financing lifestyle. Zed and I talk about the current rhetoric that is still focused on buying the dip.  We talk about his recent essay The Storm Provides, what happens when you have end of day rebalancing creating vol smashes.  His thoughts on: housing market, inflation affecting correlations, and cash efficient portfolios.   I hope you enjoy this conversation with Zed as much as I did...  

In this episode, I talk with Kris Sidial, Co-CIO at The Ambrus Group. The Ambrus Group is a volatility arbitrage focused firm that was founded in 2020. The firm takes pride in having a math-driven ethos that specializes in leveraging an in-depth knowledge of volatility skew. Ambrus applies a discretionary twist to quantitative volatility strategies with the purpose of protecting investors from tail risk events in the U.S equity markets. Kris and I talk about "buy the dip" dynamics to markets. Can a hedged market crash? The no ego style of managing a Hedge Fund. Opportunities for retail investors in areas that institutions will not touch. How did he trade the VXX dislocation. I hope you enjoy this conversation with Kris as much as I did...