The Phil Bak Podcast
Phil Bak
The Phil Bak Podcast takes you deep into the worlds of economics, investing and entrepreneurship as Phil talks to the innovators who challenge conventional thinking and exploring the narratives that are driving market moves.
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Jun 4, 2020 • 33min
Liam Vaughan: Who caused the flash crash?
Liam Vaughan joins the podcast to talk about his recent book Flash Crash: A Trading Savant, a Global Manhunt, and the Most Mysterious Market Crash in History. The conversation includes details on how the flash crash went down, the aftermath and the resulting blame games, Nav Sarao and whether he was scapegoated, the complexity of market structure, and the status of a potential upcoming movie about the events of the flash crash.
May 29, 2020 • 49min
April Boyle: How do you inspire community entrepreneurship?
April Boyle, Founder and Executive Director of the Build Institute in Detroit, talks about how underestimated entrepreneurs and communities can build lasting wealth and ownership. April discusses Build's mission, why small business is the backbone of communities, and the challenges in getting small business funding. The conversation includes how Detroit companies are surviving the Covid shutdown, the impact of monopolies on small business, and alternative funding sources such as community capital and invisible capital. Learn more at www.buildinstitute.org
May 19, 2020 • 45min
Tariq Dennison: What is the Outlook for Asia & EM?
Phil is joined by the "Quant of Asia" Tariq Dennison. Tariq is the Founder of GFM Asset Management based in Hong Kong. Tariq explains what life has been like in Asia since Covid-19 hit, and how Hong Kong in particular has managed to contain the virus. Tariq then shares his outlook on a number of Asian and EM countries and currencies, and explains why he is bearish on gold as an investment.
May 18, 2020 • 16min
Flash episode: Will the Fed's actions lead to civil unrest?
In this flash episode, Phil talks about ETF classifications, listing rules, and why the Fed's actions will lead to civil unrest.
May 12, 2020 • 45min
Tony Greer: How does oil trade negative?
Tony Greer from TG Macro and the Morning Navigator Newsletter joins the show to talk global macro, what happened to WTI oil futures and the USO ETF, the dominance of big tech, the airline trade and whether markets are disconnected from the fundamentals.
May 5, 2020 • 48min
David Abner: What is the digitization of asset management?
David Abner, President of Dabner Capital Markets and former CEO of WisdomTree Europe joins Phil for a wide ranging conversation about the digitization of the asset and wealth management industries, where the puck is heading, and how the world will be changed post-shutdown.
May 1, 2020 • 18min
Flash episode: Why does Phil hate the Federal Reserve Bank?
In this flash episode, Phil explains everything wrong with the Fed's recent actions.
