Pirates of Finance
Unearth nuggets of buried treasure discovered throughout the week in the world of finance, business, and markets with Corey Hoffstein and Jason Buck. Pirates of Finance looks at the open sea of our financial world and discusses new finds, new ideas, and new trends. Pirates of Finance is livestreamed once a week on Fridays.
Latest episodes
Apr 28, 2023 • 1h 1min
Business Building | Macro Tourism, Real Estate, Human Capital & 'Reading' Books
The Pirates of Nonsense - a weekly show by @JasonCBuck and @choffstein covering everything from the cyclical nature of MaCrO speak to imagining a word without mortgages. This week, Corey calls out Jason's reading habits, building businesses, Financial Narratives all the way down, Real Estate plus much moar. Come on in, the water is fine. 00:00 Intro 09:50 Build to Sell 13:50 Corey Quits Hate Watching 19:21 Finance Narratives 28:00 Speech Cycles 46:00 Risk Balance 58:30 A World Without Mortgages ON OTHER PLATFORMS Twitter @FinancePirates https://twitter.com/FinancePirates TikTok @PiratesOfFinance https://www.tiktok.com/@piratesoffinance INTRO MUSIC By taylorgalford.bandcamp.com THIS VIDEO IS FOR ENTERTAINMENT AND INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY AND SHOULD NOT BE RELIED UP AS A BASIS FOR INVESTMENT DECISIONS. THE VIEWS EXPRESSED IN THIS SHOW ARE OF THE HOSTS AND DO NOT REFLECT THE VIEWS OF THE MUTINY FUND OR NEWFOUND RESEARCH. THE MUTINY FUND OR NEWFOUND RESEARCH MAY MAINTAIN POSITIONS IN SECURITIES DISCUSSED IN THIS SHOW.
Apr 21, 2023 • 1h
Calculating Returns | Time Travel, Recession Cascades, Privateers, BRIC House & The Return of Fun?
The Pirates of Nonsense - a weekly show by @JasonCBuck and @choffstein covering everything from properly calculating returns to how Rum changed the world. This week, the Duo cover engagement hacks, Rum, Culture, Recession speed, the BRIC house, 401k impacts and the Retirement Myth. Come on in, the water is fine. 00:00 Intro 05:11 Corey throws Jason under the bus 11:14 Return differences 18:00 Pirates vs Privateers 33:10 Are Recessions self-fulfilling prophecies? 41:20 The Pirates Pension Plan 52:18 Developing Markets 55:00 Dad Archetypes 57:20 Corey's Business Idea ON OTHER PLATFORMS Twitter @FinancePirates https://twitter.com/FinancePirates TikTok @PiratesOfFinance https://www.tiktok.com/@piratesoffinance INTRO MUSIC By taylorgalford.bandcamp.com THIS VIDEO IS FOR ENTERTAINMENT AND INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY AND SHOULD NOT BE RELIED UP AS A BASIS FOR INVESTMENT DECISIONS. THE VIEWS EXPRESSED IN THIS SHOW ARE OF THE HOSTS AND DO NOT REFLECT THE VIEWS OF THE MUTINY FUND OR NEWFOUND RESEARCH. THE MUTINY FUND OR NEWFOUND RESEARCH MAY MAINTAIN POSITIONS IN SECURITIES DISCUSSED IN THIS SHOW.
Apr 14, 2023 • 1h 8min
Capital vs Careers | Buffett Conspiracy, All-Out Pod, Value & Momentum Overlap, Chat-GPT & Falconry
The Pirates of Nonsense - a weekly show by @JasonCBuck and @choffstein covering everything from Buffett Conspiracy theories to confronting our own demise. This week, may well have been out most Interesting Episode to date. The Duo cover the Oracle in Omaha, Munger the Architect, Resturantooors, Recovery in Sports, Liquid Capital vs Careers, Value & Momentum Overlap, a special ETF then end on a cheery note of End of Life Dreams and Visions. Come on in, the water is fine. 00:00 Intro 01:00 Shandy Talk 07:30 Buffett Conspiracy theories 12:00 Corey's Great Idea 22:00 Resturantoors 35:20 Corey on Liquid Capital vs Careers 41:00 Value & Momentum Overlap 54:30 All-Out 56:50 End of Life Dreams and Visions ON OTHER PLATFORMS Twitter @FinancePirates https://twitter.com/FinancePirates TikTok @PiratesOfFinance https://www.tiktok.com/@piratesoffinance INTRO MUSIC By taylorgalford.bandcamp.com
Apr 7, 2023 • 1h 6min
Tail Risk Hedging | Nassim Taleb, The Fed, Macro 'Investing', Faith Based Alpha & Antifragility
Pirates of Finance - a weekly show by @JasonCBuck and @choffstein unearthing this week's buried treasure in the world of investing. This week, the duo SCUFF the intro, finally disagree, talk Booty Crew Drinking Games, The Risk of First Principle Thinking, talk on Taleb & how we collectively love the story of the lottery winner. 0:00 Intro 05:30 Corey's Hair 12:00 Is the Fed a trend following? 22:00 The Duo Disagree 29:12 The Pirates on Taleb 35:00 Expertise and feedback 44:03 Convexity + Path Dependency 58:00 Universa Marketing ON OTHER PLATFORMS Twitter @FinancePirates https://twitter.com/FinancePirates TikTok @PiratesOfFinance https://www.tiktok.com/@piratesoffinance INTRO MUSIC By taylorgalford.bandcamp.com THIS VIDEO IS FOR ENTERTAINMENT AND INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY AND SHOULD NOT BE RELIED UP AS A BASIS FOR INVESTMENT DECISIONS. THE VIEWS EXPRESSED IN THIS SHOW ARE OF THE HOSTS AND DO NOT REFLECT THE VIEWS OF THE MUTINY FUND OR NEWFOUND RESEARCH. THE MUTINY FUND OR NEWFOUND RESEARCH MAY MAINTAIN POSITIONS IN SECURITIES DISCUSSED IN THIS SHOW.
Apr 1, 2023 • 1h 3min
Is Corey Conscious? | Performance Chasing, Stochastic Parrots, Free Will, AI Pause & Financialization
Pirates of Finance - a weekly show by @JasonCBuck and @choffstein unearthing this week's buried treasure in the world of investing. This week, the duo nail the intro (five in a row) finally settle consciousness and free will. Then with time to spare hit on AGI, an AI Pause, Equity Flows, HOT TAKES and Financialization. 00:00 Intro 09:00 The Pirates on GOLDDD 15:30 Massive Passives 23:22 AI All the Way Down 30:48 Investing in OPENAI? 56:32 Human Capital Markets ON OTHER PLATFORMS Twitter @FinancePirates https://twitter.com/FinancePirates TikTok @PiratesOfFinance https://www.tiktok.com/@piratesoffinance INTRO MUSIC By taylorgalford.bandcamp.com THIS VIDEO IS FOR ENTERTAINMENT AND INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY AND SHOULD NOT BE RELIED UP AS A BASIS FOR INVESTMENT DECISIONS. THE VIEWS EXPRESSED IN THIS SHOW ARE OF THE HOSTS AND DO NOT REFLECT THE VIEWS OF THE MUTINY FUND OR NEWFOUND RESEARCH. THE MUTINY FUND OR NEWFOUND RESEARCH MAY MAINTAIN POSITIONS IN SECURITIES DISCUSSED IN THIS SHOW.
Mar 24, 2023 • 1h 1min
Who Wears the Risk? | Raising the "BitSignal", Domain Knowledge, Amnesia, Rum Talk & Crypto Airdrops
Pirates of Finance - a weekly show by @JasonCBuck and @choffstein unearthing this week's buried treasure in the world of investing. This week, the duo nail the intro (four in a row) with an added twist, talk "The BitSignal", Billionaires and Gell-mann Amnesia. Followed by a discussion on distribution, sponsors, Pomp, longer term plans for PoF followed with a smooth finish of Rum talk with a side of airdrops. 00:00 Intro 06:34 The BitSignal 11:30 Why listen to Billionaires 14:00 Gell-mann Amnesia 16:30 The Big Short Curse 17:40 Pomp's Public Personality 28:18 Pirate Sponsors 34:28 The point of PoF 45:00 RUM TALK 55:55 Airdrop Farmooors ON OTHER PLATFORMS Twitter @FinancePirates https://twitter.com/FinancePirates TikTok @PiratesOfFinance https://www.tiktok.com/@piratesoffinance ON OTHER PLATFORMS Twitter @FinancePirates https://twitter.com/FinancePirates TikTok @PiratesOfFinance https://www.tiktok.com/@piratesoffinance INTRO MUSIC By taylorgalford.bandcamp.com THIS VIDEO IS FOR ENTERTAINMENT AND INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY AND SHOULD NOT BE RELIED UP AS A BASIS FOR INVESTMENT DECISIONS. THE VIEWS EXPRESSED IN THIS SHOW ARE OF THE HOSTS AND DO NOT REFLECT THE VIEWS OF THE MUTINY FUND OR NEWFOUND RESEARCH. THE MUTINY FUND OR NEWFOUND RESEARCH MAY MAINTAIN POSITIONS IN SECURITIES DISCUSSED IN THIS SHOW.
Mar 17, 2023 • 1h 5min
ChatGPT Conquers the World | Youtubers Sued, Onlyfans, USDC Depegs & Treasuries all the way DOWN 🐢📉
Pirates of Finance - a weekly show by @JasonCBuck and @choffstein unearthing this week's buried treasure in the world of investing. This week, the duo nail the intro (three in a row), talk ChatGPT, Midjourney and why stock photos are dead. Not to mention caselaw for influencers, Corey goes OFF on ~Finfluencers, digital pimps and Treasuries oh my - Jam packed episode you don't want to miss. 00:00 Intro 2:30 ChatGPT 13:30 Death to Stock Photos 17:30 Corey doesn’t Kink Shame 21:30 Millennial Money Crew - Sued 26:35 Digital Pimps 30:25 Daddy Brain 42:16 CBDC - USDC 46:08 Every month brings a new crisis 49:00 Market Maker Gamesmanship 53:00 Rum talk 59:59 Snowball effects ON OTHER PLATFORMS Twitter @FinancePirates https://twitter.com/FinancePirates TikTok @PiratesOfFinance https://www.tiktok.com/@piratesoffinance DOWNLOAD OUR PODCASTS https://pod.link/1613745847 FwM https://pod.link/1402620531 Mutiny https://pod.link/1475281033 INTRO MUSIC By taylorgalford.bandcamp.com THIS VIDEO IS FOR ENTERTAINMENT AND INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY AND SHOULD NOT BE RELIED UP AS A BASIS FOR INVESTMENT DECISIONS. THE VIEWS EXPRESSED IN THIS SHOW ARE OF THE HOSTS AND DO NOT REFLECT THE VIEWS OF THE MUTINY FUND OR NEWFOUND RESEARCH. THE MUTINY FUND OR NEWFOUND RESEARCH MAY MAINTAIN POSITIONS IN SECURITIES DISCUSSED IN THIS SHOW.
Mar 10, 2023 • 1h 7min
Banks Walk the Plank 🏴☠️ | SVB, Silvergate, Mt.Gox, Mortgages & Bond Talk with a Baby Onboard
Pirates of Finance - a weekly show by @JasonCBuck and @choffstein unearthing this week's buried treasure in the world of investing. This week, the duo nail the intro (two in a row), welcome the newest member of the booty crew, breakdown banks, talk transaction costs of building businesses then touch on manic markets before closing with Self-fulfilling Psychologies and a broader Branding discussion. 00:00 Intro 01:20 IT’S A BOY 08:12 The Taxonomy of Banks 20:15 This week in startups 27:10 Transaction Costs of building companies 38:28 Bond Talk 48:15 Self-fulfilling Psychologies 55:49 Branding ON OTHER PLATFORMS Twitter @FinancePirates https://twitter.com/FinancePirates TikTok @PiratesOfFinance https://www.tiktok.com/@piratesoffinance DOWNLOAD OUR PODCASTS https://pod.link/1613745847 FwM https://pod.link/1402620531 Mutiny https://pod.link/1475281033 NTRO MUSIC By taylorgalford.bandcamp.com THIS VIDEO IS FOR ENTERTAINMENT AND INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY AND SHOULD NOT BE RELIED UP AS A BASIS FOR INVESTMENT DECISIONS. THE VIEWS EXPRESSED IN THIS SHOW ARE OF THE HOSTS AND DO NOT REFLECT THE VIEWS OF THE MUTINY FUND OR NEWFOUND RESEARCH. THE MUTINY FUND OR NEWFOUND RESEARCH MAY MAINTAIN POSITIONS IN SECURITIES DISCUSSED IN THIS SHOW.
Mar 3, 2023 • 1h 1min
Would you rather: NFTs, Watches or Pokémon? | Hedge Funds vs ETFs and Return Visibility
Pirates of Finance - a weekly show by @JasonCBuck and @choffstein unearthing this week's buried treasure in the world of investing. This week, the duo nail the intro then answer the most important FMK question ever posed, breakdown Hedge Funds vs ETFs, then Asset vs Investment Management + much moarr 00:00 Intro 06:09 FMK 38:00 Hedge Funds vs ETFs 46:58 Asset vs Investment Mgmt 53:19 What it takes to run an ETF 58:05 Unconferences ON OTHER PLATFORMS Twitter @FinancePirates https://twitter.com/FinancePirates TikTok @PiratesOfFinance https://www.tiktok.com/@piratesoffinance DOWNLOAD OUR PODCASTS https://pod.link/1613745847 FwM https://pod.link/1402620531 Mutiny https://pod.link/1475281033 INTRO MUSIC By taylorgalford.bandcamp.com THIS VIDEO IS FOR ENTERTAINMENT AND INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY AND SHOULD NOT BE RELIED UP AS A BASIS FOR INVESTMENT DECISIONS. THE VIEWS EXPRESSED IN THIS SHOW ARE OF THE HOSTS AND DO NOT REFLECT THE VIEWS OF THE MUTINY FUND OR NEWFOUND RESEARCH. THE MUTINY FUND OR NEWFOUND RESEARCH MAY MAINTAIN POSITIONS IN SECURITIES DISCUSSED IN THIS SHOW.
Feb 24, 2023 • 1h 18min
NFT Momentum | The 0 DTE option gammageddon, Managed Futures, jump risk, and NFT liquidity cascades
Pirates of Finance - a weekly show by @JasonCBuck and @choffstein unearthing this week's buried treasure in the world of investing. This week, the duo talk 0 DTE Options, Gammageddon, Equity Vol, the beasts that are CTA / Managed Futures, Jump Risk & a DEEP DIVE on the NFT Landscape + much moarr 00:00 Intro 03:30 0 DTE Options 23:27 Equity Volatility 34:35 CTA / Managed Futures Managers 54:30 Farm to Death 59:59 NFT MOMENTUM ON OTHER PLATFORMS Twitter @FinancePirates https://twitter.com/FinancePirates TikTok @PiratesOfFinance https://www.tiktok.com/@piratesoffinance Download Our Podcasts https://pod.link/1613745847 FwM https://pod.link/1402620531 Mutiny https://pod.link/1475281033 INTRO MUSIC By taylorgalford.bandcamp.com THIS VIDEO IS FOR ENTERTAINMENT AND INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY AND SHOULD NOT BE RELIED UP AS A BASIS FOR INVESTMENT DECISIONS. THE VIEWS EXPRESSED IN THIS SHOW ARE OF THE HOSTS AND DO NOT REFLECT THE VIEWS OF THE MUTINY FUND OR NEWFOUND RESEARCH. THE MUTINY FUND OR NEWFOUND RESEARCH MAY MAINTAIN POSITIONS IN SECURITIES DISCUSSED IN THIS SHOW.