Patrick Boyle On Finance
Patrick Boyle
This podcast is all about quantitative finance and financial history. Subscribe to hear about financial markets, derivatives, and how investors use quantitative tools from statistics and corporate finance theory. Included are interviews with some of the most interesting thinkers in finance. Occasional longer form financial documentaries, open up fascinating elements of financial markets history. Patrick Boyle is a quantitative hedge fund manager, a university professor, and a former investment banker. To contact Patrick visit http://onfinance.org Find Patrick on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/c/PatrickBoyleOnFinance DISCLAIMER:This podcast is not affiliated with any financial institution. The information provided is for entertainment purposes only and does not constitute financial advice. Those seeking investment advice should seek out a registered professional in their home jurisdiction and confirm their credentials on your national regulator's website. Patrick Boyle is not responsible for any investment actions taken by viewers and his content should not be used as a basis for investment or other financial decisions.
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Aug 30, 2022 • 28min
The 1987 Crash - Wall Street History
Send us a textThe first global financial crisis erupted in the autumn of 1987 on a day known as “Black Monday.” A chain reaction of market distress sent stock exchanges around the world plummeting in a matter of hours. In the United States, the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 22.6 percent in a single trading session, a loss that remains the largest one-day stock market decline in history. At the time, it marked the sharpest market downturn in the United States since the Great Depre...
Aug 25, 2022 • 18min
The European Cost Of Living Crisis!
Send us a textRising energy prices could push UK inflation as high as 18% next year according to Citi. European gas prices rose sharply this week due to supply fears, after Gazprom Russia’s energy firm announced it would shut down the Nord Stream 1 pipeline - the main gas supply line to Europe - to complete three days of unplanned maintenance.Right now, Britain and the EU are in the middle of a cost-of-living crisis driven by energy inflation. What can be done to prevent this from happening a...
Aug 19, 2022 • 17min
Will The Inflation Reduction Act Reduce Inflation?
Send us a textThis Tuesday Joe Biden signed into law a sweeping tax, healthcare, and climate bill, called the Inflation Reduction Act, a significantly pared back version of the “Build Back Better Plan” which he was pushing for last year.Fans of the new law claim that it will improve citizens’ finances while reducing the federal deficit and critics say it will lead to higher taxes for individuals and corporations, and that it will be ineffective at dampening inflation. Let’s look at the new le...
Aug 12, 2022 • 14min
A Mistake To Avoid!
Send us a textThis week, let's talk about Cathie Wood and The Ark Invest Disruptive Innovation Fund to see if there is anything we can learn from the rise and fall of ARKK? What mistakes do investors make when selecting funds to invest in.Jack Schwager - Market Sense & Nonsense: https://amzn.to/3SKBRgt Patrick's Books:Statistics For The Trading Floor: https://amzn.to/3eerLA0Derivatives For The Trading Floor: https://amzn.to/3cjsyPFCorporate Finance: https://amzn.to...
Aug 4, 2022 • 16min
What Killed Sri Lanka's Economy?
Send us a textIn late June, Sri Lanka’s prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe announced that the country’s economy had “collapsed.” There was no money left to pay for imports of necessities like food, fuel and medicine, and the country was seeking help from neighboring countries and the IMF.Sri Lanka is going through its worst economic crisis since it gained independence from Britain almost 75 years ago. In today's video we ask the question, "What Killed Sri Lanka's Economy?"Patrick's Books:Sta...
Jul 27, 2022 • 22min
China's International Debt Crisis
Send us a textIn 2013 President Xi Jinping announced the launch of his signature policy, the Belt and Road Initiative, the largest transnational infrastructure program ever undertaken by a single country. Today though, many of the loans financing these huge infrastructure projects are going bad and going bad in record numbers. Today's video looks at the Belt and Road Initiative, how the projects are going and how recent events like Russia's invasion of Ukraine are affecting debtor natio...
Jul 16, 2022 • 23min
Will Elon Musk Be Forced to Buy Twitter?
Send us a textThis Tuesday, Twitter’s sued Elon Musk to force him to honor his legally binding agreement to buy the company. Twitter asked the Delaware Court of Chancery to fast-track a trial for September. According to the complaint “Musk apparently believes that he — unlike every other party subject to Delaware contract law — is free to change his mind, trash the company, disrupt its operations, destroy stockholder value, and walk away.”The Delaware court will examine the case on its merits...
Jun 25, 2022 • 17min
Is DeFi Really Decentralized?
Send us a textLast week, three DeFi (decentralized finance) groups stepped in with emergency plans to protect their projects and users from economic turbulence in the face of collapsing cryptocurrency prices.These DeFi crypto networks which had pledged to put users in control ended up taking charge themselves in order to survive the ongoing crisis in the digital asset market.Patrick's Books:Statistics For The Trading Floor: https://amzn.to/3eerLA0Derivatives For The Trading Floor: ...
Jun 17, 2022 • 21min
Investing In An Inflationary Environment!
Send us a textInflation has turned from transitory to pernicious, with some economists even raising the specter of a 1970s-style wage-price spiral. Should you reposition your investment portfolio for an inflationary environment, shifting some of your money to sectors or asset classes that tend to do well during inflationary periods? Or should you leave your investments alone and let the markets control their long-term destiny? In today’s video we look at market history to see how securities p...
Jun 8, 2022 • 21min
The Rise And Fall Of Blitzscaling!
Send us a textBlitzscaling is what you do when you need to grow really, really quickly according to Reid Hoffmann the Founder of LinkedIn, and Elon Musk’s former partner at PayPal. Blitzscaling is high-impact entrepreneurship, it’s the science and art of rapidly building out a company to serve a large and usually global market, with the goal of becoming the first mover at scale.Patrick's Books:Statistics For The Trading Floor: https://amzn.to/3eerLA0Derivatives For The Trading Floor:&nb...
