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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Jul 27, 2021 • 10min
Consumer Protections in Crypto Investing
Send us a textLast week Janet Yellen called for rapid action to ensure there is an appropriate US regulatory framework in place for crypto-assets. A month ago the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision said that banks’ exposures to crypto should carry the toughest capital requirements. Todays video looks at what consumer protections are in place for crypto investors today. What regulations protect you? What happens if you are hacked, or if a crypto exchange goes bust? What will the SEC do abo...
Jul 21, 2021 • 22min
When Pubs Briefly Replaced Banks in Ireland
Send us a textToday we are going to discuss the Irish Banking Strike of 1970 when all of the countries clearing banks closed for over six months, only to find themselves quickly replaced by local pubs. We will discuss if something like this could work again, and at the end of the video we will compare how the system that emerged compares to more modern ideas like cryptocurrencies.Between 1966 and 1976, there were three major banking strikes in Ireland in which all of the clearing banks were c...
Jul 15, 2021 • 10min
The First SPAC on The Moon!
Send us a textSEC Charges Stable Road SPAC and Space Startup Momentus with Misleading Claims.The SEC announced on Tuesday that it charged blank-check company Stable Road Acquisition Corp (SRAC.O), its sponsor SRC-NI, space exploration company Momentus Inc and two executives for misleading claims over their planned merger.The SEC said the companies and Stable Road Acquisition Company Chief Executive Brian Kabot agreed to pay $8 million to resolve allegations they misled investors about Momentu...
Jul 10, 2021 • 17min
Should Companies Make Political Donations?
Send us a textCompanies across major sectors of the market are reassessing political donations in response to the January 6th storming of the U.S. Capitol, but it is too soon to know whether it leads to fundamental changes in the way money flows between politics and business. In this video we discuss whether companies should make political donations?Patrick's Books:Statistics For The Trading Floor: https://amzn.to/3eerLA0Derivatives For The Trading Floor: https://amzn.to/3cj...
Jul 5, 2021 • 7min
China cracks down on Didi days after IPO
Send us a textDiDi is a Chinese Ride Hailing app that raised $4.4bn in its listing on the New York Stock exchange this Wednesday. This was the biggest Chinese listing in the US since Alibaba listed seven years ago. The stock initially rallied, then two days later news broke that the Chinese regulators are investigating the company. They say they are doing this “in order to maintain national security and protect the public interest.” The stock fell 5.3 per cent on Friday to $...
Jun 23, 2021 • 11min
Lordstown Motors Executives Sold $8 Million of Stock Before Bad News Broke
Send us a textMembers of the leadership team at Lordstown Motors appear to have sold large amounts of company stock just before reports of various troubles at the company became public. Five top Lordstown executives—including president Rich Schmidt, now former chief financial officer Julio Rodriguez, and propulsion head Chuan "John" Vo—sold some of their shares worth a total of more than $8 million in early February when the stock was worth around $24 a share. Today, it's worth around $10.Pat...
Jun 16, 2021 • 18min
Where Have All The Stocks Gone?
Send us a textThe Private Capital Industry Soars Beyond $7 TrillionOver the past twenty years, the number of companies listed on the US stock market has almost halved. The world’s largest, most liquid public equity market would appear to have lost its shine.Institutional investors have been piling into private markets instead, in particular venture capital, private equity and private debt. The Financial Times reported last week that the size of the private capital industry has now reached $7....
Jun 8, 2021 • 19min
Inflation - A New Era?
Send us a textUnprecedented stimulus measures to help the global economy recover from the pandemic are fueling price rises in many major economies. This week we examine whether this is just temporary, or if inflation is back for good. Is this a new era of hyperinflation?Interview With Manoj Pradhan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHf0o...Book by Manoj Pradhan - The Great Demographic Reversal: https://amzn.to/2TBpGsaPatrick's Books:Statistics For The Trading Floor: https://amzn.to/3eerL...
Jun 8, 2021 • 20min
Robinhood IPO Access
Send us a textRobinhood will give retail investors access to IPO shares. Robinhood announced last week that they are building a platform to “democratize” initial public offerings, including their own, that would allow users of its trading app to buy shares alongside Wall Street funds.The move could erode Wall Street’s grip on stock market flotations. It would be easier to implement for Robinhood’s own IPO, given how companies and their investment bankers tightly control allocations to investo...
May 20, 2021 • 24min
The Five Biggest Insider Trading Scandals
Send us a textThe top five insider trading scandals. When people hear the term “insider trading,” they think of the crime. But insider trading is just the trading of a public company's securities by people with access to nonpublic or insider information about the company. There are rules around how insiders are allowed trade, forms they must fill out and so on, and these differ around the world.Insider trading becomes illegal when a person bases their trading decision on information that the ...
