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Season 2, Episode 30: The Real ‘Melt-Up Is Still Ahead of Us’

Published October 6, 2020

September was a “fake out sell off,” says David Hunter.

David Hunter of Contrarian Macro Advisors rejoins the podcast to update listeners on his vision of a “parabolic melt-up” in risk assets that will presage the next market crash.

What we’ve seen since late March was not the real melt-up, Hunter says. Most of the gains are still ahead, in fact the coming months should see the final (and most dramatic) period of the rally. Then things get ugly.

Season 2, Episode 25: Pulling Back the Curtain on Emerging Markets Distressed Debt

Published August 26, 2020

With Genna Lozovsky, Sandglass Capital Management

Genna Lozovsky of Sandglass Capital Management joins the podcast to discuss investing in emerging markets distressed debt and credit.

Sandglass Capital invests in sovereign and corporate credit across global EM, typically seeking to be a liquidity provider “at prices that we think significantly underestimate the recovery potential of those assets.”

Season 2, Episode 24: Math and Algorithms Are Overrated When it Comes to Investing

Published August 7, 2020

With Eric Chung, CIO, Lighthaven Capital Management

Eric Chung, chief investment officer of Lighthaven Capital Management, joins the podcast to discuss his view that math, financial models, and algorithms are insufficient when it comes to investing.

“The widespread use of math in the investment management industry, while it can be helpful … I think there’s been some pretty significant overreliance on these things,” says Chung.

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