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Season 3, Episode 18: Bubbles Lurk in Sovereign Debt, Financial Engineering

Published August 3, 2021

With Michael Ehrlich, Director of Leir Research Institute at New Jersey Institute of Technology

Michael Ehrlich, director of the Leir Center for Financial Bubble Research at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, joins the podcast to discuss his views.

Dr. Ehrlich has identified two areas of concern: sovereign debt and financial engineering.

This is not his only area of interest however, as Dr. Ehrlich is passionate about early-stage venture/angel investing, which guides the discussion in the second half of the episode.

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Season 3, Episode 17: Don’t Fear Inflation, the Fed is Right, 10-Year Yields to Drop to 0.5% (Updated)

Published July 15, 2021

With Alfonso Peccatiello, The Macro Compass

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Alfonso Peccatiello joins the podcast to discuss his contrarian views on inflation, bond yields, and interest rates.

The guest doesn’t buy the inflation narrative entirely, believing credit creation has peaked. We are likely to see negative economic surprises and drawdowns in risk assets starting in the fourth quarter. The yield on 10-year bonds should peak at 0.5% due to a ‘Eurofication’ of the U.S. yield curve.

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Season 3, Episode 16: Merger Arbitrage and Why to Not Fear The Antitrust Boogeyman

Published July 8, 2021

With Deepak Gurnani, Versor Investments

Deepak Gurnani, managing partner of Versor Investments, joins the podcast to discuss merger arbitrage investing. 

Merger arb is the rare strategy that can (really!) consistently produce non-correlated returns. But it isn’t easy to execute. Gurnani provides some information around what has worked for his firm and things to look for for those wishing to get involved with the strategy.

Not intended as investment advice.

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