Episodes

April 22, 2021

Vincent Milhau, PhD, EDHEC Risk Institute: The Future of Goals Based …

Our guest today is Dr. Vincent Milhau, who is a Research Director of the EDHEC-Risk Institute. Vincent is in charge of several research projects at the Institute in the fields of portfolio optimization and asset allocation for institutional and individual investors. Most of these projects...

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April 1, 2021

Bill Brewster, CFA: Value, Robinhood and #FinTwit

Bill Brewster, CFA is the Founder and Portfolio Manager of Sullimar Capital Group. Bill hosts the popular podcast, The Business Brew, and is also a co-host on the very popular series, Value After Hours, with Tobias Carlisle and Jake Taylor.  In today’s episode, Bill starts by...

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March 18, 2021

Mike Welker, AndCo Consulting: Redefining Institutional Consulting Wi…

Our guest today is Mike Welker, CFA, CEO and Chairman of the Executive Committee at AndCo Consulting. In today’s episode, we begin with Mike’s background, hearing how playing basketball at Rollins College brought him from Indiana to Central Florida....

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March 4, 2021

Anthony Scaramucci, SkyBridge Capital: The Mooch - Unfiltered

Our guest today is Anthony Scaramucci, founder and Co-Managing Partner of SkyBridge Capital. In November 2016, Mr. Scaramucci was named to President-Elect Trump’s 16-person Presidential Transition Team Executive Committee and served as the White House Communications...

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Feb. 18, 2021

Tamar Frankel, Boston University: State of The Union With The Godmoth…

Our guest today is Professor Tamar Frankel, a long-time member of the Boston University School of Law faculty who writes and teaches in the areas of fiduciary law, corporate governance, mutual funds and the regulation of the financial system. In 2013,...

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Feb. 4, 2021

Dr. Campbell Harvey, Duke University: DeFi, Gold, Crypto & Undefeated…

Our guest today is Dr. Campbell R. Harvey, who for the past 35 years has served as Professor of Finance at Duke University. Professor Harvey has also served as Partner/Senior Advisor to Research Affiliates, LLC and Advisor to Man Group. He served as...

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Jan. 21, 2021

Dr. Gio Valiante, Performance Coach: The Art of Performance in Invest…

Our guest today is Gio Valiante, Sports Psychologist and Performance Coach to professional athletes and investors. Gio has a fascinating background, which includes a 5 year stint at Point 72 with Steve Cohen (many know Steve and Gio’s dynamic via...

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Jan. 7, 2021

Meb Faber, Cambria Investments: Quantitative Investing, $TAIL Risk & …

Our guest today is Meb Faber, Founder & Chief Investment Officer at Cambria Investment Management. He also hosts one of the top investment podcasts called The Meb Faber Show. In this episode, talk about Meb’s quantitative approach to investing, embracing both value...

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Nov. 12, 2020

Marko Papic, Clocktower Group: Biden Presidency, Buenos Aires Consens…

Our guest today is Marko Papic, Partner and Chief Strategist of Clocktower Group, an alternative investment management firm based in California. In 2011, he founded BCA Research's Geopolitical Strategy practice, the world's only dedicated investment consultancy...

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Nov. 5, 2020

Austen Allred & Steve Curley, CFA: Lambda School's CEO on Disrupting …

Our guest today is Austen Allred, co-founder & CEO of Lambda School, which provides students a computer science education funded by an Income Share Agreement (ISA).  Lambda School recently raised $74M, valuing the company at over $150M. In this episode we...

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Oct. 29, 2020

Adam Davidson & Frank Garcia, CFA: Building Things That Last, Seeking…

Our guest today is Adam Davidson, the CEO of the podcast company Three Uncanny Four and author of The Passion Economy: The New Rules for Thriving in the Twenty-First Century. Adam is known for co-founding NPR’s Planet Money, one of the first and most popular business and economics podcast to this d…

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Oct. 22, 2020

Jay Ritter & Steve Curley, CFA: "Mr. IPO" on SPACs, Direct Listings, …

Our guest today is University of Florida Professor Jay Ritter, who is known as “Mr. IPO” for his work on initial public offerings. He received his BA, MA, and PhD degrees in economics and finance from the University of Chicago.   In this episode, we...

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Oct. 15, 2020

Stuart Lucas, CFA & Steve Curley, CFA: Tax Alpha Amid a Changing Tax …

Our guest today is Stuart Lucas, founder and Chief Investment Officer of Wealth Strategist Partners, a firm that advises complex family enterprises. He also co-founded the University of Chicago's Private Wealth Management program, now in its...

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Oct. 12, 2020

Annie Duke & Steve Curley, CFA: Tracking Error, Career Risk, & How to…

Our guest today is Annie Duke, who was previously one of the best poker players in the world and is now a renowned public speaker and best-selling author. Our conversation is all about decision-making and there's no one better to cover the topic than...

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Oct. 8, 2020

Mark Yusko & Chris Cannon, CFA: Road Trippin', Tiger Cubs, & Satoshi …

Our guest today is Mark Yusko, Founder, CEO and Chief Investment Officer of Morgan Creek Capital Management, which manages close to $2 billion. He is also the Managing Partner of Morgan Creek Digital Assets. Prior to founding Morgan Creek, he was CIO and...

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Oct. 1, 2020

Morgan Housel & Steve Curley, CFA: The Psychology of Rational Economi…

Our guest today is Morgan Housel, Partner at Collaborative Fund, a former columnist at The Motley Fool and The Wall Street Journal, and arguably the best financial writer of our time. In this episode, we discuss his writing process, his advice to those in the...

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Sept. 24, 2020

John Streur & Steve Curley, CFA: ABCs of ESG with Calvert's CEO

Our guest today is John Streur, President and Chief Executive Officer of Calvert Research and Management, an investment management firm that specializes in responsible and sustainable investing across global capital markets. Our episode today focuses...

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Sept. 17, 2020

Tyrone Ross & Frank Garcia, CFA: Financial Literacy, Poverty in Ameri…

Our guest today is Tyrone Ross, CEO of Onramp Invest, a fintech platform designed for the next generation of advisors and investors.   The majority of our conversation today focuses on Tyrone's passion: lifting up Americans out of poverty and...

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Sept. 10, 2020

Christine Benz & Steve Curley, CFA: Personal Finance & Retirement Rea…

Our guest today is Christine Benz, Morningstar's Director of Personal Finance and recently named one of Barron's 100 Most Influential Women in Finance. As so many people have been put into tough financial circumstances due to COVID, the topic of...

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Sept. 3, 2020

Scott Young & Steve Curley, CFA: Ultralearning: Fast Track the CFA, M…

If you are a CFA candidate or life-long learner, this episode is for you. Our guest today is Scott Young, who garnered notoriety when he completed MIT's four year computer science program in just 12 months without taking classes, and later...

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Aug. 27, 2020

Chris Cannon, CFA & Michael Falk, CFA: Six Deadly Sins of Investing

Our guest today is Michael Falk, CFA, CRC. Michael is a partner at the Focus Consulting Group. Michael has authored 2.5 books: the 2016 CFA Institute Research Foundation Monograph “”, the 2019 Monograph follow-up “” and he...

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Aug. 20, 2020

Frank Garcia, CFA & Dr. Daniel Crosby: Your Brain on Money: How to Ma…

Our guest today is Dr. Daniel Crosby, Chief Behavioral Officer at Brinker Capital and a New York Times best-selling author of multiple books, including his most recent, .  Daniel is a licensed psychologist who provides a unique lens into...

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Aug. 13, 2020

Rob Roy & Javier Perez, CFA: AdventHealth's CIO on Faith, Health & We…

Our guest today is Rob Roy, Chief Investment Officer at AdventHealth, the largest hospital headquartered in the state of Florida.   In this episode, we take a look at the investment side that powers the largest healthcare system...

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Aug. 6, 2020

Greg Bartalos & Steve Curley, CFA: RIA Intel, Boog Powell’s BBQ, and …

Our guest today is Greg Bartalos, Editor in Chief of RIA Intel. He was previously Editor in Chief of Barrons.com and had roles at Yahoo Finance, Bloomberg News and Institutional Investor. In this episode, Greg explains what led Institutional Investor...

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