Replay from the Phil Bak Podcast - please update your subscriptions. Liam Vaughan joins the podcast to talk about his recent book Flash Crash: A Trading Savant, a Global Manhunt, and the Most Mysterious Market Crash in History. The conversation includes details on how the flash crash went down, the aftermath and the resulting blame games, Nav Sarao and whether he was scapegoated, the complexity of market structure, and the status of a potential upcoming movie about the events of the flash crash ..read more

Replay from the Phil Bak Podcast - please update your subscriptions. April Boyle, Founder and Executive Director of the Build Institute in Detroit, talks about how underestimated entrepreneurs and communities can build lasting wealth and ownership. April discusses Build's mission, why small business is the backbone of communities, and the challenges in getting small business funding. The conversation includes how Detroit companies are surviving the Covid shutdown, the impact of monopolies on small business, and alternative funding sources such as community capital and invisible capital ..read more

Republishing a recent episode of the Phil Bak Podcast. Please update your subscriptions to download the new show episodes. Subscription links available at philbak.com. In this episode: David Abner, President of Dabner Capital Markets and former CEO of WisdomTree Europe joins Phil for a wide ranging conversation about the digitization of the asset and wealth management industries, where the puck is heading, and how the world will be changed post-shutdown ..read more

In this retrospective final episode Phil is joined by a familiar voice to share closing thoughts ..read more

Christopher Irons from Quoth the Raven research joins the show to talk about Covid-19 and its impact on the economy, how Chris identified the risks of a pandemic early on and what to expect from the markets and a macro level going forward. Phil and Chris also discuss censorship, Austrian economics, corporate bailouts, investing in gold, and more ..read more

Phil talks to four friends of the podcast about how they are coping with the shutdown, the markets and how they are keeping their spirits up during this difficult time. With Eric Balchunas, Ryan Kirlin, Josh Blechman and Charles Ragauss ..read more

Phil talks to four friends of the podcast about how they are coping with the shutdown, the markets and how they are keeping their spirits up during this difficult time. With Doug Boneparth, “The Wookie Index”, Aaron Morekin and Benjamin Brandt ..read more

Phil talks to four friends of the podcast about how they are coping with the shutdown, the markets and how they are keeping their spirits up during this difficult time. With Ramp Capital, Tim Maloney, Chris Varley and Vance Barse ..read more

Famed quant Aaron Brown, Phil’s former professor, joins the show to discuss a wide range of topics, from his teaching style to poke to bitcoin, and more. Highlights include: • Professor Brown’s unique teaching style • How to have an edge at poker • Whether factor investing still works • Lack of creativity in quant factors • The case for bitcoin • The disconnect of intrinsic value • Pulling the goalie, in hockey, life and business ..read more

Phil closes out the Inside ETFs conference with a conversation with the founder of ETF.com, Jim Wiandt. • Early days of index investing • Being a missionary about the ETF vehicle • How to cover companies who also sponsor and advertise • Has ETF popularity peaked? • The next big thing ..read more