This month I speak with Brian Popek — the Director of Investment Operations for a reinsurance firm. Brian and I ebb and flow between the nit picky tactics of the insurance & investment world and the wider world of parenting boys. We talk UCONN basketball love, strategically selecting the sports for kids to play, re-living youth with your old toys and more. Check it Out! CLICK FOR NEW APRIL PRODUCTS Episode Mentions: Purchase Here All episodes on Spotify! Search “Trader Dads” & Subscribe Thank you for reading Trader Dads. This post is public so feel free to share it ..read more

Share Trader Dads A common fortune cookie observation attributed to John Maynard Keynes is “Markets can remain irrational longer than you can stay solvent”. This usually applies to capital markets like stocks & fixed income but can equally apply to commodities, retail toy fads or the job market. You may think it’s totally irrational that no one wants to hire you, but until the day comes, you need to find ways to stay solvent and get by until the cash starts flowing again. Me at 1AM stressing over our burn rate A couple of honest tactics we used to help stretch a dollar during lean times ..read more

Share Trader Dads I officially started working again this week after a surprisingly long tenure on the unemployment line. Now, I’m no slouch when it comes to finding a job but this environment felt especially adversarial and baron of opportunity. Turns out, this past interest rate hike cycle ranked as the worst for job cuts and hiring freezes in banking & financial services since the Great Recession of 2008. According to the Financial Times, twenty of the world’s biggest banks cut at least 61,905 jobs in 2023. That compares with more than 140,000 jobs slashed by the same companies during ..read more

Share Trader Dads After 1 week with a new baby, I thought I’d list 10 things I did but books like What to Expect When You’re Expecting fail to mention you’ll be doing during the 1st week with a new baby. Enjoy. Never actually read them It doesn’t say you will: Receive a stream of Jehovah’s Witnesses, JV Baseball Team fundraisers, and Landscaper Solicitors ringing the doorbell, riling up the dog and waking up the kid every day because it’s Spring and you’re a target! Spend 2 hours speaking with your Internet provider to temporarily split your 5GHZ home router spectrum band to a dual 5GHZ ..read more

Share Trader Dads Baby Boy Born 3/25/2024 Mother And Baby Doing Fine! New Post Next Week. Stay Tuned! Traderdads.com store! Patches, Shirts, Trading Desk Accessories and More! TRADERDADS STORE Interested in being on the Trader Dads Podcast in 2024? Shoot me an email! I’d love to have subscribers on to sit for a discussion TRADERDADS MAILBAG Thoughts? Questions? Comments? Reach out! Maybe I’ll do a full post on the topic or as a Q&A traderdads@substack.com Thanks for reading Trader Dads! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work ..read more

Patrick Serpico currently manages a store for the biggest coffee chain in the world - Starbucks - We hold off on the St. Patrick’s Day festivities for a bit longer to talk shop on why Starbucks benefits are still top notch, the differences between desk jobs and being on your feet all day, how to find a sports niche your kid could thrive in and the theatrical skills needed to be a Comic-Con cosplay star. Check it Out! Traderdads.com — For Patches, Tee Shirts, Trading Desk Accessories and More! New Items Drop Every Month! Episode Mentions: All episodes on Spotify! Search “Trader Dads ..read more

Share Trader Dads It’s been awhile since we did a Dad Movie post so I wanted to come back around to it. Mr. Mom is a 1983 comedy starring a young Michael Keaton. Here’s the full Logline: After he's suddenly laid off, a husband switches roles with his wife. She returns to the workforce, and he becomes a stay-at-home dad. He has to take care of three young children, a job he has no clue how to do Few things hit deeper than a story which mirrors your own life and in real time. Some of the references or moments will hit you like a bolt of lightning on a clear, blue day. So at a time when I t ..read more

Share Trader Dads Purchasing Power Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) is a neoclassic economic idea which states the currency exchange rate between two countries should equalize the price differentials charged for an identical basket of goods in each country. This is a fancy way of saying if an object costs $1 in the United States and a USD/JPY exchange rate is 1:150, then the same object should cost Y150 in Japan. When these theoretical values aligns in the real world, it suggests each market is able to run at an equal productivity level and enjoy a free flowing, frictionless ecosystem where every ..read more

Everybody loves Charts! Every so often, I’ll check in to show items floating around Wall Street circles and blogs. Longer term trends in the markets and economy. Extra details on what seems underappreciated or overhyped. Link to some great explainers on the concepts. **Everything as of 02/15/2023 Share Trader Dads As SPY and QQQ crash up to all time highs, analyst and commentator focus has become whether equities are moving into expensive bubble territory, are still fairly valued or, despite the strong rally since last October, equities still have room to run higher as 2024 progresses ..read more

Jim Paolino is CEO and co-founder of LodeStar Software. This month we go down memory lane to recall living through the Great Financial Crisis (GFC), starting a small business with lots of confidence and little experience, then we compare older revolutionary technologies to the current AI boom to guess how it might or might not impact the financial service industry. Plus we offer a take on managing multiple kids in a household and how to pull it off! Check it Out! Traderdads.com — For Patches, Tee Shirts, Trading Desk Accessories and More! New Items Drop Every Month! Episode Mentions: Che ..read more