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Ep. 204: Claudia Sahm on Inflation Risks, Fed Cuts, and Recession

Claudia Sahm is a well-known, highly regarded, Washington-based expert on monetary and fiscal policy and forecasting. She has advised decision-makers at the Federal Reserve, White House, and Congress. She created a widely used and highly accurate recession indicator, the Sahm rule. Sahm is the founder of Stay-at-Home Macro (SAHM) Consulting. Previously, she was a section chief at the Federal Reserve and a senior economist at the Council of Economic Advisers. Sahm holds a Ph.D. in Economics from ...

Feb 23, 20241 hr 8 min

Ep. 203: Melanie Mitchell on Can Artificial Intelligence Beat Human Thinking

Melanie Mitchell is one of the leading AI researchers in the world. She is Professor at the Santa Fe Institute. Her current research focuses on conceptual abstraction and analogy-making in artificial intelligence systems. Melanie is the author or editor of six books and numerous scholarly papers in the fields of artificial intelligence, cognitive science, and complex systems. Her most recent book is entitled 'Artificial Intelligence: A Guide for Thinking Humans'. This episode's podcast covers: e...

Feb 16, 202453 min

Ep. 202: Alberto Gallo on Trump, Fiscal Risks, and Market Outlook

Alberto Gallo is Chief Investment Officer and Co-founder at Andromeda Capital Management. Prior to that, Alberto initiated and ran the Global Credit Opportunities fund at Algebris Investments. Previously, he ran macro credit research at RBS in London, and served in senior research roles at Goldman Sachs in New York, Bear Stearns in New York and London, and Merrill Lynch in London. In this podcast we discuss: the market being too focused on rate cuts, the importance of the new fiscal regime, infl...

Feb 09, 202444 min

Ep. 201: Henry Ritchotte on Managing Banks, Start-Ups, and the New Investment Era

Henry Ritchotte is the Founder of RitMir Ventures, investing in financial services businesses with a focus on regulatory- and technology-driven business models. Before that, Henry served as Chief Digital Officer of Deutsche Bank, creating the blueprint for a digital challenger bank within Deutsche Bank. Previously, Henry was Chief Operating Officer and a member of the Management Board and Group Executive Committee at Deutsche Bank. This episode's podcast covers: dealing with the 2008 financial c...

Feb 02, 202457 min

Ep. 200: Julia Azari on Trump's Dictatorial Powers, Biden's Unpopularity, and US Elections

Julia Azari is Professor in the Department of Political Science at Marquette University. She holds a Ph.D in political science from Yale University. Her research focuses on the American presidency, American political parties, political communication, and American political development. She is the author of 'Delivering the People's Message: The Changing Politics of the Presidential Mandate'. She is a regular contributor to FiveThirtyEight.com, Politico, and The Washington Post. This episode cover...

Jan 26, 20241 hr 8 min

Ep. 199: Dominique Dwor-Frecaut on Fed Slashing Rates and Trump Winning

Dominique Dwor-Frecaut is the Chief US economist and macro strategist for Macro Hive and is based in Los Angeles. Before that, she worked at various hedge funds including Bridgewater. Prior to the buy side, she worked at the New York Fed, the IMF, and the World Bank. She holds a PhD in economics from the London School of Economics. This episode covers what has made Dominique switch from being hawkish to dovish on the Fed, low and high inflation regimes, the importance of energy prices and foreig...

Jan 19, 202425 min

Ep. 198: Chris Rauh on How to Use AI to Predict Conflicts

Chris Rauh is a Professor of Economics and Data Science at the University of Cambridge. He works with complex datasets and applied methodologies, including machine learning and structural modelling. He co-founded conflictforecast.org and has conducted projects for Britain's Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, the German Foreign Office, and the IMF. He's also listed amongst the top 1% of Economists in terms of research output in the last ten years. This episode's podcast covers: the har...

Jan 12, 202450 min

Ep. 197: John Floyd on the Biggest Trades and Risks for 2024

John was previously Head of Macro Strategies at Record Currency Management, an $80 billion currency manager. Prior to that, John was Chairman and CIO of Floyd Plus Currency Fund. Before that, John was a Senior Macro Proprietary Trader at Deutsche Bank and Senior Portfolio Manager at the highly successful $3bn Swiss Bank Currency Fund. John's successful track record in both macro and currency only investing spans over 25 years. John has also collaborated with psychiatrist, trading coach, and best...

Jan 05, 202449 min

Ep. 196: Rerelease: Niall Ferguson on Cold War 2, Middle East Conflict and Woke Students

This podcast was recorded in March 2023. Niall Ferguson is the Milbank Family Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, and a senior faculty fellow of the Belfer Center at Harvard, where he served for twelve years as the Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History. He is the author of sixteen books. This includes the international bestseller, The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World. His most recent book is Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe. In addition to his academi...

Dec 29, 202353 min

Ep. 195: Bilal Hafeez on 2023 Surprises, Getting AI Right, and Best TV of 2023

Bilal is the CEO and Head of Research at Macro Hive. Before that, Bilal was Global Head of International Fixed Income Strategy at Nomura, and Head of Multi-Asset Research and Advisor to the CEO at Deutsche Bank. Bilal started his twenty-year career at JP Morgan. Academically, Bilal was an Honorary Visiting Professor of Finance at Cass Business School and studied Economics at St Johns College, Cambridge. This week's podcast covers: the biggest surprises of 2023, why covering oil and China is impo...

Dec 22, 202351 min

Ep. 194: Liang Ding on Can China Avoid a Hard Landing

Liang is currently based in Shanghai and has close to twenty years of market experience as a currency strategist, China economist, portfolio manager, and quant analyst. He has worked for DWS, Sal Oppenheim, and Union Invest. This week's podcast covers: sentiment on the streets of Shanghai, how the China economy performed over 2023, more supply than demand, and much more. Follow us here for more amazing insights: https://macrohive.com/home-prime/ https://twitter.com/Macro_Hive https://www.linkedi...

Dec 15, 202334 min

Shiloh Bates on Demystifying CLO Myths

Shiloh Bates is the Chief Investment Officer of Flat Rock Global in 2018 – a $750mn credit manager. Prior to joining Flat Rock Global, Shiloh was a Managing Director at Benefit Street Partners, and Head of Structured Products at BDCA Advisor. During his 20-year career, Shiloh has worked for several CLO managers and invested over $1.5 billion in CLO securities. He is the author of the recently published ' CLO Investing – With an Emphasis on CLO Equity & BB Notes '. This week's podcast covers ...

Dec 08, 202341 min

Yesha Yadav on Crypto Bankruptcies, Stablecoin, and Treasury Market issues

Yesha Yadav is Associate Dean and Professor of Law at Vanderbilt University Law School. She is one of the world's leading experts on financial and securities regulation. Before Vanderbilt, Yesha worked as legal counsel with the World Bank and before that she practiced regulatory and derivatives law at Clifford Chance. This week's podcast covers key bankruptcies in crypto from Celsius to FTX, crypto regulation and enforcement risks, and the impact of AI in financial markets. Follow us here for mo...

Dec 01, 202343 min

Greg Lippmann on The Big Short, Latest US Housing View, and Finding Alpha in Structured Products

Greg Lippmann is the Managing Founding Partner and the Chief Investment Officer of the $9.8bn asset management firm, LibreMax. Prior to founding LibreMax, Greg was head of all non-agency RMBS, ABS, and CDO trading globally at Deutsche Bank. His prescient call on the subprime crisis was immortalized in the book and film The Big Short. In the film, Greg is played by Ryan Gosling. In this podcast we discuss: what led Greg to believe there would be a subprime crisis, thinking about convex trades, la...

Nov 24, 202346 min

Charlie McElligott on Year-End Rally, Duration Buying, and Carnivore Diets

Charlie McElligott is the leading expert on all things positioning, flow, sentiment, and quant factors. He is a Managing Director and Cross-Asset Macro Strategist for the Global Markets Americas business at Nomura Securities International, with more than 15 years' experience in macro markets. Prior to joining Nomura, Charlie was Head of US Cross-Asset Macro Strategy at RBC Capital Markets. Before that, he spent eight years at UBS. In this podcast we discuss: what was behind this year's rates sel...

Nov 17, 202336 min

Dr Douglas Greenig on Trend-Following, the End of Pax-Americana, and Why He ls Long Volatility

Dr Douglas Greenig is the CEO, CIO, and founder of Florin Court Capital, a systematic, trend-following asset manager uniquely broad in its focus on over 500 markets. Doug has over 25 years of experience in portfolio management and trading. Prior to founding Florin Court, Doug started in markets on Goldman Sachs' bond arbitrage proprietary desk through the late '90s after being hired as an Assistant by Fischer Black. Following this, Doug headed Agency Mortgage Trading at RBS Greenwich Capital, wo...

Nov 17, 202357 min

Marc Goldwein on the Unprecedented US Budget Problem and How to Fix It

Marc Goldwein is the Senior Vice President and Senior Policy Director for the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, where he guides and conducts research on a wide array of topics related to fiscal policy and the federal budget. He works regularly with Members of Congress and their staffs on budget-related issues. In this podcast we discuss: the scale of US debt and deficit, how COVID impacted spending, trends in healthcare, social security spending, and taxes, and much more. Follow us her...

Nov 10, 202339 min

Macro Hive Webinar: (The Weekly Call Recorded 1 November 2023)

This week we have a special podcast episode for you! Listen to the Macro Hive Pro Markets Webinar and hear the key views of our leading researchers on their respective markets. This week, US macro expert Dominique Dwor-Frecaut reveals her outlook on the Fed (pre-FOMC), EM strategist Mirza Baig presents his new Emerging Markets Vulnerability and Scenario Analysis report, which reveals the countries most vulnerable to declining global liquidity and higher rates hurdles. We also hear from Henry Occ...

Nov 03, 202339 min

Boris Vladimirov on Macro Volatility, US Yields, and Recession Risks

Boris is one of the leading macro thinkers in the market. He is a managing director at Goldman Sachs. Before GS, he was partner and portfolio manager at Rokos Capital Management, Fortress, and Brevan Howard. Boris started his career on the sell-side which included working at UBS and Dresdner. Boris will be giving his personal opinions and not those of Goldman Sachs or any other organisations he is affiliated with. In this podcast we discuss: the impact of fiscal policy on growth, how rates sensi...

Oct 27, 202339 min

Daniel Rock on How AI Will Reshape Economies

This episode is sponsored by Masterworks ( www.masterworks.art/macrohive) Professor Daniel Rock is an Assistant Professor of Operations, Information, and Decisions at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. His research is on the economic effects of digital technologies, with a particular emphasis on the economics of artificial intelligence. His research has been published in various academic journals and featured in outlets such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Bloo...

Oct 20, 202341 min

Martin Lueck On the Scientific Investing, Trend Models and Macro Divergences

Marty co-founded Aspect Capital, which manages over $8bn in a range of systematic investment solutions. He is the Research Director and oversees the Research Team responsible for generating and analysing fundamental research hypotheses for development of all Aspect's investment programmes. He currently serves on the Board of the National Futures Association and as Chair of the Oxford Physics Development Board. Prior to founding Aspect, Marty was with Adam, Harding and Lueck Limited (AHL), which ...

Oct 06, 202339 min

Jason Halliwell on Value Investing, Systematic Macro and Carry

This episode is sponsored by Masterworks Jason Halliwell is the head of GMO's Systematic Global Macro team and a partner of the firm. GMO is a leading value-oriented asset manager with $60bn under management. Jason joined GMO in September 1999 from Westpac Investment Management where he spent three years in research and development of quantitative tactical asset allocation methods. In the podcast, we talk about equity views, why systematic works in macro, how to think about value investing, and ...

Sep 29, 202345 min

Barry Eichengreen on Fixing the Debt Problem, Dollar Demise and Tech Impacts

Barry Eichengreen, Professor of Economics and Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley, is a former senior policy adviser at the International Monetary Fund. He is the author of many books, including most recently "In Defense of Public Debt". He was also a presenter at the Fed's 2023 Jackson Hole Economic Symposium. In the podcast, we talk about the rise of debt around the world, how the structure of debt has changed, financial repression, and much more. Follow us here for mor...

Sep 22, 202340 min

Phil Suttle on US Recession Risks, AI Impact, and BoJ to 1%

Phil is the founder of Suttle Economics – a leading research consultancy. Before that, he held senior roles at Tudor, the Institute of International Finance (IIF), JP Morgan, Barclays, the New York Fed and World Bank. He was educated at Oxford University and lives in the US. In the podcast, we talk about what will cause a recession, surprise factory building, view on Euro-area and UK, and much more. Follow us here for more amazing insights: https://macrohive.com/home-prime/ https://twitter.com/M...

Sep 15, 202349 min

Dominque Dwor-Frecaut on What Everyone Gets Wrong on Inflation, Recessions and Fed Policy

Dominique Dwor-Frecaut is a Senior Macro Strategist for Macro Hive based in Los Angeles. She has been producing alpha-generating trade ideas in FX and rates in EM and G10 at established and startup macro hedge funds in the US since 2011, including at Bridgewater. She has also produced in-depth analysis of central banks policies and procedures drawing on her experience at the New York Fed, the IMF and the World Bank as well as on the buy- and sell-side. Before moving to the US, she covered Asian ...

Sep 08, 202319 min

Mustafa Chowdhury on Fed Policy, US Industrial Policy and Housing Risks

Mustafa is a rates guru and member of the research team at Macro Hive. Before this, Mustafa was the Head of Rates, FX, and Derivatives at Voya Investments, where he helped manage $40 billion of assets. Prior to that, he was a Managing Director and Head of US Rates and MBS Strategy at Deutsche Bank. And in the 1990s, he was Co-head of Asset-Liability Management at Freddie Mac, where he was responsible for managing one of the world's largest fixed income derivatives portfolios and trading desks. I...

Sep 01, 202345 min

Professor Adrian Williams on Everything You Wanted to Know About Sleep [Replay]

Dr. Adrian Williams is the UK's first Professor of Sleep Medicine. Adrian graduated from University College, London, UK, and after a lectureship at The Cardiothoracic Institute, Brompton Hospital in 1975 took up an appointment at Harvard, Boston, USA, followed by an invitation to University of California (UCLA) in 1977. In 1985 Professor Williams became tenured Professor of Medicine at UCLA and co-Director of the UCLA Sleep Laboratory. In 1994 he returned to London where he developed the Sleep C...

Aug 25, 20231 hr

Denise Shull on Emotions as a Dataset and Avoiding Investment Mistakes [Replay]

Denise Shull is the Founder and CEO of ReThink. In that role, she uses neuroscience and modern psychoanalysis to help clients become successful in investing, trading, and leading teams. She has consulted on the development of Showtime's BILLIONS , coached Olympic champions, and often appears on CNBC, Bloomberg and in the Wall Street Journal . Before ReThink, Denise worked in finance. She started at one of the first electronic trading firms in Chicago, then traded at Schonfeld Securities before s...

Aug 18, 20231 hr

Michael Schrage on How Recommendation Engines Create Value

Michael is a research fellow with the MIT Sloan School of Management's Initiative on the Digital Economy. His research focuses on the behavioural economics of models, prototypes, and metrics as for managing innovation risk and opportunity. He is author of the award-winning book The Innovator's Hypothesis and most recently Recommendation Engines. In this podcast we discuss the interaction of tech and capital, the architecture choice, time on board of Match.com, and much more. Follow us here for m...

Aug 11, 202347 min

Bill Bernstein On the Four Essentials To Investing Successfully

Bill Bernstein is a neurologist turned investment advisor. He is also the author of several books, including The Intelligent Asset Allocator, The Four Pillars of Investing, If You Can: How Millennials Can Get Rich Slowly, and The Delusion of Crowds. Bill has just come out with a new edition of The Four Pillars of Investing. In this podcast we discuss understanding the business of investing, how to set up your portfolio at different ages, knowing your history, and much more. Follow us here for mo...

Aug 04, 202337 min
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