Until now, investors could invest into publicly traded companies that are listed on the exchanges (NY Stock Exchange, NASDAQ, etc.), with all information re: these companies being made available to the public via quarterly earnings announcements and audited financial reports.  But, the vast majority of companies are private, so investing in them was much more difficult, as was digging thru financial information of them.  The jobs Act of 2012 made many of these companies eligible for public investing but gathering and analyzing the financial info on the companies remained a daunting task.  This allows the small investor to participate in these Venture Capital and Private Equity opportunities.  KingsCrowd provides the information and analytics to evaluate these companies.  We hope  you enjoy this interview.

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Investing in Private Companies - KingsCrowd.com - w/Chris Lustrino

Having spent his entire career in commodities trading, holdng a variety of high level positions w/various major trading firms, Tim started Auspice in 2005.  Focusing on their COM ETF, which is marketed and made available to the public thru Direxion family of mutual funds, It is a tactical, diversified basket of commodities that can be "Long" or in cash, based on rules, trend following, and contango/backwardation.  A very timely and important discussion for today that every investor should hear.

Commodities Trading - Auspice Capital - w/Tim Pickering

Following a distinguished career as a Naval Officer, Chris started the firm in 2016, investing in various farming and  agriculture diversified portfolios.  They match investors w/farming and agribusiness players, in Private Placement projects, typically w/equity positions.  Focused on the smaller, retail investors, this approach is fairly new and they are very active in the "Indoor Farming" space.  Chris discusses the opportunities and risks of ag investing, which should be interesting to anyone interested in ag investing.

Passive Investing in Agriculture and Agribusiness - HarvestReturns.com- w/Chris Rawley

A three plus decade Commodities and Futures trader and prolific writer and contributor for Seeking Alpha, Andrew offers great insight into the world of commodities and futures trading.  Never without an opinion, and always ready to defend his positions, Andrew is a delight to interview, as you will see.  If you are at all interested in learning how this market works, this is the place to listen.  His Brooklyn accent adds to the charm of it all.  Hope you enjoy.

Commodities and Futures Trading - BubbaTrading.com - w/Andrew Hecht

Co-Founder of New Age Alpha, Julian explains the unique methodology of the firm's investment strategy.  Seeking to differentiate the losers from winners, NAA focuses on the "Human Risk Factors" that have been factored into the expected company performance in the future,  NAA's strategy seeks to rely only on the hard data in the company's financial statement in determining the expected future stock price.  They seek to eliminate the vague and ambiguous opinions that impact the expected stock value.  Certainly unique and interesting, investors will find this interview very interesting and certain to provide a perspective and approach that is not found elsewhere.  Hope you enjoy it.

Avoiding Over Priced Stocks By Managing Risk Like Actuaries - New Age Alpha - w/Julian Koski

Thematic ETF's have been developed to focus on particular themes of the investment marketplace.  Two of those themes are E-Sports and Gaming/Media Entertainment.  Listen to Mario discuss and explain two of Roundhill's ETF's focusing on these themes.  No question, these are avant-garde investment pursuits, now available to all investors thru a liquid investment vehicle, focused on a very new and evolving portion of the marketplace.  There is nothing ordinary about these ETF's and investors will find it very interesting.  

Investing in E-Sports and iGaming ETF's- Roundhill Investments - w/Mario Stefanidis

Dr. Dogan specializes in and researches the trading of company "Insiders" and the active trades of the 10% highest performing Hedge Funds, and publishes that information for his clients. In this interview he tells us what his research uncovers and how that information can be used productively by investors and advisors.  Knowing what companies have "Insiders" who are buying or selling their company's stocks can be a very valuable tool in evaluating the expected performance of a company and their stock,.  In addition, the ability to identify those stocks that are most owned by the higher performing Hedge Funds can be very helpful to investors.  This is one interesting interview.  We hope you enjoy it.   

"Insider Monkey" - Following the Best Performing Hedge Funds - w/Dr. Ian Dogan

A 30 plus year veteran in the futures commodities trading arena, and Co-Founder of CTG, Nell tells us about the industry and opportunities of trading commodities in the futures markets.  With retail and institutional traders/investors, typically thru Commodity Trading Advisors (CTA's), this is a less well known portion of the trading industry, and focuses on Gold, Silver and other Metals, Agriculture (corn, sugar, wheat, etc.), Pork Bellies, etc., typically for diversification purposes from U.S. Equites, Bonds, Real Estate, etc.  A very interesting take on this market niche that traders and investors can find to be opportunistic.  We hope you enjoy it.

Futures Commodities Trading - Capital Trading Group - w/Nell Sloane

Listen to Ed Coyne,, Senior Managing Director, for Sprott., who started his career as an Architect, educated at the Univ of Missouri, and switched to asset management over 30 years ago.  Sprott manages over $17 Billion, and focuses on Precious Metals and Real Assets, in variety of formats.  He discusses the reasons to own Precious Metals as well as the various ways and methods to own them.  Anyone interested in this marketplace, which is most every investor, should find this interview very interesting, and we hope that you catch some of the insights he offers.

Why & How to Invest in Gold and Precious Metals - Sprott Asset Management - w/Ed Coyne

"Sell in May and Go Away" - We've all heard it, but does it work?  Is it a long term strategy, or has it worked better or worse over the past 10 years?  How has it worked on the NASDAQ 100? Has the market history shown a way to enhance the return of this strategy? What did the "January Barometer" indicate about the returns for 2021? What is "December Low Indicator" and has it been consistent?  What are the top performing  NASDAQ months? The STA has long been a standard of statistics and in-depth analysis (an understatement) of data galore on the patterns of the U.S. Stock Market, and a sure way to get lost in the sea of data for a compelling dive into applicable historical patterns.  And for the past few years STA has partnered with the Probabilities Fund to apply much of this data to real live trading.  This is an episode you don't want to miss.  Jeff is the son of the founding publisher of what is now the 54th Edition, and they just keep getting better.  Hope you enjoy it

Stock Traders Almanac 2021 - w/Jeffrey Hirsch, Editor and Publisher

After a distinguished career @ PIMCO and the Principal, establishing ETF's, Paul co-founded Simplify to create for Advisors Options based strategies that defined the potential outcomes upfront thru Options.  Listen to how Simplify.us creates these strategies and how they can be used by Advisors.  We hope you enjoy it.

Tailored Portfolio Outcomes thru Options - Simplify.us - w/Paul Kim, CFA

Dr. MIrabile, a professor of finance @ Fordham University,  tells  us about his recent book, "Exotic Alternative Investments" and it is fascinating.  Taking the subject well beyond the usual "Liquid Alts" he delves into far less known categories of "Alternative Investments' and discusses their strengths, weaknesses and the pros and cons of over 20 different categories of exotics.  He touches on the categories of Intellectual Property, Tax Credits, Aircraft Leases, Trade Claims, eSports, Gaming Franchises, Water Rights, Timber, Air Rights, Litigation Finance and many others.  A first of its kind, his book is fascinating, as is the interview.  We hope you enjoy it.

"Exotic Alternative Investments" - Dr. Kevin Mirabile

Martin founded Bequest Funds in 2012 and tells us how he creates better than market cash flow returns for their investors by purchasing performing mortgages at a discount on residences t/o the country from banks and hedge funds and working w/the borrowers to work thru any past issues, keep them in their home, while creating a profit.  The majority of the capital in these funds is BQF's management.  Given today's low interest rate environment and the equity market's gyrations, the steady income to investors from this strategy is very appealing to many.  We hope  you enjoy the interview.

Mortgage Note Investing - Bequest Funds w/Martin Saenz

Listen to Jon Robinson, co-founder and CEO, who reveals his unique way of landing his first job following college (w/Bear Stearns no less).  He eventually helped established Blue Print, which provides both tactical investing services w/Index Funds, plus practice management services for Advisors.  His, and Blue Print's, approach is based on the "Behavior" of the investor and their Advisor.  Advisors and investors will find their approach to be very interesting.  We hope you enjoy the the interview.

Tactical Investing thru Index Funds - Blue Print Inv. Partners - w/Jon Robinson

Clint Edgington, CFA, Founder and Principal of Beacon Hill Advisors and creators of the NEST Opportunity Fund, investing in real estate development in Opportunity Zones in Columbus, OH and Lexington, KY, focused on Multi-Family and Single Family development projects.  Clint describes the potential capital gain tax benefits of Opportunity Zones and the compelling opportunities of their projects in Columbus and Lexington.  Anyone interested in Opportunity Zone or real estate investing will find this interview most interesting and enlightening.  We hope you enjoy it. 

Investing in Opportunity Zones - Nest Opportunity Fund - w/ Clint Edgington

Insightful interviews and discussions with leading portfolio managers, investors and entrepreneurs from the world of alternative investments.

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