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Alpha Exchange — 267 episodes
Tobias Adrian, Director of the Monetary and Capital Markets Department, IMF
Jon Havice, Founder and CIO, DGV Solutions
The Market Disregards Correlation
Alec Litowitz, Founder of Magnetar Capital and Qstar Capital
Franklin Parlamis, Founder & CIO, Aequim Alternative Investments
David Silber, Head of Institutional Equity Derivatives, Citadel Securities
The Three Types of Risk-Off
Aaron Brown, Wall Street Quant and Author: Wrong Number
David Dredge, Founder and CIO, Convex Strategies
Samir Patel, Global Head of Global Market Sales, Nomura Securities
Colin Lancaster, Global Co-Head of Discretionary Macro and Fixed Income at Schonfeld Strategic Advisors
Ronnie Wexler, Global Head of Equities Distribution, Barclays
Robert Flatley, Founder & CEO TS Imagine
Hari Krishnan, Head of Volatility Strategies at SCT Capital Management
Robert Kaplan, Vice Chairman of Goldman Sachs, and former President of the Dallas Fed
Wayne Dahl, Co-Portfolio Manager, Oaktree Capital Management
Alpha Exchange 250th Episode: A Retrospective
The Shock Heard ‘Round the World: US Government Bonds
Kris Abdelmessih, Co-Founder, Moontower.ai
Zach Buchwald, Chairman and CEO, Russell Investments
Alberto Gallo, Founder and Chief Investment Officer, Andromeda Capital Management
Michael Contopoulos, Deputy Chief Investment Officer, Richard Bernstein Advisors
Louis Vincent Gave, Founding Partner & Chief Executive Officer, Gavekal Research
Libby Cantrill, Head of Public Policy, PIMCO
GME 5 Years Later…Lessons and Threats
Alex Urdea, Founder and CIO, Deep Ocean Partners
Andrew Lapthorne, Global Head of Quantitative Research, Societe Generale
Closing Thoughts on 2025
Ian Harnett, Co-Founder and Chief Investment Strategist, Absolute Strategy Research
Kumaran Vijayakumar, Co-Founder and CEO, DataDock Solutions
Mark Rosenberg, Founder and Co-Head, Geoquant
Todd Rapp, CEO, Fortress Multi-Manager Group
Jessica Stauth, CIO, Systematic Equity, Fidelity Investments
Price is the Only Fundamental
Megan Miller, Senior Portfolio Manager and Head of Options Solutions, Allspring Global Investments
Jordi Visser, CEO of Visser Labs and Head of AI Macro Research at 22V
Alex Kazan, Partner and Geopolitical Co-Lead, Brunswick Group
Is US Stock Market Wealth a Reflexive Risk?
Ben Hoff, Global Head of Commodity Strategy Société Générale
Low Correlation is the Defining Risk in Markets
David Puritz, Founder and Chief Investment Officer, Shaolin Capital Management
RoR: Reflections on Risk
Ken Rogoff, Professor of Economics, Harvard and Former Chief Economist, IMF
Kris Kumar, Founder and CIO, Goose Hollow Capital
Rainy Day Insurance Amidst the Sunshine
Ben Hunt, Co-Founder, CIO and President, Perscient
Distributions have Consequences
Benn Eifert, Founder and CIO, QVR Advisors
John Marshall, Head of Derivatives Research, Goldman Sachs
Sayings on Vol and Risk...A Fresh 10
Dan Villalon, Global Co-Head of Portfolio Solutions, AQR Capital Management
Mitchell Garfin, Co-Head of Leveraged Finance, BlackRock
Sayings on Vol and Risk...A Fresh Five
Benjamin Bowler, Managing Director and Global Head of Equity Derivatives Research at Bank of America
Corey Hoffstein, CIO, Newfound Research
The VIXgilantes Strike Back
Matt King, Founder, Satori Insights
Steve Englander, Head of G10 FX and North America Macro Strategy, Standard Chartered
The Vol Shock Heard 'Round the World
Campbel Harvey, Professor of Finance, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University
GeoVolitics and Gold
Owen Lamont, Senior Vice President, Acadian Asset Management
Roxton McNeal, QIS Lead Portfolio Manager, Simplify Asset Management
GeoVolitics, Implied Correlation and Option Pricing
Is There a Plumbing Problem in Equity Correlation?
Eric Balchunas, Senior ETF Analyst, Bloomberg Intelligence
Anniversary Episode: Reflections on the Podcast
Digital Gold and Actual Gold
IBIT…the Hottest Option on the Planet
Ali Samadi, Managing Director, Equity Derivatives, Nomura Securities
Michael Green, CFA, Portfolio Manager, Chief Strategist, Simplify Asset Management
Bitcoin, Price / Vol Spirals and MSTR
Victor Haghani, Founder and CIO, Elm Partners
20 Things to Do Before You Ask for a Price (Part 4)
Rocky Fishman, Founder and CEO, Asym 500 LLC
20 Things to Do Before You Ask for a Price (Part 3)
Dominique Toublan, Head of US Credit Strategy, Barclays
20 Things to Do Before You Ask for a Price (Part 2)
20 Things to Do Before You Ask for a Price (Part 1)
Post Election Reflection (on Vol)
Shailesh Gupta, Head of Structural Alpha, Simplify Asset Management
Meb Faber, Founder and CEO, Cambria Investment Management
The DOTS (Discounting of Trump Success)
Hedge When You Can, Not When You Have to
The Opera of Option Prices
Option Prices are Singing
ODTE? No, OTTD!
Kris Abdelmessih, Co-Founder, Moontower AI
Elections Have (Vol) Consequences
Lessons from the Rowdy VIX
Kathryn Rooney Vera, Chief Strategist, StoneX Group Inc.
VIX Went Cray Cray
Vineer Bhansali, Founder and CIO, LongTail Alpha
Oliver Brennan, FX Volatility Strategist, BNP Paribas
Markets are Never Say Never
Dan Greenhaus, Chief Strategist, Solus Alternative Asset Management LP
Lisa O'Connor, Head of Global Model Portfolios & Co-CIO for Multi-Asset Solutions, BlackRock
Man and Markets On Wire
Vol Laundering and the Portrait of a Perfect Hedge
Michelle Meyer, Chief Economist, Head of the Mastercard Economics Institute
Cuban’s Collar is Jensen’s Alpha
Correlation, Crowding and Convexity
Garrett DeSimone, Head of Quantitative Research at OptionMetrics
There’s No Crying in Correlation
The Zeroes…A Cross Asset Sequel
Raghuram Rajan, Professor of Finance, Chicago Booth, and Former Head of Reserve Bank of India
Harry Markopolos, "The Man Who Knew"
Kris Kumar, CIO, Goose Hollow Capital
Jerry Peters, Managing Partner, Smithbrook, LLC
Mandy Xu, Head of Derivatives Market Intelligence, Cboe Global Markets
Kieran Goodwin, Consultant, Saba Capital Management
Lori Calvasina, Head of US Equity Strategy, RBC Capital Markets
Jared Dillian, Author: “No Worries: How to Live a Stress-free Financial Life”
25 Sayings on Vol and Risk…Part 5 of 5
25 Sayings on Vol and Risk…Part 4 of 5
25 Sayings on Vol and Risk…Part 3 of 5
25 Sayings on Vol and Risk…Part 2 of 5
Matt King, Founder, Satori Insights, LTD
25 Sayings on Vol and Risk…Part 1 of 5
Danny Dayan, Founder and CIO, DWD Partners
Nancy Tengler, CEO and CIO, Laffer Tengler Investments
Alpha Exchange 5 Year Anniversary Podcast, Part II
Alpha Exchange 5 Year Anniversary Podcast, Part I
Anthony Morris, Global Head of Quantitative Strategies, Nomura International
Retrospective Episode: Reflections on Women in Finance
Dennis DeBusschere, Co-Founder and Chief Market Strategist, 22V Research
Darrell Duffie, The Adams Distinguished Professor of Management and Professor of Finance, Stanford University
Amanda Lynam, Head of Macro Credit Research, Portfolio Management Group, Private Markets, BlackRock
Anastasia Amoroso, Chief Investment Strategist, iCapital
Torsten Slok, Partner and Chief Economist, Apollo Global Management
Cameron Dawson, Chief Investment Officer, NewEdge Wealth
David Rogal, Managing Director, Global Fixed Income, Head of Total Return and Inflation Portfolios, BlackRock
Karishma Kaul, Head of Systematic Fixed Income Strategies, Fidelity Investments
LTCM 25 Years Later, Dean Curnutt, Host, Alpha Exchange
Kristy Akullian, Senior Investment Strategist, BlackRock
Mimi Duff, Head of NY Office, GenTrust, LLC
Rocky Fishman, Founder and CEO, Asym 500 LLC
Daniel Villalon, Global Co-Head of Portfolio Solutions, AQR Capital Management
Corey Hoffstein, CIO, Newfound Research
Assessing Recent Dynamics in the World of Vol
Black Scholes Turns 50
Amy Wu Silverman, Head of Equity Derivatives Strategy: RBC Capital Markets
Nitin Saksena, Head of US Equity Derivative Research, BofA Securities
Roni Israelov, President and CIO: NDVR
Dean Curnutt: Ten Handy Facts on Vol
Libby Cantrill, Head of Public Policy: PIMCO
Roger Lowenstein, Author: "When Genius Failed"
The Alpha Exchange Q1 2023 Review
Nicholas Dunbar, Author: “Inventing Money”
Adam Parker, Founder and CEO, Trivariate Research
Jonathan Golub, Chief U.S. Equity Strategist & Head of Quantitative Research, Credit Suisse
Eric Liu, Co-Founder and Head of Research, Vanda Research
Rebecca Patterson, Former Chief Investment Strategist Bridgewater Associates
Deep Kumar, Co-CIO, III Capital Management
Francois Trahan, Founder, Trahan Macro Research
Dylan Grice, Co-founder, Calderwood Capital
The Alpha Exchange 2022 Year in Review
Mary Childs, Author, “The Bond King”
Scott Peng, PhD, Founder and CEO/CIO, Advocate Capital Management
Seema Shah, Chief Global Strategist, Principal Asset Management
Robert Dannenberg, Former Chief of Central Eurasia Division, CIA
Dan Corcoran, Founder and President, Volos Software
Maziar Minovi, CEO, Eurasia Group
35 Years Later…Retrospective on the 1987 Stock Market Crash
Dennis Davitt, CIO, Millbank Dartmoor Portsmouth
Hugh Hendry, Founder, Eclectica Asset Management
A Retrospective on the First 100 Episodes of the Alpha Exchange
Joanna Gallegos, Co-Founder, BondBloxx
Alfonso Peccatiello, Founder, The Macro Compass
Gargi Chaudhuri, Head of iShares Investment Strategy Americas, BlackRock
Mr. Blonde, Independent Market Strategist
Mike O’Rourke, Chief Market Strategist, Jones Trading,
Bill Birmingham, Chief Investment Officer, Osprey Funds
Andy Constan, Founder, Damped Spring Advisors
Vishnu Kurella, Macro Portfolio Manager
Devin Anderson, Co-Founder, Convexitas
Robin Wigglesworth, Editor, Alphaville
Jon Kalikow, President, Gamma Real Estate and AFC Gamma
Puneet Kohli, Assistant Vice President, Fixed Income and Derivatives, Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan
Cameron Crise, Macro Strategist, Bloomberg
Vadim Zlotnikov, President, Fidelity Institutional Asset Management
Lindsay Politi, Head of Inflation Strategies, One River Asset Management
Dave Bizer, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, GCW
Robert Tipp, Chief Investment Strategist and Head of Global Bonds, PGIM Fixed Income
Matt Amberson, Founder, Option Research and Technology Services
Ari Pine, Co-Founder, Digital Gamma
Kris Sidial, Co-CIO, The Ambrus Group
Dean Curnutt, Founder, Macro Risk Advisors
Andrew Lapthorne, Global Head of Quantitative Research, Societe Generale
Jared Dillian, Editor, The Daily Dirtnap
Campbell Harvey, Professor of Finance, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University
Victor Haghani, Founder and CIO, Elm Partners
Barry Knapp, Founder, Ironsides Macro
Subadra Rajappa, Head of US Interest Rate Strategy, Societe Generale
Denise Chisholm, Sector Strategist, Fidelity Investments
Jeff deGraaf, Founder and CEO, Renaissance Macro
Peter Cecchini, Head of Research and Strategy, Axonic Capital
Rick Bookstaber, Founder, Fabric RQ
Simon Ho, Founder and CEO, T3 Index
Colin Lancaster, Global Head of Macro, Schonfeld Strategic Advisors
Paul Kim, Co-Founder and CEO, Simplify Asset Management
Samara Cohen, Managing Director and Co-Head of EII Markets and Investments, BlackRock
Robert Bogucki, Co-Head of Global Trading and Head of Derivatives Trading, Galaxy Digital Holdings
Andrew Scott, Partner, Head of Client Solutions Bach Option Ltd.
Erin Browne, Portfolio Manager, PIMCO
Dave Puritz, Founder and CIO, Shaolin Capital Management
Greg King, Founder and CEO, Osprey Funds
Mark Friedman, Founder and CIO, DLD Asset Management
Benn Eifert, Founder and CIO, QVR Advisors
Mark Miller, Lessons on Selling and Leadership
Samantha McLemore, Founder and Managing Member, Patient Capital Management
Tania Reif, Investment Manager, Alphadyne Asset Management
Gordon Lawrence, Director of Global Derivatives, Wellington Management
John-Mark Piampiano, Founder and CIO, Engineered Portfolios
Troy Dixon, Founder and CIO, Hollis Park Partners
Anna Raytcheva, Founder and CIO, Sonya Capital Management
Josh Younger, Head of US Interest Rate Derivative Strategy, JP Morgan
Jordi Visser, President and Chief Investment Officer, Weiss Multi Strategy Advisers
Rich Rosenblum, Co-founder, GSR Markets
Kevin Warsh, Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institute and Former FOMC Governor
Raghuram Rajan, Katherine Dusak Miller Distinguished Service Professor of Finance at Chicago Booth and Former Head of Reserve Bank of India
Jay Pelosky, Co-Founder and CIO, TPW Investment Management
Michael Pettis, Senior Fellow, Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy
Mike Novogratz, Founder and CEO, Galaxy Digital Holdings
Nathalie Texier Guillot, Head of Sales for the Americas, BNP
Jens Nordvig, Founder and CEO, Exante Data
Jake Doft, Founder and CIO, Highline Capital
Steven Englander, Head of G10 FX and North America Macro Strategy, Standard Chartered
Howard Marks, Founder, Oaktree Capital
Peter van Dooijeweert, Head of Institutional Hedging and Portfolio Solutions, Man Group
Chris Cole, Founder and CIO, Artemis Capital
George Goncalves, Independent Bond Strategist
Eric Peters, Founder and CIO, One River Asset Management
Vineer Bhansali, Founder and CIO, Long Tail Alpha
Benn Eifert, Founder and CIO, QVR Advisors
Stuart Kaiser, Head of Equity Derivatives Research, UBS
John Succo, Partner, SS Financial
Michael Green, Chief Strategist, Logica Capital Advisers
Andy Redleaf, Principal, Park Financial Group
Scott Ladner, Chief Investment Officer, Horizon Investments
Jon Havice, Founder and CIO, DGV Solutions
Alberto Gallo, Partner and Portfolio Manager, Algebris Investments
Louis-Vincent Gave, CEO and Founding Partner, Gavekal
Ben Melkman, Founder and CIO, Light Sky Macro LP
Jim Bianco, Founder and President, Bianco Research, LLC.
Glenn Stevens, Former Governor, Reserve Bank of Australia
Mark Spindel, Founder and CIO, Potomac River Capital
Nancy Davis, Founder, Quadratic Capital
Barry Knapp, Managing Partner, Ironsides Macroeconomics, LLC.
Benjamin Bowler, Managing Director and Global Head of Equity Derivatives Research at Bank of America - Merrill Lynch
Robert Whaley, the Valere Blair Potter Professor of Management and Director of the Financial Markets Research Center at the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University
Harley Bassman, The Convexity Maven
Ray Iwanowski, Co-Founder and CIO, SECOR Asset Management
Henry Schwartz, President and Founder, Trade Alert, LLC
Gerard Minack, Founder, Minack Advisors
Alex Kazan, Chief Strategy Officer, Eurasia Group
Christian Hauff, Co-Founder of Quantitive Brokers
Michael Aronstein, President and CIO of Marketfield Asset Management
David Rogers, Founder and CIO of JD Capital Management
Tim Duy, University of Oregon
James Grant, Founder of Grant’s Interest Rate Observer
Eric Peters, One River Asset Management
Harry Markopolos, Certified Fraud Examiner
Vineer Bhansali, Founder and CIO of Long Tail Alpha
Arthur Kaz, Founder and CIO of Greenbriar Asset Management
Christopher Cole, Founder and CIO of Artemis Capital Management
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