My Life in 4 Trades

Ben Harburg, founder and managing partner at MSA Capital, has been at the intersection of the U.S., China, and emerging markets for years. He joins Maggie Lake to share the highs and lows — and the lessons learned — of a career focused on China tech, Asian private markets, and the Middle East. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

From a prop trading desk to the NYSE on IVOL's launch day, wiz portfolio manager Nancy Davis shares her journey. Nancy Davis, the founder and CIO of Quadratic Capital Management, has enjoyed a storied career, from a post-grad career at Goldman Sachs to being on the opposite side of the famous London Whale Trade and launching her own ETF. She joins Maggie Lake to share how the highs and lows have shaped her winding road. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Get advice from the founder of the top media domain brokerage in the world. Andrew Rosener, the founder of the number one media brokerage in the world, joins Maggie Lake for a captivating conversation about how he's remained at the tip of the spear in the digital asset realm. Plus, he shares his worst trade and how he managed to come to terms with a $1.9 billion loss. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mike Green's market expertise is forged from crisis. From navigating the bursting of the dot-com bubble to riding the commodity boom and surviving the Great Financial Crisis, he learned that investing requires much more than just understanding balance sheets. In this episode of My Life in 4 Trades, Mike shares the lessons he's learned on his way to becoming one of the most respected fund managers in the business. Recorded on February 16th, 2023. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The legendary investor Mark Ritchie walks us through his life, from his early years growing up in Afghanistan to the Chicago Board of Trade to meeting his future wife, and how it all ties into his trading philosophy. He also shares a famous quote — attributed to Mark Twain — that has greatly influenced his life both on and off the trading floor: What are the two most important days in your life? "The day you are born and the day you find out why." Mark joins Maggie Lake for a deep dive into why this quote inspired him, how he learned about the importance of sizing trades, the right time to cut and run, maintaining patience, and much more from his storied trading career. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

One thing you can learn from Harris Kupperman's story is that you can never control the outside forces that impact a trade. Sometimes there's geopolitical risk or corruption involved. Sometimes there's a global pandemic. But where there's risk, there's also opportunity. Kupperman, the founder and CIO of Praetorian Capital and the author of the “Adventures in Capitalism” blog, joins Maggie Lake to discuss his approach to event-driven investing — and how he's managed to minimize risk while maximizing profit over a 20-year career — on this episode of My Life in 4 Trades. Recorded on October 28, 2022. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the latest episode of My Life in 4 Trades, David Rubenstein, co-founder of one of the world's largest private equity firms, shares the best and worst trades of his storied career. Plus, he offers key advice for budding entrepreneurs. Recorded on December 8th, 2022. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dr. Peter H. Diamandis is an international pioneer in innovation, incentive competitions, and commercial space. He's also a three-time best-selling author, public speaker, and philanthropist. On this episode of My Life in 4 Trades, Peter joins Maggie Lake to discuss how technology will reshape the next decade, what it was like risking his career to send Stephen Hawking to space, and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In part 2 of this special edition of My Life in 4 Trades, Real Vision co-founder and CEO Raoul Pal opens up about mistakes he's made trading Bitcoin and the crucial lessons he's learned from them. He also digs into his all-time favorite trade – a special investment that has nothing to do with finance. If you missed Part 1, you can catch up right here: https://www.realvision.com/podcast/mylifein4trades/page/1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

You've never gone as deep with Real Vision co-founder and CEO Raoul Pal as you will in this special two-part episode of My Life in 4 Trades. Raoul talks to Maggie Lake about everything from his childhood in the U.K. to his early days in finance – and, of course, the most impressive trades of his career and what he learned from them. Join us next week for part 2. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Harris “Kuppy” Kupperman, the founder and chief investment officer of Praetorian Capital and the author of the “Adventures in Capitalism” blog, has been investing for more than two decades. You don't survive that long in financial markets without accruing some success. Kuppy joins Maggie Lake to discuss his approach to trend-following and event-driven investing, with illustrations from the early days of COVID-19 about minimizing risk and maximizing profit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Award-winning hedge fund manager and market commentator, Hugh Hendry, joins Maggie to break down his fascinating career, what he learned from 17th century rice traders, and more. For more on the series, visit My Life in 4 Trades. This episode previously aired on April 13, 2022. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Todd Edgar was once one of Wall Street's star proprietary traders. Before he started Atreaus Family in 2019, he worked for some of the biggest houses in investment banking. In this episode of My Life In Four Trades, Todd shares the critical lessons he's learned over nearly three decades in financial markets, explaining to Maggie Lake how “naïve optimism” helped shape his entrepreneurial mindset and why embracing lifelong learning is the key to success. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anthony Scaramucci has worked in two of the most pressure-driven environments in America – investment banking at Goldman Sachs and the communications shop in the White House during the Trump administration. And he's seen and experienced all sorts of success and failure. In this episode of My Life in Four Trades, the founder and co-managing partner of SkyBridge Capital and chairman of the SALT Conference shares with Maggie Lake how his humble upbringing shaped his career and what it taught him about the value of authenticity. **NOTE - This interview was recorded on October 10th, 2022** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Sullivan, a portfolio manager of Hyperion Decimus, transitioned from traditional finance to crypto – and he says it's the best move of his career. A lot of that has to do with crypto's freek-market system, where bailouts are not an option. Chris explains how that cutthroat culture has attracted – and continues to attract – some of the best minds in the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Born into a family of cotton traders, Alexander Stahel is a natural when it comes to commodities. Alexander grew up in Switzerland before he migrated to the U.K. to begin an investment banking career. Now the chief investment officer at Burggraben Holding, the Zug, Switzerland-based firm he founded, he's focused on finding great value in a few public and private companies. In this episode of My Life in Four Trades, Alexander explains why – just like golf – trading is not a “perfect” game. He also talks about how to avoid blind spots and shares his forecast for the energy space. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of My Life in Four Trades, Jeff Dorman, a co-founder and the chief investment officer of Arca, gets personal with Maggie Lake. Jeff explains why he quit traditional finance, shares the lessons he had to learn and unlearn after years of working on Wall Street, and talks about how he's become a calculated risk-taker. After trading at leading TradFi firms such as Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch, and Citadel, Jeff moved to Los Angeles for a new blockchain-powered career and to find a work-life balance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There's nothing ordinary about Bill Browder's life. After earning an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business in 1989, he moved to Russia with the intention of becoming the “biggest capitalist in Eastern Europe.” Bill's dream manifested with the opening of the Hermitage Fund, which became the best-performing hedge fund in the world. In this captivating episode of My Life in Four Trades, the venture capitalist turned political activist joins Maggie Lake to share the distinct highlights and harrowing downsides to his success: taking on and taking down business oligarchs of the old Soviet republics, the tragic death of his lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, and his emergence as Vladimir Putin's No. 1 enemy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

KPTL Arbitrage Management is one of the few crypto hedge funds that managed to profit from Terra's crash. Its founding partner, Jay Jayner, sheds insights on his journey from TradFi trading desks at Lehman Brothers and Morgan Stanley. He shares his approach to navigating the world of digital assets and explains why agility is a key characteristic of successful traders, regardless of asset class. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brent Donnelly has spent most of his life in markets. He got into forex while working for top-tier banks in the U.S. He traded the dot-com bubble with his own money. And he was at Lehman Brothers when it collapsed. In this special episode of My Life in 4 Trades, Brent shares with guest host Andreas Steno Larsen his perspective on trading, including the big regrets that became some of his best lessons. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Denise Shull, an expert decision coach at The ReThink Group, leverages her background in neuroscience and modern psychoanalysis to guide professional investors, traders, athletes, and entrepreneurs to maximum performance at times of high risk. In this special episode of My Life in Four Trades, Denise joins Maggie Lake to talk about the universal lessons drawn from the eclectic and unique career of Hugh Hendry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Andrew Rosener has always had an entrepreneurial spirit. As the founder and CEO of Media Options – the No. 1 media domain brokerage in the world – he's responsible for some of the largest domain sales in history. In a captivating conversation, Andrew talks to Maggie Lake about how he's remained at the tip of the spear in the digital asset realm. He also shares his worst trade and how he's come to terms with a $1.9 billion loss. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Pippa Malmgren is a world-renowned economist and a former advisor to President George W. Bush. She uses her background in geopolitics to spot what's coming next, including the 2007 Global Financial Crisis, President Trump's election, and the return of inflation. On this special episode of My Life in Four Trades, Pippa talks to Real Vision's Samuel Burke about the power of storytelling and how she acts as a bridge between investors and lawmakers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michael Venuto, a co-founder and the chief investment officer of Toroso Investments, joins Maggie Lake to talk about what he learned during his chaotic stretch on the New York Stock Exchange, how he got burned trading Royal Caribbean options in 2009, and why blockchain-traded funds will eventually replace ETFs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

James Altucher has been to hell and back. On the morning of September 11, 2001, James was just three blocks away from Ground Zero when two hijacked airplanes flew into the Twin Towers. He was one of the few who witnessed both impacts, and that led to years of post-traumatic stress disorder. He also went broke and lost everything. But he rebounded and found new success. James talks to Maggie Lake about the importance of resilience and open-mindedness when it comes to trading and investing and why he writes down 10 ideas every morning. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Harry Melandri's life has been both unconventional and exhilarating. He's worked at some of the world's premier financial institutions, including UBS and Deutsche Bank, and he also spent time at the Bank of England. Harry joins Maggie Lake to share stories from his remarkable career and the lessons he learned a long the way. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Imagine losing $4 million and the opportunity to set up your family for life as well as your digital identity in less than a year. Sergio Silva, the sales director at Fireblocks, joins Maggie Lake for a riveting episode of My Life in 4 Trades, where he talks about his ups and downs in a volatile 2022, shares the hard lessons he's learned and explains how his Mexican roots give him the perspective and the strength to play the long game. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Paul Hodges of the pH Report and New Normal Consulting joins Maggie Lake for another compelling episode of My Life in 4 Trades. Hodges, a 40-year financial veteran, talks about when markets will stop Fed-watching and refocus on core fundamental principles and the process of price discovery. He also explains why every trade has four possible outcomes.

Harley Bassman has worked in finance for more than 40 years. Before becoming a managing partner at Simplify, Bassman traded at Credit Suisse, Merril Lynch, and PIMCO. He joins Maggie Lake to talk about why using simple common sense led to his early success and how he got burned during the Global Financial Crisis by not listening to Steve Eisman, the portfolio manager portrayed by Steve Carrell in the hit movie “The Big Short.”

Noel Smith has learned many hard lessons during his 25 years trading volatility, making markets, and managing risk. Now a managing partner and the chief investment officer of Convex Asset Management, Noel cut his teeth by trading Enron and losing big but turning it around and coming out of the Global Financial Crisis in the green. He joins Maggie Lake to share the wisdom he's accrued along the way.

Michael Gayed has amassed a Twitter following of more than 664,000. So how does he meet the expectations and manage the stress that come with such a public undertaking? In conversation with Maggie Lake, Michael shares his social media coping mechanisms, and he also explains how music became a creative outlet for him.

Anne Stevenson-Yang, the co-founder and managing principal at J Capital Research, famously predicted the collapse of Evergrande, one of China's biggest property developers. In China for 25 years, Anne's been at the epicenter of its rapid economic ascent, in recent years researching opportunities on the long and short side. She joins Maggie Lake to discuss her unique career path, how her team puts together a report, and China's history of expansion and retreat.

Jason Buck's story is wildly fascinating. When he was 19, he turned $2,000 into $100,000 simply by investing in tech stocks. A few years later, he was worth roughly $5 million. But he lost it all during the Global Financial Crisis, and he had to move in with his sister. It's a wildly fascinating story, full of lessons about surviving, battling through adversity, and succeeding. Above all, as Jason shares with Maggie Lake, is to be always willing to learn.

With so much volatility in the market right now, how should investors manage stress? Dan Morehead gives Maggie insights on how to manage risk in crypto and also shares his mental keys to staying focused in this crazy market environment.

Dan Morehead, the CEO of Pantera Capital, talks with Maggie Lake about how new investors should approach crypto during a bear market, why he believes Bitcoin will make a comeback, and what lessons he's learned throughout his career.

Michael Gayed is an experienced portfolio manager at Toroso Investments and the author of five award-winning research papers on market anomalies and investing. He joins Maggie Lake to explain how his toughest moments made him a stronger trader and why humility is an essential element of long-term success.

Jared Dillian's journey is as unconventional as it is compelling. From serving in the U.S. Coast Guard to trading over a billion dollars a day on Wall Street, Dillian has seen and done more than most ever will. Dillian joins Maggie Lake to discuss some of his best and worst trades, and he explains his theory that every trader, in one way or another, is an artist.

Into The Cryptoverse founder, Benjamin Cowen is one of the most popular analysts in the cryptocurrency space. Cowen, a Ph.D. nuclear engineer, has leveraged his technical knowledge and Youtube reach to create an educational platform for digital assets. Benjamin shares insights on trading digital assets during a bear market, how to deal with market volatility, and why he abandoned an academic career to become a crypto quant.

Peter Boockvar identifies the keys to managing stress while trading. He also shares his regret at never having a mentor throughout his career.

Chief Investment Officer at Bleakley Advisory Group, Peter Boockvar, joins Maggie Lake to discuss his fascinating career journey. Boockvar explains how to strategically size a position and shares how he learned to manage risk.

Here's a special bonus trade from Real Vision's new original series, My Life in 4 Trades - be sure to subscribe. Handling stress is one of the most difficult things investors are faced with daily. Howard Lindzon shares his insights on how to manage stress and why finding a good mentor can be a game changer in life and work.

Howard Lindzon joins Maggie Lake to discuss how a lifelong passion for comedy led to his success in the early days of the internet. He also touches on de-globalization and why finding a unicorn isn't as important as it may seem.

Carson Block joins Maggie Lake to discuss how he went from feeling like an outsider to being an insider in the finance community. Carson explains how writing one report unveiling fraudulent activity at a publicly-traded Chinese company led to the creation of Muddy Waters Research and more. For more on the series, visit My Life in 4 Trades

Legendary Trader, Peter Brandt, joins Maggie to discuss his unprecedented financial journey. Peter sheds light on the early mistakes he made on the floor, what it was like to run his own company, and everything he learned along the way. For more on the series, visit My Life in 4 Trades