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OptionsDesk managing director James Proudlock analyses the 2024 market start, noting the unexpected dovish turn by Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell at the end of 2023, which signalled potential interest rate cuts. This initially spurred a market rally but was soon overshadowed by escalating geopolitical tensions in the Middle East and Eastern Europe, heightening risks and resurrecting inflation concerns. Proudlock specifically highlights the impact on oil supply and prices, emphasising the fragile balance disrupted by these geopolitical events. To enhance the FTSE 100's appeal to investors, Proudlock suggests easing listing rules, offering business-friendly tax environments, and attracting a diverse investor base. He notes the FTSE's dominance by value stocks like oil, mining, and pharmaceuticals, and contrasts it with the S&P 500's growth stock-driven performance. He anticipates a potential shift from growth to value stocks, benefiting the FTSE without major changes. Proudlock explains the utility of options in uncertain markets, highlighting their flexibility beyond direct price movements. Options, he notes, gain value from underlying asset volatility and time sensitivity, offering strategic benefits distinct from traditional asset investments. Post the Global Financial Crisis, options faced scepticism but regained prominence during COVID-19 due to market volatility. Proudlock discusses various strategies like covered calls for income generation and puts for downside protection, emphasising their role in sophisticated investment approaches during fluctuating markets. OptionsDesk differentiates itself by offering expert human interaction, crucial for managing complex, leveraged derivatives. Proudlock highlights the firm's expertise in margin management and tailored risk-profile solutions for clients, positioning OptionsDesk as a niche player for serious traders. #JamesProudlock #OptionsDesk #2024MarketOutlook #FederalReserve #InterestRates #GeopoliticalTensions #MiddleEastCrisis #OilPrices #FTSE100 #InvestmentStrategies #StockMarket #ValueStocks #GrowthStocks #OptionsTrading #FinancialMarkets #MarketVolatility #InvestingIn2024 #GlobalEconomy #FinanceExpertise #DerivativesTrading #InvestmentTrends #MarketAnalysis #FinancialInsights #EconomicForecast #TradingStrategies #FinancialEducation #WealthManagement #InvestorTips #MarketDynamics #EconomicAnalysis #ProactiveInvestors #invest #investing #investment #investor #stockmarket #stocks #stock #stockmarketnews
On the 23rd episode of The Finimize Podcast, Eddie chats with James Proudlock, Managing Director of OptionsDesk.They discuss what options are, how they can be used for trading and portfolio management, why they shouldn't be considered weapons of mass financial destruction and how to get started.I hope you enjoy the episode.Partner with us: https://business.finimize.com/Subscribe To Finimize Newsletter: https://finimize.com/
We're back! with the 6th Podcast, hosted by James Proudlock & Karl Stott and we have a guest with us this week, Mr Keith Fusco! In this Podcast we talk about Song Writing, our Perfect EP's, what we look for in new Music and then the usual nonsense and amusing headlines. We have a few answers to our question "What was your favourite toy as a kid" to read out! We also feature the third installment of the Karl V Guest quiz, which Karl currently leads 2-0! Have a listen and find out if the Guest can finally defeat Karl! The music in this weeks Podcast comes from the fantastic Noah Gundersen. (Track Listing: Middle of June, Fire, The Ocean and Jesus, Jesus.)
Aloha! I was delayed getting Epi66 out because I was out of town in Hawaii for a vacation last week and pretty much technology free. Had a great time but it was one of those vacations that you need a vacation to recover from when you get back. Or I would have if it wasn't for the fact I knew that folks would be clamoring for their next helping of Succotash! This episode marks that first time since we started over two and a half years ago that pretty much all the clips were sent in by comedy podcasters. I usually am out there, sweating in the cloud, harvesting clips myself so it was quite a treat to get back from vacation and find the TweetSack brimming over with sweet, sweet clippage. The exception is this show's visit to the Chillpak Hollywood Hour, where Phil Leirness reveals to Dean Haglund the subject of a Skype call he and I had, along with confederate Taylor Ripley. We've begun the earliest stages of trying to put a new podcast network together. Too early to reveal much more than that, but the ball is rolling. I love that my friends in the Pod Mafia - which is not a network but a closeknit bunch of podcasters who share information, visit each other's shows and do various favors for each other - have begun supply this show with our "post farewell" succotash recipes. For those hardy few listeners who venture past announcer Bill Heywatt's signature "Good-bye!" at the end of each show, I've been laying an Easter egg since the beginning of the year: The audio of recipes for succotash that I've been snipping off of YouTube. But I've cleaned out that pantry and need more fodder. This week the show is visited by Chef Terry, courtesy of Ed Wallick and his Don't Quit Your Daycast podcast, for a Cajun version of the popular Early American dish. We continue to serialize Jason McNamara's Boganwood pod mini-series this week, with Episode 5. As we've been doing, that chapter is prefaced with a snippet of a conversation I had with "Jabs" about the origins of the show. And, as is standard, we've got our two-minute Burst O' Durst provided by the waterboard of political comedy Will Durst. THE 10 MOST ACTIVE SHOWS IN THE STITCHER TOP 100 COMEDY PODCAST LIST Here's the hottest action - up OR down - on Stitcher's Top 100 Comedy Podcast lineup: 35. SModcast >> FEaB +2539. SModcast >> Edumacation +1353. Who Charted? -1559. Comedy Of The Week +1571. If I Were You -3077. Sex Squad +1982. Superego +5590. The Best Show on WFMU with Tom Scharpling +2291. Harmontown +3699. That American Life +102 SPLITSIDER Over on Splitsider.com, you can find my review for This Week In Comedy Podcasts. I'm listening in on The Bugle podcast, co-hosted by John Oliver and Andy Zaltzman. You're probably aware that Oliver's been filling in on The Daily Show since early June, when host Jon Stewart took time off to direct a movie. I wanted to see if he was still showing up for the podcast gig and, indeed, he's managing to pull it off. THE CLIPS The Joey Medina ShowJoey Medina is a New York comedian right out of the Bronx. You may have seen him on The Original Latin Kings Of Comedy DVD or performing in clubs around the country. And he can be seen in the classic film Zombie Strippers. His podcast is episoding in the 60’s now – see, I’m making up verbs: episoding – and he alternates between interviewing comedians and porn stars. (It’s kind of amazing how often comedians with podcasts interview porn stars or strippers. Are there porn star podcasts where they interview comedians? Let me know.) The Joey Medina Show had jumped several HUNDRED places a couple of weeks ago to get into the Top 100 on Stitcher and, although it’s slid out of there this week, it’s still going strong. Here’s a slice from a recent epi where he asks guest Tessa Lane how she got into doing porn. The Geek GenerationWe got an email from our friend Rob Logan over at The Geek Generation podcast that reads: Hi, Marc! With the social media attention that Sharknado has been receiving, I thought your listeners might enjoy some exclusive audio from the sequel! And he sent along a clip from his and co-jhost Mike Volpe's Epi143 with that exclusive trailer. Foster The PodcastWe got a clip in from comedian Justin Foster and his namesake podcast, now 20-something episodes in. He’s in LA, originally from Dallas, and sent along this note: Here's a clip from my podcast Foster the Podcast, the official show of comedian Justin Foster. Short, hilarious, and insane stories from some of the most interesting people I know. Missing kidneys, partying with navy seals, and getting fired by James Franco, are just a few of the stories you will hear every week. I’m not sure who his guest is in this clip, but it’s someone who got drunk from a little person pouring booze from a hut behind a bar somewhere, who then got arrested. The comic, not the midget. An Idiot At Home This show's pretty new – there have only been five or six episodes of An Idiot At Home – and it comes from host James Proudlock and permaguest Karl Stott over in Shotten Colliery in the UK. It’s a podcast that focuses on music AND comedy which, in the case, seems to be drawn from the news. Positive PodcastI appreciate Adam and Josh of the Positive Podcast sending a clip with a nice note: Hey saw your post on twitter here is a clip from episode 23: Testosterone Zone the latest episode of our podcast. Thanks for doing something like this love to get new listeners. We will shout you guys out next episode. Hope you Enjoy! That’s all great but Adam and Josh didn’t send along much information about their actual show. After a bit of digging, though, I think they’re from Chickopee, Massachusetts, and that their show bounces around between music and comedic commentary. In this clip they chatter on about public drunkenness. Talking RubbishThe show's last submitted clip comes via email from a husband-and-wife podcasting team, Eric and Stacey, who host Talking Rubbish. Their cover note into the TweetSack reads: Hello Succotash! Love the show (first heard of you on Podcasting101) and thought I'd try to get you a clip of our show "Talking Rubbish" with Eric and Stacey. This is from show 21 “Ballwater / the worst show ever”, its the very end of the show and I try to explain one of my many phobias (while drunk) to Stacey who ends up not being very supportive and just starts cry laughing. Hope its good enough to be on your show, Thanks! Eric Yes, Eric – congratulations! Your clip IS good enough for Succotash! Epi 66, at just a hair over 57 minutes, may be the shortest episode we've done this year. Next week should be more robust but hey, for what you're paying, you're still getting a hell of a show! So get out there and pass the Succotash! — Marc Hershon
The second in the An Idiot At Home Podcasts, hosted/presented? by James Proudlock and once again joined by Karl Stott. This week our guest is our good friend James Siggens, who joins us to talk about his Musical interests, he takes on the infamous Inside The Actors Studio questionnaire and we have a good laugh. This week features the first "Karl v Guest" quiz, have a listen and see who wins!
The first ever An Idiot At Home Podcast, hosted/presented? by James Proudlock. Joined by my friend Karl Stott to talk about music in general, Karl takes the "Inside The Actors Studio" questionnaire and we have a laugh. Have a listen, hopefully you'll enjoy it and share it, maybes leave feedback, anything would be great. Depending on how this one does, there might be another in the near future! Cheers.