Podcasts about trading bases

In this hour of A Numbers Game hosts Gill Alexander and Kelley Bydlon are joined by Joe Peta, Author of Moneyball for the Money Set and Trading Bases, as they dive into the futures market in the MLB. Also on the show is Will Hill, VSiN Contributor, as they preview the upcoming NCAA Tournament.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this hour of A Numbers Game hosts Gill Alexander and Kelley Bydlon are joined by Joe Peta, Author of Moneyball for the Money Set and Trading Bases, as they dive into the futures market in the MLB. Also on the show is Will Hill, VSiN Contributor, as they preview the upcoming NCAA Tournament.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this hour of A Numbers Game, hosts Gill Alexander and Kelley Bydlon are joined by Joe Peta, Author of Moneyball for the Money Set and Trading Bases, to dive into MLB win totals. Plus, the hosts look are joined by Jake Hahn, Co-Host of The Point and The Fantasy Hockey Show on SiriusXM NHL, to talk about tonight's NHL slate plus discuss what to expect from the NHL trade deadline this week.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this hour of A Numbers Game, hosts Gill Alexander and Kelley Bydlon are joined by Joe Peta, Author of Moneyball for the Money Set and Trading Bases, to dive into MLB win totals. Plus, the hosts look are joined by Jake Hahn, Co-Host of The Point and The Fantasy Hockey Show on SiriusXM NHL, to talk about tonight's NHL slate plus discuss what to expect from the NHL trade deadline this week.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Gill Alexander, Todd Wishnev (VSiN Contributor), Will Hill (VSiN Contributor), and Joe Peta (Author of Trading Bases and Moneyball For The Money Set), break down all of the week two NFL betting action! The quartet gives you their best bets of the week, best teaser options, which big favorite is most likely to lose outright, and the game they want no part of.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When a terrible accident left Joe Peta in a wheelchair and out of work for several months, he took the opportunity to contemplate his 15-year trading career. Exploring the overlap between asset management, sports betting, and the analytic revolution taking place in sports (primarily in baseball) led Joe to write TRADING BASES: HOW A WALL STREET TRADER MADE A FORTUNE BETTING ON BASEBALL. Both baseball and finance are data-rich, yet Joe observed the finance industry's use of data paled in comparison to baseball's cutting-edge implementations. Reducing noise and isolating players in performance metrics provided a framework for baseball that quickly traveled to other sports; Joe carries this exact framework over to finance and portfolio managers, identifying three key metrics for predicting investor success. After the publication of his book, Joe served as managing director at Novus. Most recently, he worked for one of largest multi-manager long/short equity firms in the industry, creating a multi-factor framework which entirely explains PM alpha in terms of skills exhibited, not factor attribution. Speaking about his book, Joe shares, “[It] really does ask a very serious question that underlies all of the stories, which is why is the industry of baseball—which is worth a fraction of the finance industry—why is baseball so much better at using their data to evaluate performers [and] compensate their highly talented individuals than finance?” Joe Peta has enjoyed a 25-year career on Wall Street, having spent the first 15 years as both a buy-side and sell-side equities trader; this included a 12-year stint at Lehman Brothers as head of biotech trading in New York before moving to San Francisco to run the trading desk at a Lehman-sponsored long/short equity hedge fund. Joe holds an MBA from Stanford University and a BS in accounting from Virginia Tech. His book, TRADING BASES, received substantial critical acclaim and was a best-seller in a number of categories; during 2013 TRADING BASES was named a Top 10 Business book by Amazon.com, a Top 10 Sports book by Publisher's Weekly, and a Top 10 Non-Fiction book by Fortune.   “TRADING BASES is available at https://www.amazon.com/Trading-Bases-Fortune-Betting-Baseball/dp/0451415175.”

Joe Peta is a former Wall Street trader and author of the bestselling non-fiction memoir, Trading Bases and recently published Joe Peta's Tour Guide Presents A 2019 Masters Preview. In this episode, Joe explains how his experience in the finance industry helped him beat the baseball markets and why more people should consider betting on golf. To learn more about the topics discussed in this podcast, visit: www.pinnacle.com/en/betting-resources

We welcome Joe Peta (@MagicRatSF)author of the analytical masterpiece “Trading Bases” and the "Guide to the 2019 Masters" to the pod to talk modeling golf for handicapping.

At 25/1, Tiger Woods is going to draw a plethora of attention this week at the PGA Championship, but is his current form worth the price of admission? Should you avoid Dustin Johnson at 9/1 because of a lack of value? And which, if any, golfers should find themselves in your crosshairs in preparation for Thursday's first round? The great Joe Peta (author of “Trading Bases”) joins @JoeFortenbaugh for a golf roundtable prior to the final Major Championship of the season. [0:00-1:53]: The Rundown [1:54-14:39]: PGA Championship primer with Joe Peta [14:40-goodbye]: The on-deck circle Guest: @MagicRatSF

Welcome to the 17th CONKERS’ CORNER. In this interview I have the pleasure of speaking with @stealthsurf, Jason to his friends. Jason is very passionate about trend trading and the importance of position sizing. Jason’s interest in investing started at a very early age and he recalls sitting with his Grand-Dad as he would check stock prices on CEEFAX when he was about 5 years of age. In his early twenty’s Jason thought it was time to sort out his own personal pension and so sought advice from a Financial Adviser. This led him into investing in Funds. He quickly learned that you should run your winners and cut your losers quickly. He used to work in a plastic moulding factory and would work flat out, then travel and surf in places like Australia and New Zealand. In 2008 when Jason returned from travelling he needed to have several operations on his knees and it was at this point that he realised that he could not to return to the heavy duty work related to plastic moulding. He decided at this juncture that he would trade full-time. This time however he decided that he would be trading rather than investing as he needed to make a living over the short-term. Two years ago Jason also started his own trading website http://www.tradingbases.co.uk/ Trading Bases is a systematic trend following technique and an insightful source of knowledge for new and also experienced traders and investors. Jason’s investing journey and discipline has enabled him to become a successful trader so much that he earns his living from trading the stock market. Listen now to gain insights into how he trades, how he filters stocks, uses moving averages, position sizing, compounding and learn from the lessons in his trading journey.

Cooler temperatures, gorgeous New England foliage & pumpkin-flavored everything mean one thing and one thing only: The return of the Major League Baseball postseason. @JoeFortenbaugh goes deep into the history of the Wild Card play-in game, "Trading Bases" author Joe Peta lays out the blueprint for how to bet the 2017 MLB postseason and Fortenbaugh tries to make it 3-in-a-row in the Thursday Night Football market. 0:00-0:55: The Rundown 0:56-3:17: Finding the angle, Wild Card style 3:18-9:42: Joe Peta's MLB playoff blueprint 9:43-goodbye: Thursday Night Football pick Guest: @MagicRatSF Joe's book: https://www.amazon.com/Trading-Bases-Fortune-Betting-Baseball/dp/0451415175

It's no secret that a lot of people in finance like to bet on things. But how many of them take the time to actually beat the house in gambling? On this week's Odd Lots, we talk to Joe Peta, a former Lehman Brothers trader, and the author of "Trading Bases," a book about betting on baseball. Peta started focusing on baseball after a freak accident (getting hit by an ambulance) gave him lots of time to think about applying his trading knowledge to baseball. Eventually he launched a $1 million baseball betting fund that returned 14 percent in a year to his investors. On this episode, Peta talks to us about why baseball is uniquely suited to data analytics, how he was able to exploit market inefficiencies, and what sports betting can teach us about market structure.

We know him well in these parts.  Joe Peta, author of "Trading Bases, a Story About Wall Street, Gambling, and Baseball* (*) Not necessarily in that order", takes a break from his actual job crunching numbers and joins Host Gill Alexander for another in a long line of appearances on the pod, this time with 2014 MLB Season win totals on his mind.  It's baseball nirvana once again on Monday's Betting Dork (March 24, 2014).

Joe Peta is the author of, "Trading Bases, A Story About Wall Street, Gambling, and Baseball. He was a fifteen-year all-star Wall Street veteran trader, but decided to give up that lifestyle. Instead, he chose to improve on Moneyball's famed sabermetrics to place bets that would beat Vegas odds on Major League Baseball games. He ended up making a 41% profit over the 2011 season. Peta shares his strategies with Jason. He believes there is a far greater chance of making money betting on baseball than on football or basketball. Peta also talks about the influences Bill James and Nate Silver had on him and his work.  On the financial side, Peta explains Dick Fuld's rough charm as CEO of Lehman Brothers. As a former Lehman employee, he think the U.S. should have rescued Lehman. Now, it looks like Las Vegas should turn to Wall Street for ideas on ways to increase interest, traffic, and, ultimately, bets in their sports books. Raised in West Chester, PA by a first generation Italian-American father who adopted baseball as a symbol of his love of America, Joe Peta quickly learned the joy of following the sport --- and the pain of being a 1970s-era Phillies fan.  By the time he was a teenager, Joe felt certain that his heroes Mike Schmidt, Larry Bowa, Steve Carlton, et al would one day be his co-workers. While his father instilled a love of baseball in him, sadly, Joe inherited his mother's throwing arm, so by the time he was in college he turned his career ambitions toward the glamorous and fast-paced life of a Certified Public Accountant.  His new heroes were men like Bill James and Warren Buffett and Joe parlayed his love of numbers into an MBA from Stanford University.  Even in business school, sports were never far from his mind.  At Stanford, Joe penned columns in The Stanford Daily and The Reporter that earned him a following in spite of the constant references to Melrose Place, and his turning down the opportunity to interview campus golfer Tiger Woods to fruitlessly pursue an interview with Olympic Gold Medal winning swimmer Summer Sanders. In 2011, while recovering from a massive leg injury which curtailed his trading career on Wall Street, Joe began writing Trading Bases, A Story About Wall Street, Gambling, and Baseball. Joe lives in San Francisco with his wife and two daughters.

Author of "Trading Bases, A Story about Wall Street, Gambling, and Baseball* (*) Not necessarily in that order", Joe Peta checks in with Host Gill Alexander and isolates which MLB clubs have over- and underachieved to date, through the prism of cluster luck. What's really the truth about the torrid offensive starts by the Cardinals and Indians, are the Astros really this bad, and what's the key component necessary for beating the Tigers?  Other teams are discussed, as well.  Plus, what do some prominent folks in MLB front offices have to say about fantasy and betting on baseball?  The answers may surprise you, on Wednesday's Betting Dork (May 22, 2013). 

In a return to his old stomping grounds, Joe Peta, author of the newly released "Trading Bases, a Story About Wall Street, Gambling, and Baseball* (*) Not necessarily in that order", takes a break from his press tour and joins Host Gill Alexander for his ninth appearance on the pod in a little less than a year, this time with his book available to all and with 2013 MLB Season win totals on his mind.  It's baseball nirvana on Tuesday's Betting Dork (March 12, 2013).

A pod favorite from the preseason and quarter mark of 2012 MLB, Joe Peta, author of the forthcoming book, "Trading Bases, A Story about Wall Street, Gambling, and Baseball* (*) Not necessarily in that order", drops back in on Host Gill Alexander just past the halfway point of the season, to give his unique perspective on some choice clubs. But first, Mark Cuban floated a sports betting hedge fund idea over 7 years ago and we've seen Centaur Galileo's Fund come and go since, but you might be very interested to hear what our guest is up to in Las Vegas right now, on Tuesday's Betting Dork (July 17, 2012).

Author of the forthcoming book, "Trading Bases, A Story about Wall Street, Gambling, and Baseball* (*) Not necessarily in that order", Joe Peta joins Host Gill Alexander to shed light on baseball's biggest stories at the quarter pole of the 2012 season using underreported barometers like defensive efficiency and BABIP. What's really going on with the torrid starts of the Orioles and Dodgers, and are clubs like the Tigers, Nationals, and Blue Jays really what they appear to be?  Plus, since they're all about putting things in perspective, the Facebook IPO gets put in its proper context, as well, on Wednesday's Betting Dork (May 23, 2012). 

Author of the forthcoming book, "Trading Bases, A Story about Wall Street, Gambling, and Baseball* (*) Not necessarily in that order", Joe Peta drops back in on Host Gill Alexander for the second straight week to discuss the value of isolating non-repeatable occurrences in handicapping, why bullpens are not as predictive as other facets of baseball, and the impact of MLB scheduling.  Plus, what started as a trickle of 2012 MLB team total thoughts last week turns into a torrential downpour, as fresh off their discussion of the Boston Red Sox and Kansas City Royals in Part 1, Joe and Gill analyze the prospects of the Texas Rangers, Miami Marlins, New York Mets, St. Louis Cardinals, San Diego Padres, and Arizona Diamondbacks, on Tuesday's Betting Dork (April 3, 2012).

Author of the forthcoming book "Trading Bases, A Story about Wall Street, Gambling, and Baseball* (*) Not necessarily in that order", Joe Peta might just be the type of guy Host Gill Alexander would have tried creating from scratch if he had a lab and his last name were Frankenstein.  That is, if Peta hadn't existed already.  Ironically buoyed by an accident that turned his life upside down, Peta brings a fresh and inventive viewpoint to handicapping baseball and among other unique MLB revelations, offers up a sampling of his best team totals bets for 2012 through the prism of "cluster luck".  Then, it's part two of the 2012 Fantasy Baseball Preview, as Paul Sporer gives his most overvalued and undervalued skill position players for this week's draft and/or auction, on Tuesday's Betting Dork (March 27, 2012).