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Your source for stock market analysis, global macro musings and hedge fund investment strategies. Hosts Julian Klymochko and Michael Kesslering aim to bring you the knowledge and analysis you need to become a more intelligent and wealthier investor
Your source for stock market analysis, global macro musings and hedge fund investment strategies. Hosts Julian Klymochko and Michael Kesslering aim to bring you the knowledge and analysis you need to become a more intelligent and wealthier investor
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Monday Dec 20, 2021
#190: Leadership Chat: Customers Bank CEO Sam Sidhu
Monday Dec 20, 2021
Monday Dec 20, 2021
On today’s podcast we welcome special guest, Customers Bank CEO Sam Sidhu. Customers Bank is a full-service financial institution with nearly $20 billion in assets.
On the show, Sam discusses:
-What he learned in investment banking and private equity that helped him as a bank CEO
-How the company’s blockchain-based digital payment technology works
-When Covid struck, how Customers Bank turned challenge into opportunity
-Key performance indicators and financial metrics that bank investors should track
-What sets Customers Bank apart as an investment opportunity
-And more
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Monday Dec 13, 2021
#189: Leadership Chat: Bill Gross, Founder & CEO of Heliogen
Monday Dec 13, 2021
Monday Dec 13, 2021
On today’s podcast we welcome special guest, legendary entrepreneur and prolific inventor, Bill Gross. Bill’s latest venture is Heliogen, a leading provider of AI-enabled concentrated solar power.
On the show, Bill discusses:
- His career history and how he created startup incubator Idealab
- His startup formula for success and key characteristics to look for when starting a new venture
- The novel technology behind how Heliogen’s AI-enabled concentrated solar power system works
- How the company plans on generating revenue of more than $1 billion by 2025
- His advice for founders that are just beginning their entrepreneurial journey
- And more
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Monday Dec 06, 2021
#188: Leadership Chat: LOOP Industries CEO Daniel Solomita
Monday Dec 06, 2021
Monday Dec 06, 2021
On today’s podcast we welcome special guest, LOOP Industries Founder and CEO, Daniel Solomita. Loop Industries takes waste PET plastic and polyester fiber — which cannot be conventionally recycled — and turns them into high value materials.
On the show, Daniel discusses:
-The sustainability mission at the heart of LOOP
-Details around the process to generate PET plastic from recycled content
-The long term thesis behind plastics recycling
-His comments on short seller Hindenburg Research’s negative report on LOOP
-And more

Monday Nov 29, 2021
#187: Leadership Chat: FiscalNote CEO Tim Hwang
Monday Nov 29, 2021
Monday Nov 29, 2021
On today’s podcast we welcome special guest, FiscalNote CEO Tim Hwang. FiscalNote is a leading AI-driven enterprise SaaS company that delivers legal and regulatory data and insights.
On the show, Tim discusses:
-Why being the category creator is important
-How he raised seed capital from investor Mark Cuban
-What made the merger with SPAC Duddell Street Acquisition so unique
-The company’s M&A strategy
-And more

Monday Nov 22, 2021
#186: Leadership Chat: Wejo CEO Richard Barlow
Monday Nov 22, 2021
Monday Nov 22, 2021
On today’s podcast we welcome special guest, Wejo CEO Richard Barlow. Wejo is a leader in connected vehicle data.
On the show, Richard discusses:
- Lessons learned through the founding of several successful new ventures
- The opportunity in the monetization of connected vehicle data
- Wejo’s roadmap to profitability
- Key growth initiatives as a newly public company
- And more
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Monday Nov 15, 2021
#185: Absolute Return Podcast: Leadership Chat: Procaps CEO Ruben Minski
Monday Nov 15, 2021
Monday Nov 15, 2021
On today’s podcast we welcome special guest, Ruben Minski. Ruben is the Founder, Chairman and CEO of Procaps Group, a developer of pharmaceutical and nutraceutical solutions, medicines, and hospital supplies that reach more than 50 countries in all five continents.
On the podcast, Ruben discusses:
-How Procaps has evolved over the past 44 years since its founding
-The macro case for Latin American health care as a sector to invest in
-Procaps growth strategy and approach to M&A
-Insights into the recent SPAC merger
-And more
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Monday Nov 08, 2021
Monday Nov 08, 2021
On today’s podcast we welcome special guests Todd Degelman and Chad Pruden of Wellington-Altus Private Wealth where Todd is Founder, Senior Investment Advisor, and Vice-Chairman, and Chad is Senior Investment Advisor. Wellington-Altus is one of the fastest-growing wealth advisory companies in Canada.
On the show, Todd and Chad discuss:
-Their career backgrounds and keys to success in wealth management
-Their outlook for equity markets, bonds and inflation
-Asset allocation and what is top of mind for high-net worth investors
-What differentiates Wellington-Altus from the big banks
-And more

Monday Nov 01, 2021
#183: Leadership Chat: EO Charging CEO Charlie Jardine
Monday Nov 01, 2021
Monday Nov 01, 2021
On today’s podcast we welcome special guest, Charlie Jardine, Founder & CEO of EO Charging.
EO Charging is a leading provider of technology-enabled turnkey solutions for electric vehicle fleets.
On the podcast, Charlie discusses:
- His entrepreneurial journey and the idea behind EO Charging
- EO’s business model, customers and unit economics
- Key differences between EO and its competitors
- Insights into its growth plan as a public company
- And more

Wednesday Oct 27, 2021
#182: Live from the Trading Desk: Julian and the SPAC Squad Discuss DWAC
Wednesday Oct 27, 2021
Wednesday Oct 27, 2021
Today we have a special Live from the Trading Desk episode, in which Julian and a group of SPAC experts discuss the Digital World Acquisition / Trump Media deal. On the podcast, we discuss:
-Why did DWAC surge as much as 1,600%?
-What is next for the SPAC?
-Why do traders and speculators like this deal?
-Key insights into the SPAC
-And more

Monday Oct 25, 2021
#181: Leadership Chat: Sarcos CEO Ben Wolff
Monday Oct 25, 2021
Monday Oct 25, 2021
On today’s podcast we welcome special guest, Sarcos CEO Ben Wolff. Sarcos Technology and Robotics Corporation is a leader in the development of robots that augment humans to enhance productivity and safety.
On the show, Ben discusses:
- Why Time Magazine named the Sarcos Guardian exoskeleton one of the “Best Inventions of 2020”
- Their “Robot as a Service” business model
- How robotics are going to change the future of work
- Key insights from the recent going-public process and advice for CEOs considering taking their company public
- And more
