Today’s guest is one you’ve heard many times before if you’ve listened to The Derivative, but may not necessarily know all that well. He’s and alts/managed futures veteran, having started his career in Chicago’s famed trading pits, founded a futures investment firm, and continued on to become a partner at RCM Alternatives. ,And, of course, […]
Category: Podcasts
22
Apr
2021
A Crude Oil Cornucopia: Covid, Crack, CSOs & Contango with Brent Belote of Cayler Capital
COVID affected a lot of ways that we interacted with the world – it changed how we worked, how we socialized, how we entertained ourselves….and if you’ve been tuned into the markets over the past year, it also changed our expectations on how in the world Oil prices could have ever gone NEGATIVE. Last year […]
15
Apr
2021
Yep, She’s Opening Up Option Eyes with NOPE It’s Lily
We apologize for potential audio issues with this episode – please download the transcript here NOPE – we’re not just going to be talking to our typical vol guest. NOPE – we’re not going over the usual trend following or strategy. NOPE we definitely (did) find today’s guest off of VolTwit. @nope_it’s_lily is Head […]
15
Apr
2021
The Top Podcasts, Blogs, and Videos with Cem Karsan
We’re not above admitting that we have fangirled over a few of our favorite fintwitters (and we know that we’re not alone in that). But it’s not without merit; take for instance Cem Karsan (or you may know him as @jam_croissant). He’s the leading voice on all things Vanna, Volatility, and meme responses. But we’ve […]
08
Apr
2021
Asian Markets, American Investments, & Accessing (Chinese) Futures with Alvin Fan of OPIM
Sign up for OPIM’s Cap Intro event (April 12-16) here We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again – the opportunities in the Asian investment landscape are nuanced, emerging, and incredibly attractive. But on top of the excitement around the opportunities, there’s also gated access and a general list of unknowns that can […]
05
Apr
2021
eSports, ETFs, & Enormous Deals with the Sports Pomp, Joe Pompliano: The Derivative
The world of sports and finance have continually meshed together – and the Covid-19 pandemic has fast tracked that even further. Between the growth of analytics, to financiers making their way into the pro sports arena, I think we’re past a future where these two worlds will ever depart. Today’s guest is the culmination of […]
26
Mar
2021
Making Market Music with Roy Niederhoffer
How many families have two brothers who’ve been in the hedge fund game for 30+ years, much less on polar opposites of the long vol/short vol spectrum. We’re talking with the volatility loving, positive skew seeking brother in our episode today, Roy Niederhoffer. Roy is the founder and President of the eponymous R. G. Niederhoffer […]
11
Mar
2021
Taming the Tails with LongTail Alpha’s Vineer Bhansali on The Derivative
Forget fat tails, left tails, even tall tales. We’re going into extracting value from long tails of the distribution on the pod in this episode. Vineer Bhansali is a 29-year industry veteran, previously at PIMCO, a Forbes columnist, author of four books on finance, and is currently the founder and CEO of longtail alpha. In […]
04
Mar
2021
Crazy Commodity Cycles (and cross-continent motorcycles) with Jim Rogers on The Derivative
The king of Commodities has entered The Derivative ring. You know his name, you’ve read his books, you’ve probably utilized his index, and now you’re listening to him in this most recent podcast episode. Jim Rogers is an American investor and financial commentator, and was there at the start of the Quantum Fund and Soros […]
04
Mar
2021
RCM Alternatives Awarded 8th Consecutive Best Introducing Broker by HFM
2020 was a weird year where we hunkered down and socially distanced and where work from home became the new normal, all while still trying to innovate, educate, and sustain relationships with our clients (and build with new ones) in a constantly changing environment. With all the trials and tribulations at hand, we’re proud and […]
