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Host: Tracy Shuchart for MicDropMarketsGuests: Nick Givanovic, Eric Nuttall, Ross KennedyNick Givanovic Nick Givanovic graduated with a degree in Economics from Cambridge University in 1983 and worked as a bond trader at J.P. Morgan and Salomon Brothers. Subsequently he started his own hedge fund in 1993. After retiring from actively managing money for institutions in 2000, he has been investing, trading, and protecting his own assets and living mostly in the Bahamas. 2 Gray Beards Eric NuttallPartner and Senor portfolio manager at Ninepoint Capital. The Ninepoint Energy Fund seeks to achieve long-term capital growth. The Fund invests primarily in equity and equity-related securities of companies that are involved directly or indirectly in the exploration, development, production and distribution of oil, gas, coal, or uranium and other related activities in the energy and resource sector. His main fund is the 3rd largest energy fund in the world. Was #1 in the world in 2019 and 2021 according to Morningstar. Ross KennedyRoss Kennedy is the founder of Fortis Analysis, a strategic consultancy that serves public- and private-sector clients operating at the nexus of geoeconomics and national security. He is a logistics industry veteran, with seventeen years of direct experience operating agribusiness, chemical, energy, humanitarian, food, defense, and water supply chains.Disclaimer: This material is presented solely for informational and entertainment purposes and is not to be construed as a recommendation, solicitation, or an offer to buy or sell / long or short any securities, commodities, or any related financial instruments. Please contact a licensed professional before making any investment or trading decisions

Host: Tracy Shuchart Guests: Hugh Hendry and Brent Johnson Hugh Hendry Hugh Hendry is a writer, risk-taker, and thought leader on global capital markets. In 2002 he founded Eclectica Asset Management, a hedge fund that delivered uncorrelated returns to clients for over a decade. His prescience in anticipating the Great Financial Crisis of 2008 earned him a reputation as a prophetic iconoclast. Despite stepping back from active fund management, Hendry remains an influential voice in finance, leveraging his deep understanding of market dynamics and his contrarian mindset to provide a unique perspective on economic developments as the Acid Capitalist. Hendry now resides in St. Barts, where he is a leading investor in luxury real estate. Link: https://www.patreon.com/HughHendryBrent JohnsonBrent Johnson brings over twenty years of experience in the financial markets to his position as CEO of Santiago Capital where he manages $175mm for High Net Worth families via separately managed accounts and private funds.  Brent enjoyed more than nine years as a Managing Director at BakerAvenue Asset Management, a $2 Billion Asset Manager and Wealth Management firm, with offices in San Francisco, Dallas and New York.  He was the lead advisor for several of the firms largest clients.  Before joining BakerAvenue, Brent spent nine years at Credit Suisse in their private client group. He got his start as part of the training program at DLJ  in New York prior to moving to San Francisco. He joined Credit Suisse in the fall of 2000 when the bank purchased DLJ.Link: https://santiagocapital.com/Disclaimer: This material is presented solely for informational and entertainment purposes and is not to be construed as a recommendation, solicitation, or an offer to buy or sell / long or short any securities, commodities, or any related financial instruments. Please contact a licensed professional before making any investment or trading decisions

Host: Tracy Shuchart Guests: Tony Greer and Kevin Smith Tony Greer Tony began his career in the treasury department of Sumitomo Bank then moved on to join Union Bank of Switzerland as an FX and commodities trader. He returned to New York to join  J. Aron & Company, the privately held commodity trading arm of Goldman Sachs. Where he managed risk for the Goldman Sachs Commodities Index, in precious and base metals trading, and in futures and options trading on the New York Mercantile ExchangeHe has worked for prop firms and the NYSE trading floor. In August of of 2016 Tony launched TG Macro to create an independent research firm where he could combine 25 years in trading and 15 years writing a daily newsletter into one analytical platform. Tony provides fundamental, technical, and behavioral analysis of global markets to a group of institutional clients and a personal subscriber base.Kevin Smith Kevin is the Founder and CIO of Crescat Capital. He has been managing investment portfolios since 1992, a career spanning multiple business cycles.  Kevin has been the lead Portfolio Manager of Crescat’s five investment strategies since their respective inceptions. He is the creator of Crescat’s firmwide global macro investment process and systematic equity valuation model.  Prior to founding Crescat, he worked as a Wealth Advisor with Kidder Peabody. He earned an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business with a specialization in Finance and a concentration in Statistics. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.Disclaimer: This material is presented solely for informational and entertainment purposes and is not to be construed as a recommendation, solicitation, or an offer to buy or sell / long or short any securities, commodities, or any related financial instruments. Please contact a licensed professional before making any investment or trading decisions

Host: Tracy ShuchartGuests: Bill Fleckenstein, Matt Cole, Michael BelkinBill FleckensteinLegendary Hedge Fund manager Bill Fleckenstein. Who called the dotcom bubble in the 1990s and the 2008 collapse. Bill graduated from the University of Washington with a major in Mathematics, and joined the prestigious Wall Street firm Kidder Peabody in 1979. In 1982 he launched his own firm. He has written daily commentary on market action since 1996 and FleckensteinCapital.com was launched in 2003. He is also a bestselling author. His book is titled: Greenspan's Bubble: The Age of Ignorance at the Federal Reserve published in January of 2008. Matt ColeCEO and Chief investment officer at Strive Funds Matt oversees Strive’s investment philosophy, strategic positions, and product line up. He is Head Portfolio Manager for Strive’s equity ETFs and its actively managed Fixed Income ETFs. Prior to Strive, Matt was a Portfolio Manager at CalPERS, where he oversaw more than $70 billion in actively managed Fixed Income portfolios. During his 16 years at CalPERs, his portfolios were among the best performing in the investment industry and did not underperform their benchmark in any single year. Michael BelkinMichael Belkin is a financial and economic forecaster, who counsels family offices, hedge funds, pension funds, investment banks, mutualfunds, institutional money managers, sovereign wealth funds and high-net-worth investors throughout North America, Europe and Asia.Mr. Belkin was a Vice President in the equity department of Salomon Brothers until 1992. His role was quantitative strategist in globalmacro proprietary trading. His proprietary forecasting model is based on his studies of time series analysis at the UC Berkeley Haas Business School and UC Berkeley Statistics Department.Mr. Belkin's institutional advisory services are furnished via the weekly Belkin Report, which provides strategic forecasts for international stock indexes, interest rates, currencies, commodities, emerging markets and economic indicators with aspecial emphasis on sector rotation and long/short stock selection. 

Linda RaschkeLinda began her professional trading career in 1981 making markets in options as a member of two exchanges. She became a registered CTA (Commodity Trading Advisor) in 1992. Since then, she has been the principle trader for several hedge funds and started her own hedge fund in 2002 for which she was the CPO (Commodity Pool Operator). Linda’s hedge fund was ranked 17th out of 4500 for best 5 year performance by BarclaysHedge and her early successes were recognized by Jack Schwager in his renowned Market Wizards series. Linda retired as a CPO and CTA in 2015.  However, she continues to trade daily for her own account….the same managed money program she has traded since 1992. She is the author of Trading Sardines and co- author of Street Smarts: High Probability Trading Strategies for the Futures and Equities Markets” with Laurence A. Connors.Anthony CrudeleAnthony Crudele is a seasoned Futures trader with 29 years of experience. His journey began in 1995 as a runner at Lyn Waldock, marking the initiation of his experience in the financial markets. From there, he took on various roles, eventually becoming one of the youngest members on the trading floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), holding multiple seats and actively participating in the early stages of electronic trading. Crudele’s 23-year membership at the CME solidified his passion for the industry.Beyond his trading career, Crudele has made a significant impact on the Futures industry as the founder of “Futures Radio Show” in 2014, the first Futures podcast. Over the past decade, the podcast has offered valuable insights through interviews with industry experts.Sponsor this week: MenthorQProDiscover how Menthor Q is revolutionising the way option traders trade and risk manage via Alternative Option data. Menthor Q Solutions Offers:- Gamma and Volatility Levels on Stock, ETFs, Futures and Crypto- Cutting-edge predictive models for options trading.- Expert insights and analysis for informed decision-making.- A Community of 15000 professional tradersYou can find them at Menthorq.com or at their X account @methorqproPlease follow us on X: @micdropmarketshost: Tracy Shuchart @chigrl

GuestsJosh YoungCIO and Founder of Bison Interests energy fund Josh has built his career concentrating on deep value opportunities for investors. He has over 15 years of experience in investment management, 10 of which were focused on publicly-traded oil and gas securities. Josh was a management consultant to Fortune 500 companies and private equity firms, and then an investment analyst at a private equity fund. He worked as an energy investment analyst for a multi-billion dollar, single family office, which was nominated as Institutional Investor's Single Family Office of the Year in 2008. Vandana  HariVandana Hari is Founder & CEO of Vanda Insights, a Singapore-based provider of global oil markets macro-analysis. She has 25 years of experience providing intelligence on the global energy markets to stakeholders in the petroleum industry, policy-makers, and wealth managers. Before launching Vanda Insights in 2016, Vandana served in leadership positions at S&P Global PlattsShe is a regular speaker at international energy conferences, is extensively quoted by business media around the world, and writes a monthly oil column for the Nikkei Asian ReviewChistine GuerreroChristine Guerrero is a Petroleum Engineering with an MBA.  She spent nearly 2 decades within the oil & gas industry working for Schlumberger, Precision Drilling, Chevron and Hess Corporation in drilling operations and strategic planning roles prior to becoming a fulltime investor and sector advisor.Host: Tracy Shuchart

Guests Carol Roth  Carol Roth is a “recovering” investment banker; entrepreneur; TV pundit and host; speaker; economic, business, and financial commentator; content developer; and New York Times bestselling author.  Her books include The Entrepreneur Equation, The War on Small Business and now, You Will Own Nothing (out 7/18/23).  Carol has worked in a variety of capacities across industries, including currently as an outsourced chief customer officer (CCO), as a director on public and private company boards, and as a strategic advisor and C-level consigliere.  Carol connects the dots on financial, business, and economic issues for novice and pro audiences alike. She is also the creator of the Future File legacy planning system and software (http://FutureFile.com). Carol advocates for small business, small government, and big hair. In her book just out last year, You Will Own Nothing¸ Roth reveals how world governments, globalist organizations, Big Tech, Wall Street and other powerful elites are proactively trying to control every finite resource and determining who has access to such resources.  Chris Martenson Chris Martenson is an economic researcher and futurist specializing in energy and resource depletion, and founder of PeakProsperity.com. As one of the early econobloggers who forecasted the housing market collapse and stock market correction years in advance, Chris rose to prominence with the launch of his seminal video seminar: The Crash Course which has also been published in book form with a new revised edition that just came outlast year. The Crash Course is a popular and extremely well-regarded distillation of the interconnected forces in the Economy, Energy and the Environment (the “Three Es” as Chris calls them) that are shaping the future – one that will be defined by increasing challenges to growth as we have known it.Following that, the book Prosper! addresses personal resilience by building eight forms of capital.In addition to the analysis and commentary he writes for his site PeakProsperity.com, Chris shares his insights on his own social media channels, as well as through traditional media, academic, and civic and private organizations around the world, including the UN, the UK House of Commons and U.S. State Legislatures 

Guests this week: Andy Constan - Damped SpringGary Brode - Deep Knowledge InvestingPeter Boockvar - The Boock ReportNeely Tamminga - Distill IQ Mike Green - SimplifyHost: Tracy Shuchart (@chigrl)Follow: MicDropMarkets

Guest this week: Grant Williams and Alex Guervich Sponsor: Complete IntelligenceGrant Williams Grant Williams has logged over 35 years in finance. During that time, he’s lived and worked in seven major financial centres from London to Sydney, building the kind of network that many others can only dream about.He began his career in the Japanese equity market in the mid-1980s, before a three-year posting to Tokyo ensured he had a ringside seat as the twin bubbles in equities and real estate burst simultaneously and spectacularly at the end of 1989. After a short stint back in London, Grant relocated once again, this time to New York, where he spent 7 years. Subsequent postings have taken him to Hong Kong, Sydney, Singapore, and the Cayman Islands. Currently, he is a senior advisor to Matterhorn Asset Management AG in Switzerland, and a portfolio and strategy advisor to Vulpes Investment Management in Singapore.He is also host of the Grant Williams podcast along with several others.  Alex Guervich Alex Gurevich is the Founder and CIO of HonTe Advisors, LLC. Founded in 2015, HonTe Advisors, LLC is an SF-based, discretionary global macro investment firm that focuses on long-horizon, thematic, multi-asset class investing across developed and emerging markets.Prior, he ran global Macro trading at J.P. Morgan Chase. He is the author of the Wall Street Journal bestselling book The Trades of March 2020 and The Next Perfect Trade, as well as several science fiction and fantasy stories.  Alex was born and raised in St. Petersburg, Russia, and earned his PhD in mathematics from the University of Chicago.Thank you to Complete Intelligence for being the sponsor this week: CI is a globally integrated proprietary forecasting platform for finance Host: Tracy Shuchart @chigrlFollow @MicDropMarkets for new updates on spaces

Guests this week: Lakshman Achuthan and Jim WelshLakshman Achuthan Co-founder of ECRI The leading predictor of cycle turning points.For over 30 years Lakshman has been studying business cycles and working with clients.In 2004, he co-authored Beating the Business Cycle: How to Predict and Profit from Turning Points in the Economy.Lakshman met his mentor, Geoffrey H. Moore, at Columbia University in 1990. After working together for years, with co-founder Anirvan Banerji, the three left Columbia to start ECRI in 1996.He also serves on the Board of Governors for the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College.Jim Welsh Jim has published a monthly investment letter since 1985 that focuses on Federal Reserve monetary policy, the economy, and the financial markets. He has managed a mutual fund, worked for major wire-houses, and has been widely published in financial media. Jim was Forward Funds' ($5.5 billion) Macro Tactical strategist for a number of years, and provides high quality economic and technical market analysis for advisors and investors as a guide to portfolio allocation and tactical portfolio changes. Welsh's Macro Tides models identify trend changes in the domestic & international equity markets, fixed income, currency (USD & Euro) and Gold markets.Host Tracy Shuchart (@chigrl)Follow @MicDropMarkets on X

Guests: Lyn Alden and Marty BentLyn Alden  Lyn’s  background lies in the intersection of engineering and finance.She has a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and a master’s degree in engineering management, with a focus on engineering economics and financial modeling.She has been performing investment research for over fifteen years after retiring from engineering in various public and private capacities, and founded Lyn Alden Investment Strategy in 2016. Her goal is to provide institutional-level research in plain English, so that both institutional investors and retail investors can benefit from it.Her work has been editorially featured or cited on a plethora of media channelsShe just published her first book “Broken Money” last year, a bestseller on Amazon.Marty Bent Managing Partner at Ten31Ten31 is the leading bitcoin-focused investor and partner of choice to companies building technology and infrastructure for the bitcoin ecosystem, as well as complementary freedom-oriented technologies including open source software, AI and nostr.Founder of TFTC the super popular podcast dedicated to bringing you content that spans the realms of bitcoin, economics, privacy, freedom technology, and culture. And Director at Cathedra, a company has diversified bitcoin mining operations which produce 355 PH/s across three states and five locations in the United States.Previously, Marty was the director of business development at Great American Mining ("GAM"), a bitcoin mining company focused on off-grid deployments using non-rival energy sources such as natural gas that would otherwise be flared throughout oil fields.Host: Tracy Shuchart (@chigrl)Follow @MicDropMarkets on X

Guest this week: Jeff Snider and Joseph WangJeff SniderJeff Snider is one of the foremost experts on the global monetary system, specifically the eurodollar money system, and all aspects of its misunderstood inner workings and how they impact global markets, commerce, and economy. His podcast - Eurodollar University - aims to educate the public on the evolution and nature, and nuances of the eurodollar system and true monetary principles. He is a regular contributor to Real Clear Markets and a columnist for the Epoch Times, and is active on Twitter as well as He has been a guest on countless programs including MacroVoices, and Real Vision for his insights into the Eurodollar system, LIBOR, and repo/securities lending markets., etc.Link to Eurodollar University for subscriptionsJoseph WangJoseph is the CIO at Monetary Macro and previously a senior trader on the open markets desk. The Desk sits at the center of the dollar system as its ultimate and infinite provider of dollars. It has access to virtually all regulatory and financial data, as well as open lines of communication with all major market participants. It is one of the few places in the world where one can definitively learn how the system works.Earlier in his career, Joseph was a credit analyst and in another life he practiced law. He holds a B.A. in Economics from Northwestern University, a J.D. from Columbia Law School, and an MSc. in Financial Economics from Oxford University.Link to FedGuy for subscriptionsFollow host @chigrlFollow @micdropmarkets

Guest this week: Stephanie Link and Mike LarsonStephanie Link Stephanie Link is the Chief Investment Strategist and Head of Investment Solutions at Hightower Advisors, a national wealth management firm that provides investment, financial and retirement planning services to individuals, foundations and family offices. In addition, Ms. Link runs an equity portfolio within the Investment Solutions group which has $3.5B in assets under management.Prior to joining Hightower, Ms. Link was the Senior Managing Director and Head of Global Equities research at Nuveen, where she co-managed the CREF Stock Variable Annuity Portfolio with $200 billion in assets, managed her own US Core portfolio with $3.7 billion in assetsBefore joining Nuveen, Ms. Link spent seven years at TheStreet as Chief Investment Officer and Co-Portfolio manager of Jim Cramer’s Charitable Trust. Before that, she served for 10 years at Prudential Equity Group as Managing Director of Institutional Sales and Director of Research. She began her career at Dean Witter Reynolds in the Institutional Sales Department. Mike LarsonMike Larson serves as vice president and editor-in-chief at MoneyShow, overseeing all aspects of its investor education efforts and conferences and planning the firm's content operations. Before joining MoneyShow, he was a senior editor and analyst at Weiss Ratings. Where he produced the company's Safe Money Report, a comprehensive Monthly Market Overview. Full of detailed, hard-hitting analysis about what is driving the stock market overall, and dividend-paying investments., Weekend Windfalls, and Heat Maps newsletters, while also writing, editing, and trading several other past products. He specializes in Income-Focused Stock & Options Strategies.His areas of expertise as an analyst include domestic and global interest rates, commercial and residential real estate, and central bank policy.Follow host Tracy Shuchart (@chigrl)And @micdropmarkets DISCLAMER: This material is presented solely for informational and entertainment purposes and is not to be construed as a recommendation, solicitation, or an offer to buy or sell / long or short any securities, commodities, or any related financial instruments. Please contact a licensed professional before making any investment or trading decisions

Guests: Jeff Macke and Neely TammingaJeff MackeFounder and President of Macke Asset ManagementFounding cast-member of CNBC's Fast Money (2006-2009)He has been writing about stocks and markets on and off-line since the mid 1990's. He worked for and has appeared on TheStreet.com, Yahoo Finance, the WSJ, the late Minyanville and just about everywhere else.Co-Wrote "Clash of the Financial Pundits" with Josh Brown.Started his career with Macy's (in the management training program...and sold suits and shoes back when you had to put them on men's feet!). Grew up in Target stores (his dad was CEO of what was then Dayton Hudson). Currently in-development on a new project with Herb Greenberg.Neely Tamminga Neely is the co-founder and CEO of DISTILL—a specialized advisory service for executive leaders and board directors on matters of the consumer economy.  Prior to launching DISTILL, Neely worked for 20+ years on Wall Street covering the consumer sector where she advised institutional and private equity investors in their investment decisions.  During her career, Neely led the consumer research practice as a managing director at Piper Jaffray (now Piper Sandler).   Key career awards include top sell-side analyst in The Wall Street Journal Best on the Street analyst survey in 2006 and 2011 for coverage in broadline and apparel retailers.  In 2007, Neely was named by Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal as a 40 Under Forty award winner.  A frequent keynote speaker on matters of the consumer economy, Neely was included in the 2020 lineup of speakers for TEDxMinneapolis Host: Tracy Shuchart (@chigrl)Follow @micdropmarkets

Guests Stephanie Pomboy and Larry McdonaldStephanie Pomboy  Stephanie Pomboy is the founder, owner, and president of MacroMavens. She is also a financial analyst, market strategist, and economist. She began her career at Cyrus J. Lawrence LLC's investment management company. Then worked as a managing director at  economic research firm ISI Group with Ed Hyman and Nancy Lazar from 1991 to 2002.where she provided timely financial insight and analysis to the country's most sophisticated and largest institutions.  In 2002 she founded her own firm MacroMavens delivering prescient insights on emerging macroeconomic trends and their implications for global financial markets . In addition, she hosts a joint podcast called The Super Terrific Happy Hour with Grant Williams of Things That Make You Go Hmmm… newsletter. Lawrence McDonaldLarry McDonald is a New York Times bestselling author, CNBC contributor, and Political Risk Expert. He is also the creator of The Bear Traps Report, a weekly independent Macro Research Platform focusing on global political and systemic risk with actionable trade ideas founded in 2010From 2011 – 2016, he was Managing Director and Head of U.S. Macro Strategy at SocGenIn late 2006, as Vice President at Lehman Brothers, he led his team into betting against the subprime mortgage market, profiting the firm over $2 billion before its demise.Prior to working at Lehman, he was the co-founder of Convertbond.com, a website that provided convertible securities information with news, valuation, terms and analysis tools for convertible bonds, convertible preferred stocks, and other convertible securities. Convertbond was acquired by Morgan Stanley in 1999.His latest book titled How to Listen When Markets Speak is out March 26th

Guests: Arjun Murti and Rory JohnstonArjun MurtiArjun was the Goldman Sachs “Super Spike” analyst from the 2000s commodity bull market era. He retired as a partner in 2014 after 22 years as a sell- and buy-side energy equity research analyst at Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan Investment Management, and Petrie Parkman & Co.  He has since stayed active as an independent board member of ConocoPhillips, a senior advisor at Warburg Pincus, and an advisory board member at Columbia University’s Center on Global Energy Policy as well as ClearPath. In March 2023, he “un-retired” to become a partner at Veriten, an energy research, strategy, and investment firm.He also publishes a  substack called SuperSpiked about the messy transition era. Rory Johnston Rory Johnston is a Toronto-based oil market researcher, the founder of Commodity Context, a lecturer at the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, as well as a Fellow with both the Canadian Global Affairs Institute and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines. He is a leading voice on oil market analysis, advising institutional investors, global policy makers, and corporate decision makers. Prior to founding Commodity Context, Rory led commodity economics research at Scotiabank where he set the bank’s energy and metals price forecasts, advised the bank’s executives and clients, and sat on the bank’s senior credit committee for commodity-exposed sectors.Follow host @chigrl on X@MicDropMarkets

Guests: Mary Kissel, Leland Miller, Tony NashMary KisselMary is Executive Vice President and Senior Policy Advisor at Stephens Inc. In this role, she provides advice on geopolitical risk and macroeconomic trends to Stephens clients and the Stephens management team.From October 2018 to January 2021, Ms. Kissel served as Senior Advisor to Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo. Prior to joining the State Department, she had a long and distinguished career on The Wall Street Journal editorial board, including stints as chief foreign policy writer in New York City and Asia-Pacific editorial page editor, based in Hong Kong. She began her career at Goldman Sachs. Leland MillerLeland is the co-founder and CEO of China Beige Book.A noted authority on China’s economy and financial system, he is a frequent commentator on media outlets such as CNBC, Bloomberg TV, CNN, and FOX Business, and he has served as guest host of two of the financial world’s top morning news shows, CNBC Squawk Box and Bloomberg Surveillance. Before co-founding China Beige Book in 2010, Leland was a capital markets attorney based out of New York and Hong Kong and worked on the deal team at a major investment bank. He holds a law degree from the University of Virginia, and a master’s degree in Chinese History from Oxford UniversityLeland is an elected member of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations, an elected life member of the Council on Foreign RelationsIn February 2024, Leland was appointed Commissioner to the congressionally-mandated U.S.-China Economic & Security Review Commission by Speaker of the House Mike Johnson Tony NashTony Nash is the CEO and Founder of Complete Intelligence. Previously, Tony built and led the global research business for The Economist and the Asia consulting business for IHS (now part of S&P). He is a frequent public speaker and a contributor to leading global media (BBC, CNBC, Bloomberg, etc.) and has served as an advisor to government and think tanks in Tokyo, Singapore, Beijing, Washington D.C. and others.Tony is an international advisory board member for Texas A&M University. He has a Master’s Degree in International Relations from the Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy at Tufts University and a BA in Business Management from Texas A&M University.Host: Tracy Shuchart (@chigrl)Disclaimer: This material is presented solely for informational and entertainment purposes and is not to be construed as a recommendation, solicitation, or an offer to buy or sell / long or short any securities, commodities, or any related financial instruments. Please contact a licensed professional before making any investment or trading decisions

Guests this weekEric Balchunas  ERIC BALCHUNAS is a senior ETF analyst at Bloomberg, where he has over a decade of experience working with ETF data, designing new functions and writing ETF research for the Bloomberg terminal. He also writes articles, feature stories and blog posts on ETFs for Bloomberg.com and appears each week on Bloomberg TV and Radio to discuss ETFs. He is also the Author of The Bogle Effect: How John Bogle and Vanguard Turned Wall Street Inside Out and Saved Investors TrillionsCem Karsan  Cem Karsan is the Founder, CIO, and Managing Principal of Kai Volatility Advisors. He is responsible for portfolio construction, and firm-wide management, as well as its Head of Research and Risk Management. Mr. Karsan formed Kai Volatility Advisors after over two decades of experience building industry-leading derivatives businesses. At its peak, during the Great Financial Crises, Mr. Karsan’s proprietary market-making firm, Precision Capital Management, represented approximately 13% of the daily volume of S&P 500 Options. In 2010, Mr. Karsan divested his stake in Precision Capital to found his own investment management firm, now Kai Volatility Advisor Mike Green Michael is the chief strategist at Simplify Asset Management .Michael joined Simplify in April 2021 after serving as Chief Strategist and Portfolio Manager for Logica Capital Advisers, LLC.  Prior to Logica, Michael managed macro strategies at Thiel Macro, LLC, an investment firm that manages the personal capital of Peter Thiel. Prior to Thiel, Michael founded Ice Farm Capital, a discretionary global macro hedge fund seeded by Soros Fund Management. From 2006-2014, Michael founded and managed the New York office of Canyon Capital Advisors, a $23B multi-strategy hedge fund based in Los Angeles, CA, where he established their global macro strategies, managing in excess of $5B of exposure across equity, credit, FX, commodity and derivative markets.This spaces is brought to you by MenthorQ Discover how Menthor Q is revolutionizing the way option traders trade and risk manage via Alternative Option data.Are you an options trader looking to get ahead of the market? Menthor Q is here to transform your trading experience with innovative alternative data and option trading models.Menthor Q Solutions Offers:- Gamma and Volatility Levels on Stock, ETFs, Futures and Crypto- Cutting-edge predictive models for options trading.- Expert insights and analysis for informed decision-making.- A Community of 15K professional tradersYou can find them at Menthorq.com or at their X account @methorqpro use code: chi20 to receive at 20% discount on any plan.

This Weeks Guests Blake Morrow (@PipCzar)Blake is the Co Founder of Forex Analytix. Blake spent most of his professional career as the Chief Currency Strategist for Wizetrade group for 15 years, and then the Senior Currency Strategist for Ally Financial after the acquisition of Tradeking which owned the Wizetrade Group. He is co-owner of a Dallas based brokerage firm and LiquidTrader Technologies and has been trading the markets for over 25yrs. His company, Forex Analytix, aims to educate and build a community of successful traders around the globe. Stelios Kontogoulas (@SteliosConto)Stelios is the co-founder and Chief Macro Analyst for Forex Analytix. He has an IT background but switched to trading and was a market-maker for 10 years at Barclays and BoA/ML in London. His trading decisions are driven mostly by fundamentals, using technical analysis for entry/exit points.Ryan Littlestone (@ForexFlowLive) Ryan is the Founder of Forex Flow Live, and has merged with the Forex Analytix team. Ryan has over 30 years experience starting his career in dealing LME warrants and trading in the pits at LIFFE as a local. He still trades his own account and is  He is the host of the popular "Flow Show" in European hours prepping traders on the day ahead in markets. Forex Analytix (@ForexAnalytix) has a trader funding programUse this link to get started: https://traderfundingdashboard.propaccount.com//evaluation?affiliateId=chigrl

Guests: Ayesha Tariq, Leonid Mironov, Robert MullinAyesha Tariq Is the Co-Founder of MacroVisor, where she leverages her extensive experience and expertise in the financial markets to provide insightful and actionable macroeconomic research and cross-asset investment strategies to clients. She is a CFA Charterholder with over 19 years of experience in analyzing companies and investments, providing corporate finance advisory, and structuring deals across various sectors and regions.She started in Corporate Banking,  then moved to a private family business as the Head of Treasury and Investments, managing a portfolio a substantial portfolio in real estate, hospitality, and private and public equities.Leonid Mironov Leonid is currently the head of materials at PACAT Capital Management (HK). He has over 17 years of experience in the global commodity and commodity equities space currently focusing on China and SE Asia. PACAT is a Hong Kong based long only and hedge fund manager investing in China and Asia with an exceptional track record going back to 2000.Robert Mullin Robert Mullin is the Founder and General Partner of Marathon Resource Advisors LLC, and has been investing in the energy and natural resource-sector since 1994. Over the last three decades he has been a portfolio manager at the Franklin/Templeton Group, The Cypress Funds and Tocqueville Asset Management as well as running his own firms focused on the sector.  His thoughts on energy and natural resources have appeared in Bloomberg, Barrons, The Wall Street Journal and numerous other publications, and he has recently appeared in interviews with MOI Global, Prometheus Alts and Crux Investor as well as published several videos on the topics of the Energy Transition and the role of commodities in Geopolitics.Our Links:@MicdropMarkets @chigrl