Incubator Hedge Fund

Incubator Hedge Fund

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  • The Man Who Solved the Market: How Jim Simons Launched the Quant Revolution with Gregory Zuckerman

    Greg Zuckerman is the author of The Man Who Solved the Market: How Jim Simons Launched the Quant Revolution

    Gregory Zuckerman is a Special Writer at The Wall Street Journal, a 23-year veteran of the paper and a three-time winner of the Gerald Loeb award -- the highest honor in business journalism.

    Greg is the author of The Man Who Solved the Market: How Jim Simons Launched a Quant Revolution, a New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller published by PenguinRandomHouse’s Portfolio division November 2019. The book, which is being translated into 17 languages, was shortlisted by the Financial Times/McKinsey as one of the best business books of 2019.

    Greg also is the author of The Frackers: The Outrageous Inside Story of the New Billionaire Wildcatters, a national bestseller published October 2014 that describes how several unlikely individuals created an American energy renaissance that has brought OPEC to its knees. The Frackers was named among 2014’s best books by The Financial Times and Forbes Magazine. Previously, Greg wrote The Greatest Trade Ever: The Behind-the-Scenes Story of How John Paulson Defied Wall Street and Made Financial History, a New York Times and Wall Street Journal best seller published December 2010.

    Greg and his two sons wrote Rising Above: How 11 Athletes Overcame Challenges in their Youth to Become Stars and Rising Above-Inspiring Women in Sports, books that are aimed at inspiring young readers with stories of how stars in various sports overcame imposing setbacks in their youth. The books were chosen by Scholastic Teacher magazine as top picks in 2016 and 2017.

    At the Journal, Greg writes about big financial firms, personalities and trades, as well as hedge funds, the energy revolution and other investing and business topics. Previously, he was the lead writer of the widely read "Heard on the Street" column and covered the credit markets and private-equity beats.

    Greg appears regularly on CNBC, Fox Business, Yahoo Finance, Bloomberg Television and various television networks. He makes regular appearances on National Public Radio, BBC, ABC Radio, Bloomberg Radio and radio stations around the globe.

    Greg gives speeches to business groups on a variety of topics. Over the past year, he has spoken to groups in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Houston, Dallas, Las Vegas, Phoenix, Calgary, Montreal and Niagara Falls.

    Greg joined the Journal in 1996 after writing about media companies for the New York Post. Previously, he was the managing editor of Mergers & Acquisitions Report, a newsletter published by Investment Dealers' Digest. He graduated from Brandeis University in 1988, Magna Cum Laude.

    25 min
  • Money Mavericks - Confessions of a Hedge Fund Manager with Lars Kroijer

    Lars Kroijer is the author of Money Mavericks - Confessions of a Hedge Fund Manager 

    Mr. Kroijer is the founder and managing director of Alliedcrowds.com – the leading directory and aggregator of alternative capital into the world’s 132 lower and middle income countries. He is the author of "Money Mavericks - Confessions of a Hedge Fund Manager" and “Investing Demystified – How to Invest without Speculation and Sleepless Nights”. 

    Mr. Kroijer currently serves on the advisory board of alternative investment funds in London, New York, and Hong Kong. He has frequently appeared as a finance expert on a broad range of media, including BBC, CNN, CNBC, FT, Bloomberg, Reuters, NY Times, Forbes, etc.

    Previously Mr. Kroijer was the CIO of Holte Capital Ltd, a London-based market neutral special situations hedge fund which he founded in 2002 before returning external capital in the spring of 2008. Prior to establishing Holte Capital, Mr. Kroijer served in the London office of HBK Investments focusing on special situations investing. In addition, he previously worked at SC Fundamental, a value-focused hedge fund, and the investment banking division of Lazard Frères, both in New York.  While in graduate school Mr. Kroijer held internships with the private equity firm Permira Advisors (then Schroder Ventures) and management consulting firm McKinsey & Co.

    Mr. Kroijer graduated Magna cum Laude from Harvard University with a degree in economics and received a MBA from Harvard Business School.

    41 min
  • The Due Diligence Handbook for Commercial Real Estate with Brian Hennessey

    Brian Hennessey is the author of the #1 Best Seller in commercial real estate books on Amazon “The Due Diligence Handbook for Commercial Real Estate” and “The How to Add Value Handbook for Commercial Real Estate” and “The Residential Agent’s Handbook for Commercial Real Estate”

    He has been in the commercial real estate industry for over 35 years as: a commercial broker for 27 years; a Senior Vice President of Acquisitions and Dispositions for 6 years for a major investor and ran his own real estate syndication/asset management company for 3 years. He has represented a number of Fortune 500 Tenants including Bank of America, The Walt Disney Company and Baxter Healthcare. 

    34 min
  • How to Legally Raise Private Money with Securities Attorney Kim Lisa Taylor

    Kim Lisa Taylor is the founder of Syndication Attorneys, PLLC, a Florida based law firm that provides Securities Offering Documents and Investor Marketing Materials for clients nationwide. 


    She is the author of the Amazon #1 Best Selling book "How To Legally Raise Private Money” and has been the responsible attorney for hundreds of securities offerings.

    50 min
  • The Book on Advanced Tax Strategies: Cracking the Code for Savvy Real Estate Investors with Amanda Han
    Amanda Han is the author of The Book on Tax Strategies for the Savvy Real Estate Investor and The Book on Advanced Tax Strategies: Cracking the Code for Savvy Real Estate Investors.
    As both a tax strategist and real estate investor, Amanda Han combines her passion of real estate investing with her expertise knowledge in tax strategies. Her goal is to help investors with strategies designed to supercharge their wealth building using entity structuring, self-directed investing, and income offset opportunities to keep more of what they make.
    Amanda’s highly rated book Tax Strategies for the Savvy Real Estate Investor is amongst Amazon’s best seller list. 
    Amanda is a frequent contributor, speaker, and educator to some of the nation’s top investment and self-directed IRA companies.  Amanda’s cutting-edge tax strategies have been featured in prominent publications including Money Magazine, Realtor.com, and AllBusiness.com. Amanda was a speaker at “Talks at Google” that features influential thinkers and creators. Amanda has also appeared in CNBC’s Smart Money Talk Radio as well as BiggerPockets podcasts.
    Amanda is a 40 under 40 honoree by CPA Practice Advisor showcased amongst the best and brightest talent in the accounting profession. Her firm Keystone CPA, Inc. was awarded a two-time winner of the Top CPA of Orange County Award by OC Metro Magazine.  She is certified by the CA State Board of Accountancy and is a member of the prestigious American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) with clients across the nation.
    37 min
  • More Money Than God: Hedge Funds and the Making of a New Elite with Sebastian Mallaby
    Sebastian Mallaby is the author of More Money Than God: Hedge Funds and the Making of a New Elite
    Sebastian Mallaby is the Paul A. Volcker senior fellow for international economics at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). An experienced journalist and public speaker, Mallaby is also a contributing columnist for the Washington Post, where he previously served as a staff columnist and editorial board member. He is the author of The Man Who Knew: The Life & Times of Alan Greenspan, winner of the 2016 Financial Times/McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award and the 2017 George S. Eccles Prize in Economic Writing. His writing has also appeared in the Atlantic and the Financial Times, where he spent two years as a contributing editor.
    Mallaby’s interests cover a wide variety of domestic and international issues, including central banks, financial markets, the implications of the rise of newly emerging powers, and the intersection of economics and international relations. His previous book, More Money Than God: Hedge Funds and the Making of a New Elite, was described by New York Times columnist David Brooks as “superb”; it was the recipient of the 2011 Loeb Prize and a New York Times bestseller. His earlier works are The World’s Banker, a portrait of the World Bank under James Wolfensohn that was named as an “Editor’s Choice” by the New York Times; and After Apartheid, which was named by the New York Times as a “Notable Book.” An essay in the Financial Times said of The World’s Banker, “Mallaby’s book may well be the most hilarious depiction of a big organization and its controversial boss since Michael Lewis’s Liar’s Poker.”
    Before joining the Washington Post in 1999, Mallaby spent thirteen years with the Economist. While at the Economist, he worked in London, where he wrote about foreign policy and international finance; in Africa, where he covered Nelson Mandela’s release and the collapse of apartheid; and in Japan, where he covered the breakdown of the country’s political and economic consensus. Between 1997 and 1999, Mallaby was the Economist’s Washington bureau chief and wrote the magazine’s weekly Lexington column on American politics and foreign policy. He is a two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist: once for editorials on Darfur and once for a series on economic inequality. In 2015, he helped to found a startup, InFacts.org, a web publication making the fact-based case for Britain to remain in the European Union.
    Mallaby was educated at Oxford, graduating in 1986 with a first class degree in modern history. After eighteen years in Washington, DC, he moved to London in 2014, where he lives with his wife, Zanny Minton Beddoes, editor in chief of the Economist.
    55 min
  • Index Funds: The 12-Step Recovery Program for Active Investors with Mark Hebner

    Mark Hebner is author of Index Funds: The 12-Step Recovery Program for Active Investors

    Mark is the founder and president of Index Fund Advisors, Inc., (IFA), author of the highly regarded book Index Funds: The 12-Step Recovery Program for Active Investors, focused on investor education. Mark’s current book and previous editions received praise from financial industry experts and academic luminaries, including John Bogle, David Booth, Burton Malkiel, and Nobel Laureates Harry Markowitz and Paul Samuelson. The book has been nominated as one of the three all-time greatest investment books, along with the writings of John Bogle and Warren Buffett.

    Prior to founding Index Fund Advisors in 1999, Mark was President, CEO and co-Founder of Syncor International (previously a public company - SCOR) from 1975 to 1985. In Jan. 2003, Cardinal Health acquired Syncor for approximately $850 million. As a division of Cardinal Health, it is the world's leading provider of nuclear pharmacy services.

    Mark is a Wealth Advisor and has an MBA from the University of California, Irvine and a Bachelor’s in Nuclear Pharmacy from the University of New Mexico.

    57 min
  • Stock Investing for Dummies, Stock Market for Dummies with Paul Mladjenovic

    Paul Mladjenovic is the author of Stock Investing for Dummies.  

    Paul has been interviewed/published or referenced by numerous media sources such as Kitco.com, Investopedia, Comcast, CNN, One America News Network, MarketWatch, Bloomberg, Newsmax, Fox Business, Savvy Business Radio, PreciousMetalsInvesting.com, Futures Magazine, GoldSeek.com, Minyanville.com, FinancialSense.com and many more.

    Paul Mladjenovic is a CFP, national seminar leader, author and consultant. He earned his CFP designation in 1985. During those 39-plus years, he has helped hundreds of thousands of students and readers build wealth through his nationwide seminars, workshops, conferences and consulting services. 

    Paul was born in a communist country (Yugoslavia) and he came to the United States in 1963. This is why he refers to himself as a ”Raving Capitalist.” This background helps him understand the “big picture” so that he can provide better guidance and forecasts for his clients, students and readers.

    This episode focused on stock market for dummies and more specifically about the difference between fundamental trader and technical trader.  More specifically we talked about the buying criteria, selling criteria, short selling, capital gains, growth and value stocks. 

    More information about Paul and his book Stock Investing for Dummies can be found at www.RavingCapitalist.com

    References from the Show

    Stock Investing for Dummies 

    54 min
  • Conversation about Real Estate “Hedge Fund” Syndications - Hands Off Investor with Brian Burke

    Brian Burke is the author of The Hands-Off Investor: An Insider’s Guide to Investing in Passive Real Estate Syndications Brian has acquired over half a billion dollars’ worth of real estate over a 30-year career including over 3,000 multifamily units and more than 700 single-family homes, with the assistance of proprietary software that he wrote himself. Brian has subdivided land, built homes, and constructed self-storage, but really prefers to reposition existing multifamily properties.  Brian Burke is President / CEO of Praxis Capital Inc, a vertically integrated real estate private equity investment firm. www.PraxCap.com

    45 min

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