Limit Up! Podcast

Trading is both fun and lucrative, but the emotional rollercoaster of this job can take a toll. Our guest this week on Limit Up! is John Nyhoff, Assistant Professor of Finance at Lewis University. After spending 31 years on the floor, John made the transition to academia and private consulting. Tune in to learn about John’s transition as well as his predictions for the financial industry in 2020.

Today’s episode is part two in our Best Of Limit Up! series. Tune in for some of our most thought-provoking conversations from the last year of our podcast. Whether you missed these clips the first time around or you’re ready to sit down and take some notes, there’s valuable insights for traders of all stripes.

As we approach a brand-new decade, it’s time to reflect on everything we’ve learned in the last year of Limit Up! Take a walk down memory lane with us this week as we revisit some of the best trading advice our guests have given on the podcast. Stay tuned for part two next week!

James Koutoulas founded Typhon Capital Management in 2008. But it wasn’t until MF Global’s devastating bankruptcy that he found his true calling. On this week’s episode of Limit Up! James talks to Jeff about founding the customer advocacy group Commodity Customer Coalition and discusses the positive changes that have come about from this advocacy work. Tune in and get inspired!

Risk is a big part of life… nothing is guaranteed. In trading, risk is a huge part of the game. So how do you manage risk and live to trade another day? On today’s episode of Limit Up! Jeff talks to David Klusendorf, Chief Investment Officer at Typhon Capital. Listen for a discussion on managing risk and finding your trading niche.

The life of a trader is one of extreme highs amidst a constant hum of anxiety. How do you manage the stress? Keith Morton ran marathons back when he was a trader in the 80s. It helped him blow off steam and keep work at work. Since then, he’s championed a more efficient approach to training with his Citywide Superslow gym. Tune in to learn why you should be doing HIIT workouts to manage stress and stay healthy.

The skills learned as a trader are directly applicable to working at a startup. Biju Kulathakal knows all about this transition and stopped by Limit Up! to talk to Jeff about his new startup, Halo Investing. Biju discusses why structured note trading is a virtually untapped market on the rise. Tune in to learn more about the platform and how you can get involved.

Everyone knows that to get certain jobs, particularly in trading, you need to have a degree. But degree programs have risen in cost dramatically and are inaccessible to many. On today’s episode of Limit Up! Jeff Brown, Dean of the Gies College of Business, discusses how his school is working to democratize higher ed and takes us through what the future of the MBA will look like.

Mistakes are inevitable, so why are we still so afraid of making them? On this week’s episode of Limit Up! Jeff talks to Gustavo Razzetti of Liberationist about why the fear of failure is so paralyzing. Gustavo offers up his tips for resetting your mindset and increasing your resiliency in the face of failure.

Bob Greifeld was CEO of Nasdaq from 2003 to 2016 and led the exchange through winds of change. Bob was an out-of-the-box hire who profoundly changed the Nasdaq culture and oversaw the transition from paper-based trades to full computer-based trades. Bob sat down with Jeff to talk about what it was like leading Nasdaq, the importance of creating the right company culture, and what Bob sees as the future of trading. Hint: it involves crypto.