Interview recorded - 23rd of May, 2023

On todays episode of the WTFinance podcast I had the pleasure of welcoming back for a third time Dave Collum, Professor of Organic Chemistry and leading thinker on markets and the larger world around us. 

During our conversation we spoke about why markets seem to be performing despite negative news, how this is influenced by a small minority of companies, whether we could see further banking collapses', which country will win and more!

0:00 - Introduction
1:40 - What is Dave seeing in the current markets?
14:20 - Small number of companies propping up the markets
15:15 - Is there a reason why the top 5 companies are so highly valued?
23:35 - Will the debt ceiling be a red-herring?
26:00 - Are there other banks with issues?
30:35 - All countries have issues, who wins?
34:50 - constant swinging to political extremes?
40:10 - Potential for AI exponential growth?

David Collum received a BS in biology from Cornell in 1977 and an MA, MS, and PhD in chemistry from Columbia University in 1980. Dave currently is the Betty R. Miller Professor of Chemistry at Cornell University. While at Cornell Dave has served as Director of Undergraduate Studies, Director of Graduate Studies, associate chairman, and chairman while running a research program in organic chemistry for forty years, which include collaborations with a host of large-cap pharmaceutical companies exemplified by Merck and Pfizer. In recent years he has become interested in the interface where politics and markets meet. He compiles an annual Year in Review, does several dozen podcasts per year, and occasionally stirs up trouble on more mainstream media sources.

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