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Host: Tracy Shuchart for MicDropMarkets

Guest: Louis-Vincent Gave

Louis-Vincent Gave

 Louis-Vincent Gave is CEO of Gavekal. He co-founded the company in 1999 with his father Charles and Anatole Kaletsky.

 Gavekal started as an independent research firm and evolved in 2005 to include fund management and in 2008 to include data analysis services. Since 2005, Louis has mostly focused on the money management side of the business.

 Before co-founding Gavekal, Louis worked for Paribas Capital Markets where he was an equity research analyst from 1997 to 1999.

In 1996 and 1997, Louis served in the French Mountain Infantry Division as a Second Lieutenant. Louis studied Economics, History and Chinese at Duke University and Nanjing University.

In the past decade, Louis has written seven books, including his latest "Avoiding the Punch: Investing in Uncertain Times", published in August 2021.

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Host: Tracy Shuchart for MicDropMarkets

Guests: Arjun Murti and Rory Johnston

Arjun Murti

Arjun 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 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.

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Host: Tracy Shuchart for MicDropMarkets

Guests: Josh Crumb and Trevor Hall

Josh Crumb

A serial financial technology entrepreneur and former Goldman Sachs Executive Director and Senior Commodities Strategist, Josh combined his passion for energy markets and technological innovation to launch Abaxx Technologies

He holds a Master of Science in Mineral Economics, a Graduate Certificate in International Political Economy and a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines.

Trevor Hall

Trevor Hall is the President of Clear Creek Digital, an investor relations consultancy working with junior mining and mineral exploration companies throughout the world. The agency specializes in social media management, grassroots investor outreach, and new media production for companies exploring for and developing projects focused on precious and base metals. Trevor received a Bachelor and Masters degree from the College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln.

His is also Host of: Mining Stock Daily

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Host: Tracy Shuchart for MicDropMarkets

Guest: Todd Harrison

Todd Harrison

 Todd Harrison is the Founding Partner / Chief Investment Officer of CB1 Capital Management. Todd has spent over three decades on Wall Street managing risk and researching financial market strategies. His institutional experience includes Morgan Stanley Equity Derivatives (VP), The Galleon Group (MD), and Cramer, Berkowitz LLC (President / Head of Trading).

 Todd was also the Founder and CEO of Minyanville Media, Inc., an Emmy Award winning financial media company that covered global markets in real-time, developed, and licensed investment content to broker-dealers, and wrote real-time content that enabled millions of traders and investors to make more informed financial decisions.

 Todd’s first book, The Other Side of Wall Street, was published in 2011 by FT Press, and he has received an Emmy Award from The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.

 He was featured in the 20th Anniversary documentary of Oliver Stone’s Wall Street and the 2013 documentary, Money for Nothing: Inside the Federal Reserve

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Host: Tracy Shuchart for MicDropMarkets

Guests: Cem Karsan and Michael Lebowitz

Cem 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

Michael Lebowitz

Portfolio Manager, CFA

Michael Lebowitz brings more than 25 years of financial markets and risk management experience to RIA Advisors. Throughout his career, Michael has been involved in trading, portfolio construction and risk management involving some of the largest and most active portfolios in the world. In addition to broad institutional experience, he also built a successful independent RIA which allowed him to further extend his experience into the realm of investment management for individuals and family offices. Michael’s background and experience are the product of a diverse career path that affords him a unique investment and economic perspective. Grounded in logic and common sense, he blends his vast trading and investment expertise with economic viewpoints that delivers pragmatic and actionable thought leadership to clients.

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Host: Tracy Shuchart for MicDropMarkets

Guests: Andrey Sizov, Angie Setzer, Garrett Toay

Andrey Sizov

 Andrey is head of SovEcon think tank and editor of the Sizov Report on Black Sea grain. For 27 years they have been forecasting crops and exports, assessing stocks and consumption and looking at other key price drivers. They help their clients to trade better and avoid costly mistakes by providing analysis of the important and volatile Black Sea region. If you are trading grains and especially wheat you might want to check their service with a free trial at Sizov Report

Angie Setzer

Angie Setzer has over 18 years of experience in the cash grain industry. She focuses on bridging the gap between farmers and end users, leveraging her knowledge from both sides. In 2021, she founded Consus, where she assists farmers in turning their bushels into cash. Additionally, she provides consultancy services to agribusinesses and industry professionals around the world. Angie is renowned as a market analyst and has appeared on various media platforms, including Bloomberg Television, BBC News, Fox Business, Market to Market, and Bloomberg's "Oddlots."

 Garret Toay

 Is with AgTraderTalk is a full service Introducing Broker of R.J. O’Brien.  They handle commercial and farmer accounts across the Midwest.  In addition, to commentary and research.

Garrett has been in the commercial grain industry since 2001. The owner of Toay Commodity Futures Group since 2004, Garrett handles commercial accounts across the corn belt. He has been a contributor to Bloomberg, the Iowa Farmer Today and Barchart’s Grain Professional newsletter. He also used to report market news for AM-640 WOI out of Ames, IA. He has also been quoted in the San Francisco Chronicle. A 2000 graduate of Iowa State University, Garrett has presented for conferences from New York to Brazil.

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Host: Tracy Shuchart (@chigrl) for @MicDropMarkets

Guests: Brien Lundin and Dr. Anas Alhajji

Brien Lundin

 With a career spanning four decades in the investment markets, Brien Lundin serves as president and CEO of Jefferson Financial, Inc., a highly regarded producer of investment-oriented events and publisher of investment newsletters and special reports.

Under the Jefferson Financial umbrella, Mr. Lundin serves as publisher and editor of Gold Newsletter, the publication that has been the cornerstone of precious metals advisories since 1971, As editor of Gold Newsletter, Mr. Lundin covers not only resource stocks, but also the entire world of investing, from small-caps of every type to macroeconomics and geopolitical issues that ultimately affect every investor.

And he is the host of the annual New Orleans Investment Conference, the oldest and most respected investment event of its kind. (which I will be speaking at this year)

Anas Alhajji

Dr. Anas is a key note speaker, author and energy market expert. He offers a “Big Picture” approach to energy issues that help investors and decision makers articulate the issues and avoid decision biases. His company Energy Outlook Advisors is an independent research and advisory firm that focuses on the outlook for energy markets and disruptive technologies as well as energy-related geopolitics, policies, and security guidelines. 

He also has a substack: Energy Outlook Advisors' Newsletter

Covering Energy Markets, including oil, gas, renewable energy, Hydrogen, & technology

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Host: Tracy Shuchart for MicDropMarkets

Guests: Tom Kloza, Abdulaziz, Joshua Pollard

Tom Kloza

Global Head of Energy markets and cofounder of OPIS

Oil Price Information Service (OPIS) provides price transparency across the global supply chain so that all stakeholders can buy and sell oil and energy commodities with confidence. 

He has analyized crude oil, refined products and gas liquids for 40 years. He briefly traded petroleum futures back in 1978 and admits that he had no business doing so. He also writes commentary for Market Watch and a regular guest commentator for Bloomberg Financial and NPR marketplace. . He has spoken at industry gatherings in more than 100 locations across the United States and Canada and sits on a number of advisory boards

Abdulaziz

 Abdulaziz is a prominent Public Saudi figure on Energy and Climate issues and a public speaker for major energy issues for the chamber of commerce, municipalities and many other entities in the MiddleEast.

 For the past 15 years Abdulaziz has been an avid observer in the E&P activities in the MENA region. He reports  daily on the regional competitors activities in the Upstream Sector as well as reporting quarterly updates on updated Business activities globally and in the region, including monitoring of all oil and gas discoveries in the Middle East, North Africa and global frontier areas. .

Joshua Pollard

 Specializes in oil due diligence at Altoga Research.

 Altoga Research, is the recognized leader in oil and gas research in Texas. They have a deep understanding of the industry and has developed a reputation for locating hard-to-find completion documents, well logs, well files, maps, and other critical information as well as generating profitable drilling prospects. providing comprehensive Environmental Field Audits, and Simplifying Texas RRC Regulatory Filing Services

He is currently overseeing operations on a restructure in the oil and gas industry. 

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Host: Tracy Shuchart for MicDropMarkets

Guests: Nick Givanovic, Eric Nuttall, Ross Kennedy

Nick 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 Nuttall

Partner 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 Kennedy

Ross 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.

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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/HughHendry

Brent Johnson

Brent 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/

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