This episode looks at interesting statistics and information around millionaires, billionaires, and ultra-high-net-worth-individuals (UHNWI). We also look at the state of Pennsylvania as a specific example and see how that state matches up with its neighboring states and nationally.

This episode examines how the crypto market collapse of 2022 led directly into the banking crisis in the spring of 2023, looking at key events, companies, and timelines.

A Retrospective on the Crypto Runs of 2022 - Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (chicagofed.org)

This episode examines the crypto market collapse of 2022, looking at key events, companies, and timelines.

cryptocurrency-executive-brief.pdf (icba.org)

This episode looks at an article from Bank Director, which discusses the current banking outlook as it relates to a bank’s loan portfolio and how potential issues could lead to loan workout situations. In addition, banks have a lack of workout professionals, lenders experienced in workout situations, and a potential dearth of underwriting talent.

Please make sure to check out Bank Director at their website www.bankdirector.com.

This episode is a review of the Netflix documentary Big Vape: The Rise and Fall of Juul. This documentary is based on the book Big Vape by Jamie Dusharme. The story details the founding of the company Juul, which designed a vaping product that became an online phenomenon. The company ran into issues with the way that it marketed the product to kids, created nicotine addiction, and led to health problems. This story makes for an excellent business case study.

This episode is a movie review for Blackberry.

This episode is a book review of Going Infinite. It is also part II of the crypto series. This book explores the rise and fall of Sam Bankman-Fried and his companies FTX and Alameda Research. For the series we take a close look at the period between 2016 to 2022.

This episode is a book review of The Dark Net. It is also part I of a Crypto series. This book explores the genesis of Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies. How did Bitcoin start? Why did it start? How did it tie into a larger transformation that was occurring as part of the Crypto Wars?

This episode is an interview with Omar Jordan, who is the CEO and Founder of Coviance. Please be sure to check out Coviance's products at their website www.coviance.com.

This episode explores loan participation's and syndication's.