Welcome back to the Crux of Investing & Finance! This week we are taking a look at the collapse of well-known stablecoin UST and its sister coin Luna, both of which took part in the largest and most intense downfall in crypto's history. The Terra ecosystem as it's called has lost investors over $15 billion in the past few weeks, bringing unwanted memories back from the 2008 financial crisis. This serves as a lesson for all crypto investors to be cautious and until Tuesday...Jay

Welcome back to the Crux of Investing & Finance! This week we take a look at a company that is not faring well in an environment where interest rate hikes are common and inflation is taking over. Upstart has lost over 90% of its share value since October, listen now to find out why! Until Sunday...Jay

Welcome back to the Crux of Investing & Finance! This week we are discussing the Canadian economy and discuss rising interest rates, what this means for inflated real estate, and how Canadian banks will fare if a recession ensues. Sit back, relax and enjoy this short and sweet episode that will give you a brief oversight of what is happening in Canada. Until Sunday...Jay

Welcome back to the Crux of Investing & Finance! This week we dive into valuation modeling and take a look at Discounted Cashflow models or DCFs. Commonly used in Investment Banking, this valuation method is useful for valuing companies, investments, and capital projects. It poses some questions as to its reliability since it requires an accurate forecast of future cash flows. Listen now to learn how to utilize this to your benefit. Until Tuesday...Jay

Welcome back to the Crux of Investing & Finance! This week we discuss the horrible earnings report Netflix had that caused its stock price to plunge nearly 40% in one week. What caused this, what is the company doing to reverse it, and will it survive in the competitive space of online streaming? Listen now to find out. Until Sunday...Jay

Welcome back to the Crux of Investing & Finance! We are diving deep into portfolio management with this week's topic. Portable Alpha is a strategy first founded by PIMCO in the 1980s and since then the strategy of separating alpha and beta of a portfolio to earn market returns while also actively trading to produce alpha has consistently outperformed the market! Sounds crazy, right? Listen now to learn all about it.

Welcome back to the Crux of Investing & Finance! This week's topic is hot news! The SEC just announced they are implementing a new rule on climate risk reporting for publicly traded companies. This means that climate risk and various environmental aspects of companies will no longer be private information and will be required to be shared with the public. Listen now and learn all about how this will affect investors! Until Sunday...Jay

Welcome back to the Crux of Investing & Finance! This week we continue our educational segment on short-selling where we complete your knowledge of how it works and how to use it best in your trading and investing. We cover some very frequently discussed metrics utilized in order to determine short-sale interest, and go through some worked examples of the uptick rule, a short sale including a stop loss and target, and how to hedge a short position and on the flip side use short positions to hedge your portfolio against market downturns. Enjoy this one, until Tuesday...Jay

Welcome back to the podcast! This week's ITT episode discusses a recent Twitter conversation between Elon Musk and Michael Saylor, CEO of Microstrategy. They discuss tactics to battle inflation and their takes on cryptocurrency and offer some insights for good stock picks for growth as well as where to keep your money to avoid the trap of inflation. Until Sunday...Jay

Welcome back to the Crux of Investing & Finance! This week's lecture focuses on the often-neglected side of the market -- short selling. Although short positions carry risk, proper risk management and trade management can easily alleviate this risk and allow it to be used as an effective money-making tool. The most important aspect is its ability to make you money in any kind of market which can be very powerful. Hedging is another avenue through which short-selling can protect your portfolio and aid in yielding a larger profit in the long haul. Hope you can learn something new and until Tuesday... Jay