The Shadow Banker's Secrets

The Shadow Banker's Secrets

By Benjamin D. SummersBusinessInvesting
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The Shadow Banker's Secrets episodes

  • Lessons from 2008: How to Protect Your Investment Portfolio from Market Crises

    Most people are aware of the dominance the financial sector has over the economy and believe it's due to the adage: "Whoever has the gold makes the rules."  The truth is that whoever understands money makes the rules.

    In this second episode, join Stephan Piscano and me as we chronicle how we each navigated the 2008 financial crisis without loss and have substantially outpaced the markets every year since.

    We explain the strategies and tactics that generate double-digit returns across every phase of the market cycle… across the crash of 2008 through the Fed-induced boom thereafter and the volatility of today.

    Whether you're a professional asset manager, novice retail investor, or fall anywhere in between, if you care about money and want to learn how to gain the power of capital creation for yourself, this show is for you.

    To learn more about the topics discussed in this podcast, read The Shadow Banker's Secrets: Investment Banking for Alternatives:
    https://www.adagioinstitute.org/shadow-bankers-secrets-book

    51 min
  • The (Nontraditional) Path of an Investment Banker: From Athlete to Adagio

    Most people are aware of the dominance the financial sector has over the economy and believe it's due to the adage: "Whoever has the gold makes the rules."  The truth is that whoever understands money makes the rules.

    In this first episode, join Ben Summers and Stephan Piscano as they chronicle Ben's nontraditional path from studying physics, through stops in professional baseball, global energy services, and real estate, to ultimately landing as a financial engineer and running his own investment bank.

    They show that it doesn't matter where you're starting from; what matters is where you finish...

    Whether you're a professional asset manager, novice retail investor, or fall anywhere in between, if you care about money and want to learn how to gain the power of capital creation for yourself, this show is for you.

    To learn more about the topics discussed in this podcast, read The Shadow Banker's Secrets: Investment Banking for Alternatives:
    https://www.adagioinstitute.org/shadow-bankers-secrets-book

    32 min

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We’re giving you a look into the secret strategies and tactics closely held by the biggest investment banks, private equity firms, and hedge funds. This podcast will take the power of capital creation…