Podcast: Financial History, Investment Trivia and Antique Stock Certificates

Available at Stocks for Beginners

When and why did the CIA create a venture capital fund? How did a failed stockbroker become a literary giant? Fred Fuld III from Wall Street News Network discusses Financial History, Investment Trivia and Antique Stock Certificates.

Some of the topics covered in the discussion include:

– The Venture Capital Fund that the CIA created 

– The stock run by the FBI that had a box of clothes as its only asset 

– Bitcoin trivia 

– The first women-owned stock brokerage firm in 1870 

– Celebrity Stockbrokers including Jules Verne 

– The Skirt Length Index 

– The first marijuana stock 

You can listed to the podcast or read the transcript at Stocks for Beginners.

Exclusive Interview with Dr. Henry Kaufman about the Economy, Interest Rates, Cryptocurrency, Inflation, & the Loss of Capitalism

by Fred Fuld III

The following informative interview was provided by Dr. Henry Kaufman, former economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York who later became a senior partner, managing director, chief economist, and director of research at Salomon Brothers, the most profitable investment bank in the world at the time. He was a frequent guest on Wall Street Week with Louis Rukeyser.

Dr. Kaufman’s Latest Book

His latest book, The Day the Markets Roared: How a 1982 Forecast Sparked a Global Bull Market provides the reader with the background of how the author predicted and sparked one of the biggest bull markets in history, and how the past can give insight into the future. It will be released on April 6, but can be preordered now. You can find more details about the book on a previous post.

We cover a lot in this concise interview, including:

  • The Economy
  • Interest Rates
  • Cryptocurrency
  • Gold
  • Inflation
  • National Debt and Deficit
  • Credit Quality
  • The Movement of the US Away from Capitalism and towards Statism

The Dr. Kaufman Interview

Enjoy listening to the great insights and information that Dr. Kaufman provides.

To stream the interview, click:

HERE

You can also download the interview as an mp3 by right-clicking here and choosing “save as.”

Other Books by Dr. Henry Kaufman

On Money and Markets

Tectonic Shifts in Financial Markets

The Road to Financial Reformation

Interest Rates, the Markets, and the New Financial World

Enjoy the interview, enjoy his latest book, and Happy Investing!

 

All opinions are those of Dr. Henry Kaufman, and do not represent the opinions of this site or the interviewer. Neither this site, nor the interviewer, nor the interviewee are rendering tax, legal, or investment advice in this interview.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Exclusive Interview with Ken Fisher about the Stock Market Under Trump versus Biden

by Fred Fuld III

The following informative interview was provided by Kenneth L. Fisher, founder and chairman of the money management firm Fisher Investments, who had the longest continuous running column in Forbes Magazine. He is a billionaire on the Forbes 400 list and author of numerous investment related books.

According to Investment Advisor magazine, he is one of the 30 most influential people in the investment advisory business over the last 30 years. Fisher is considered to be the largest wealth manager in the United States.

We cover a lot in this interview, including:

  • The stock market under President Donald Trump versus former Vice President Joe Biden
  • The influence of corporate tax rate on the stocks 
  • The potential of the reversal of Trump’s tax bill on Day One if Joe Biden & Kamila Harris win the election
  • The market under Republicans versus Democrats
  • Whether inflation is on the horizon
  • The petroleum industry
  • Gross Output, GDP, and the economy versus the stock market
  • Are stock ratios dead? (PE, PS, PEG)
  • And much, much more

Two Timeless Books Mentioned by Ken Fisher in the Interview

The Only Three Questions That Still Count: Investing By Knowing What Others Don’t (A great companion to the  Beat the Crowd: How You Can Out-Invest the Herd by Thinking Differently book, which I enjoyed reading.)

Wall Street Waltz

(My favorite of all his books is The Ten Roads to Riches: The Ways the Wealthy Got There (And How You Can Too!) Second Edition,  because it is so different from all the other financial publications. It basically tells you ten ways, with all the steps, to get really rich, including “marrying a billionaire.” Lot’s of insight and lots of humor. You can find more info about this book on a previous podcast: Interview with Billionaire Ken Fisher about the 10 Roads to Riches.)

The Interview

Enjoy listening to the great insights and  information that Ken Fisher provides.

To stream the interview, click:

HERE

You can also download the interview as an mp3 by right-clicking here and choosing “save as.”

Enjoy the interview and Happy Investing!

All opinions are those of Ken Fisher, and do not represent the opinions of this site or the interviewer. Neither this site, nor the interviewer, nor the interviewee are rendering tax, legal, or investment advice in this interview.

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Exclusive Interview with NBC Sports Broadcaster Jim Kozimor: Discusses ProSports ETF, Sports Betting, Colin Kaepernick, Team Investments, Becoming an Announcer




by Fred Fuld III

The following interesting and informative interview was provided by Jim Kozimor, the three-time Emmy Award winning host who has worked on four Olympic Games as a Play-by-play announcer for The NBC Sports Group, and co-founder of SportsETFs, which manages the first sports related Exchange Traded Fund, the ProSports Sponsors Fund (FANZ).

The discussion includes the following:

  • The importance of a company being a corporate sponsor for a sports team
  • The types of companies that are considered for the ETF
  • How the idea for a sports related ETF came about
  • The limitations of team ownership stocks
  • The effect of Colin Kaepernick on the Nike stock
  • The future of the growth of sports betting
  • Advice for future broadcasters
  • and much, much more!

To stream the interview, click:

HERE

You can download as an mp3 file by right-clicking  HERE (or Control click on a Mac) and choosing “save as.”

More information about SportsETFs can be found here:

SportsETFs.com

More information about Jim Kozimor can be found here:

Jim Kozimor

If you missed the previous interview with Nick Fullerton, the other co-founder of SportsETFs, you can check it out here.

 

All opinions are those of the interviewee, and do not represent the opinions of this website or the interviewer. Neither this website, nor the interviewer, nor the interviewee are rendering tax, legal, or investment advice in this interview. No investment advice is expressed or implied. No recommendations are made to buy, sell, hold, or short any security. All information is provided for education and general information only.

Exclusive Interview with Nick Fullerton, President of SportsETFs, The First Sports ETF




by Fred Fuld III

The following interesting and informative interview was provided by Nick Fullerton, founder and principal at Fullerton Advisors, and co-founder and president at SportsETFs, which manages the first sports related Exchange Traded Fund, the ProSports Sponsors Fund (FANZ).

The discussion includes the following:

  • The importance of a company being a corporate sponsor for a sports team
  • The types of companies that are considered for the ETF
  • How the idea for a sports related ETF came about
  • Why the stocks of stadium sponsors may be worth looking at
  • The limitations of team ownership stocks
  • Other sport stock considerations, such as soccer, tennis, golf, and motorsports
  • The process to set up the ETF
  • and much, much more!

To stream the interview, click:

HERE

You can download as an mp3 file by right-clicking  HERE (or Control click on a Mac) and choosing “save as.”

More information about SportsETFs can be found here:

SportsETFs

More information about Nick Fullerton can be found here:

Nick Fullerton

Don’t forget to check out the follow-up interview with the other co-founder,  NBC Sports Announcer Jim Kozimor, which can be found here.

 

All opinions are those of the interviewee, and do not represent the opinions of this website or the interviewer. Neither this website, nor the interviewer, nor the interviewee are rendering tax, legal, or investment advice in this interview. No investment advice is expressed or implied. No recommendations are made to buy, sell, hold, or short any security. All information is provided for education and general information only.

Exclusive Interview with Ken Fisher, Billionaire Money Manager, about the Stock Market

The following fascinating interview was provided by Kenneth L. Fisher, head of the money management firm Fisher Investments, long time columnist for Forbes Magazine, billionaire, and author of numerous books. His latest book is Beat the Crowd: How You Can Out-Invest the Herd by Thinking Differently, which I highly recommend.

You may have seen him on TV commercials, or you may have spotted his magazine ads. If you are a reader of Forbes, you would definitely find his column. Fisher is on the Forbes 400 list of richest Americans and Forbes world billionaires list. According to Investment Advisor magazine, he is one of the 30 most influential people in the investment advisory business over the last 30 years. Fisher is considered to be the largest wealth manager in the United States.
We cover a lot in this interview, including:

  • Whether or not we are still in a bull market
  • What it means to be a true contrarian
  • What the professional forecasters are predicting for the stock market this year (and why they are probably wrong)
  • Using the Leading Economics Index to predict the next few months
  • The concept of “not in the next 30 months”
  • Positive and negative “Elephants in the Room”
  • Concerns about the future consequences of punishing good banks for bailing out bad banks
  • Annuities, terrorism, climate change, debt, and much, much more.
Books by Ken Fisher

Here are some other books by Ken Fisher, which are worth checking out:

The Only Three Questions That Still Count: Investing By Knowing What Others Don’t
(A great companion to the Beat the Crowd book.)

The Ten Roads to Riches: The Ways the Wealthy Got There (And How You Can Too!) 
(This is actually my favorite book of his, maybe because it is so different from all the other finance books. It basically tells you ten ways, with all the steps, to get really rich, including “marrying a billionaire.” Lot’s of insight and lots of humor.)

Markets Never Forget (But People Do): How Your Memory Is Costing You Money and Why This Time Isn’t Different

The Little Book of Market Myths: How to Profit by Avoiding the Investing Mistakes Everyone Else Makes

Debunkery: Learn It, Do It, and Profit from It-Seeing Through Wall Street’s Money-Killing Myths

How to Smell a Rat: The Five Signs of Financial Fraud
(If you want to avoid getting ripped off, you really need to read this book.)

Other Books that Ken Fisher Recommends

In Chapter 8 of his Beat the Crowd book, he recommends several books for additional reading. Here are many of those books:

The Intelligent Investor: The Definitive Book on Value Investing

Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits

Reminiscences of a Stock Operator

Contrarian Investment Strategies: The Psychological Edge

Where Are the Customers’ Yachts?: or A Good Hard Look at Wall Street

That Which Is Seen and That Which Is Not Seen: The Unintended Consequences of Government Spending

How Capitalism Will Save Us: Why Free People and Free Markets Are the Best Answer in Today’s Economy

Business Cycles

How to Lie with Statistics

A Monetary History of the United States, 1867-1960

Growth and Welfare in the American Past: A New Economic History
The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves

Senseless Panic: How Washington Failed America

The Interview

You will certainly enjoy all this great information that Ken Fisher provides.

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Let us know what you think about this interview by entering your comments in the comment section below.

All opinions are those of Ken Fisher, and do not represent the opinions of Stockerblog.com or the interviewer. Neither Stockerblog nor the interviewer nor the interviewee are rendering tax, legal, or investment advice in this interview.

Exclusive Interview with Dan Schatt CCO of Stockpile: World’s First Gift Cards for Stocks

The following informative interview was provided by Dan Schatt, the Chief Commercial Officer at Stockpile, which is a provider of the world’s first gift cards for stocks, making it extremely easy for the average consumer to invest in the stock market.

Stockpile gift cards are now available at local grocery and retail locations, including:

  • Toys“R”Us
  • Safeway
  • Office Depot / Office Max
  • Kmart
  • Giant Eagle
  • Buehlers
  • Lowes

Over a thousand stocks are available as gift cards, including ETFs and ADRs. Some of the most popular gift cards are for:

  • Google
  • Amazon
  • Apple
  • BMW
  • Coca-Cola
  • Disney
  • Dunkin’ Donuts
  • eBay
  • Facebook
  • Hershey

The Interview

You will certainly enjoy all this great information that Dan Schatt provides.
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You can download as an mp3 by right-clicking here and choosing “save as.”

More information about Stockpile can be found at Stockpile.com

Let us know what you think about this interview by entering your comments in the comment section below.

 

Exclusive Interview with Rob Hunt of the Largest Private Equity Cannabis Fund

The following fascinating interview was provided by Rob Hunt, a partner and the Lead Industry Executive at Tuatara Capital, the largest private equity fund in the cannabis industry. He also has an extensive background in cannabis business in Colorado, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine as well.

marijuana plant
marijuana plant

Rob  Hunt has more than 15 years of experience in the cannabis industry as an attorney, a consultant, and a serial entrepreneur. Rob is currently a Partner, and the Lead Industry Executive of Tuatara Capital.

Mr. Hunt was formerly the Chairman of the Coalition for Responsible Patient Care, based in MA, where he spearheaded the initiative to help develop and implement the fledgling medical cannabis market in the Commonwealth. He was the principal developer of cannabis.org, a website focused on changing the scheduling of cannabis away from being a schedule I drug on the Federal Government’s list of controlled substances, Rob still authors all of the written commentary on the cannabis.org Facebook page where he has an audience of close to 20,000 readers.

We cover a lot in this interview, including:

  • The California marijuana proposition
  • Why marijuana has remained illegal for so long
  • The current credit card ban on dispensaries
  • Opinion on publicly traded cannabis stocks
  • Crowdfunding for marijuana related companies
  • Willie Nelson’s brand of marijuana
  • Advice for investors interested in allocating funds to the cannabis industry
  • Advice for those who are interested in setting up a marijuana startup

The Interview

You will certainly enjoy all this great information that Rob Hunt provides.
To stream the interview, click:

You can download as an mp3 by right-clicking here and choosing “save as.”

More information about Tuatara Capital can be found HERE.

Let us know what you think about this interview by entering your comments in the comment section below. You can also check out the stocks in the WallStreetNewsnetwork.com Marijuana Stock Index.

All opinions are those of Rob Hunt, and do not represent the opinions of Stockerblog.com or the interviewer. Neither Stockerblog nor the interviewer nor the interviewee are rendering tax, legal, or investment advice in this interview.