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Jim Chanos – Financial Frauds and Manias: Past, Present, Future (EP.02)

Jim Chanos – Financial Frauds and Manias: Past, Present, Future (EP.02)

FromInfinite Loops


Jim Chanos – Financial Frauds and Manias: Past, Present, Future (EP.02)

FromInfinite Loops

ratings:
Length:
62 minutes
Released:
Feb 27, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Our guest this week is renowned short-seller Jim Chanos, founder, and president of Kynikos Associates. Over the course of his long and successful career, Jim has publicly bet against companies like Enron, which Barron’s deemed the “market call of the decade, if not the past 50 years.” While many know him for these famous shorts, fewer know that Jim is also a passionate historian, and is a firm believer in the notion that history can act as a useful guide for investors today. In this wide-ranging conversation, we discuss: How Jim started his career in finance The Mississippi Bubble How past financial frauds and manias can be useful for modern investors Tesla Lessons from the Great Financial Crisis Jim’s financial history course at Yale and Wisconsin Theranos  And much, much more… we hope you enjoy.
Released:
Feb 27, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Sometimes we get caught up in what feels like infinite loops when we try to figure things out. Markets go up and down, research is presented and then refuted, and we wind up right back where we started. The goal of this podcast is to learn how we can reset our thinking on issues that leaves us with a better understanding as to why we think the way we think and how we might be able to change that, to avoid going in infinite loops and thoughts. Hosts, Jim O’Shaughnessy and Jamie Catherwood, hope to offer you a fresh perspective on a variety of issues and look at them through a multi-faceted lens. Including history, philosophy, art, science, linguistics, and quantitative analysis. And help you become a better investor and also a more nuanced thinker.