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1219 episodes transcribedOne of our favorite topics here at Odd Lots is market structure. On multiple occasions, for example, we've talked about how trading bonds is fundament...
What's the optimum amount of money you should bet on a particular outcome? The answer is dictated by mathematics, yet plenty of people still go agains...
Something huge happened in November. No, we're not talking about the U.S. presidential election. We mean the worst month in history for the the Bloomb...
By now you've probably heard of Bitcoin. But Bitcoin isn't the only digital currency. In fact, there are hundreds of "altcoins" out there, all of whic...
All great civilizations eventually collapse. It's inevitable. So what are the signs of their demise? On the latest edition of Odd Lots, we speak with...
There's a lot to process from last week's U.S. election. One surprising thing already is the market reaction. Equities surged following the vote, and...
One could argue that "expert" has become a bad word. People routinely roll their eyes at the advice of experts and sometimes mock them. Perhaps nowher...
Investors are often said to exhibit herding behavior when they follow each other into crowded positions — creating market bubbles that are susceptible...
Dani Rodrik, a professor of International Political Economy at Harvard University, was writing about the downside of globalization before it was cool....
What does psychoanalytic philosophy tell us about capitalism? In this edition of Odd Lots, we speak to Ole Bjerg, a professor at the Copenhagen Busine...
Brad Katsuyama has racked up oceans of newspaper ink since being propelled into the public spotlight as the protagonist of Michael Lewis's book on hig...
How is it that stocks are traded on electronic exchanges in the blink of an eye but bonds still trade over-the-counter by phone and sometimes even by...
"Disruption," "incubation," "innovation"... you hear these words nonstop these days as people talk about the incredible changes taking place in societ...
The most valuable commodity for investors is information, and hedge funds and asset managers are going to great lengths to get it -- even to outer spa...
Could you walk away from a reward of over $8 million? The guest on our latest episode of the Odd Lots podcast did just that. Eric Ben-Artzi was a risk...
"What is money?" This seemingly simple question has the ability to drive people crazy. Is it a unit of account? Is it something about exchange? Does i...
The hit show Seinfeld is often referred to as the show about nothing, but maybe it's actually a show all about economics. Alan Grant is an associate p...
In developed economies, younger generations have faced stagnant wages, mediocre employment prospects and dizzying costs of homeownership. One culprit:...
The 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro have been tainted by protests, economic slowdown, and a massive political scandal. In this episode we take...
This week is the summer edition of Odd Lots and we're talking about the market forces shaping the price of two essential ingredients for any pool part...
