Radio Shows
Host Mike Gasior and his guest, Jim Ware, C.F.A discuss the attributes
that make for a successful, institutional investor organization.
Jim is a principal at Focus Consulting Group (www.focuscgroup.com)
and author of “The Psychology of Money: An Investment Manager’s
Guide to Beating the Market”. He is a frequent presenter at
CFA Institute conferences and has appeared on Fox News and other
business channels.
Listen to Mike Gasior as he hosts Gary Linford, who is the Head
of the Investment & Securities Division for the Cayman Islands
Monetary Authority and has spent the past 16 years deeply involved
in the global securities markets in Cayman, Hong Kong, South Africa
and Jersey. Since the Cayman Islands are home to 6,300 of the world's
hedge funds, nobody has a better vantage point than Gary to the
trends in this growing industry. Join Mike and Gary as they discuss
the Hedge Fund Marketplace and what you should know. This is a show
you should not miss.
Mike and his guest Christine Egan discuss the operational issues
faced by hedge fund managers. Christine joined Dundee Leeds in March
2005 as Head of Business Development and is responsible for international
business development and client relationship management. Christine
joined Dundee Leeds from the Bank of Bermuda/HSBC where she was
Vice President, Regional Director of Sales for the Americas and
responsible for securing profitable alternative fund administration
business from 2002 through 2005. Christine’s prior work experience
also includes Morgan Stanley Prime Brokerage (New York) and Price
Waterhouse Coopers and Wellington Management (Boston). Christine
has a background in consulting, senior relationship management,
audit, and finance.
The Derivative marketplace in now trillions and trillions of dollars
in size and is still viewed as mysterious by many people. Mike will
spend this week's program demystifying these complex products and
show how mainstream their use has become within the institutional
investor marketplace, and also address the concerns and risks within
the market.
During the show this week Mike discusses the re-introduction of
the 30-Year Treasury Bond as well as how the U.S. Government has
moved to the shorter and shorter term during the past 10 years to
take advantage of lower interest rates. Also during the program
Mike spends a substantial time explaining how the structured debt
market operates and how the securities are constructed.
With oil prices hitting record levels and the Federal Reserve raising
short-term interest rates, Mike spends this week's program focusing
on these two topics. The show opens with a discussion of oil production
and then moves to a talk about the difference between "fund
of funds" and "master/feeder" structures in the hedge
fund business. The show's final segment is spent talking more about
the role of the Federal Reserve, the pending retirement of Alan
Greenspan and finally who the next Chair of the Fed might be.
The terrific program with Roger Lowenstein is a journey through
some of the most interesting financial news stories of the past
20 years. Roger Lowenstein is the author of the bestselling "Buffett:
The Making of an American Capitalist", "When Genius Failed"
and "Origins of the Crash: The Great Bubble and Its Undoing",
and was a reporter for The Wall Street Journal for more than a decade.
He wrote the Journal's stock market column "Heard on the Street"
from 1989 to 1991 and the "Intrinsic Value" column from
1995 to 1997 and had a front row seat to some of the biggest financial
stories of the 1990's. He now writes a column in Smart Money magazine,
and has written for The New York Times and The New Republic, among
other publications.
Mike takes a intensive look at the precise role of the Federal Reserve
in the U.S. economy as well as the role of the other Central Banks
around the world. There is also an explanation of what a "Government
Sponsored Enterprise" is exactly and why the government is
sponsors them. For anyone who has every wondered why so many people
think Alan Greenspan is the greatest Fed Chairman ever, you need
to listen to this show.
Mike is happy to have his friend, and guest from his first program,
Jim Ware, back to discuss in more detail what makes for a successful
investment organization. Jim, who is a University of Chicago MBA,
a Chartered Financial Analyst, and the author of “The Psychology
of Money: An Investment Manager’s Guide to Beating the Market”.
He is a frequent presenter at CFA Institute conferences and has
appeared on Fox News and other business channels. More importantly,
Jim is a principal at Focus Consulting Group (www.focuscgroup.com),
which is a leader in helping institutional investor organizations
better organize and prosper.
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07-06-05
- The Psychology of Big Money with Jim Ware