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What Odd Lots Says About History
30 episodes about history
<p>Bloomberg's Joe Weisenthal and Tracy Alloway explore the most interesting topics in finance, markets and economics. J...
Key Insights on History
"TIPS are a great deal now," - Alex, noting they historically outperform nominal bonds and cash unless investors take on equity-level risk.
- Corporate bond spreads remain historically tight because mega-cap companies are highly stable and do not face immediate refinancing pressures to meet payroll.
- Archaeological evidence shows ordinary Romans had access to colorful clothing, elaborate shoes, and consumer goods from across the empire
- YouTube's revenue share model (close to 50%) exists due to historical competition, while other social networks give creators effectively 0% outside token creator funds
- AI provides the prospect of one-on-one tutoring for everyone, which historically raised student outcomes from 50th percentile to 99th percentile
- Best Actor features potentially the strongest lineup in Academy Awards history with five exceptional performances
- Rogan credits Elon Musk's Twitter purchase as historically significant for changing communication, providing transparency about bot accounts and foreign influence operations
- Delta Airlines reports 'eight of top 10 sales days in history this quarter' with bookings up 25% year-over-year despite oil price spikes
Episodes
Why Tomatoes Are the Most Expensive They've Been in Four Decades
Stripe's John Collison on How Agentic Commerce Will Reshape the Internet
Why SocGen's Albert Edwards Sees Double-Digit Inflation Coming Back
Martin Wolf on the 'Terrifying' Superpower That the US Wields
How Taiwan Became the World's Most Perilous Geopolitical Chokepoint
What's Actually Going On With Private Credit
Daniel Yergin Sees a 'Different World' Emerging After the Hormuz Crisis
Presenting What Next TBD: Why Everyone is Freaking out About Private Credit
Ziad Daoud Explains How War with Iran Will Reshape the Gulf
The Big Macro Force That's Been Driving Stocks Higher for Years
How Shipping Insurance Really Works During a War
Thomas Peterffy on Interactive Brokers' Plan to Professionalize Prediction Markets
Why NASA Hired a Chief Economist
David Shor and Byrne Hobart on the Politics of a White-Collar Wipeout
Greg Brew on Surging Energy and the 'Strategic Trap' of the War in Iran
War in Iran Is Creating a Fertilizer Crisis Like Never Before
How the Speed of a Trade Got Down to Nearly the Speed of Light
James van Geelen on His Viral AI Doom Scenario
Jamee Moudud on the Intellectual Roots of Zohranomics
Jared Sleeper on Which Software Companies Will Survive the "SaaSpocalypse"
Ray Wang on How AI Is Causing DRAM Prices to Surge
The Sixth Bureau, Episode 1: Your Friend From Nanjing
Why Adam Posen Thinks Inflation Will Surge Back to 4%
Ricardo Hausmann Explains How the Venezuelan Economy Collapsed
How a Former Fed Vice-Chair Is thinking About the Next Fed Chair
This Is How The US Can Become a Player in Rare Earth Metals
Jeff Currie on the Crazy Surge in Metals, And Why The Supercycle Has Years to Run
Pimco CEO Manny Roman on Japanese Bonds and the Sell America Trade
Why the Tech World Is Going Crazy for Claude Code
Greg Grandin on how the Monroe Doctrine Became the Donroe Doctrine
Books on history
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