Market Intelligence

From the White House to Wall Street

Hi, everyone. Thanks for tuning into the Market Intelligence podcast!Today, we interview Steven Orr, founder of Quasar Markets, to discuss his career and the future of fintech and trading technology. Before Quasar Markets, Orr worked as an executive at Money.net and Benzinga. He also serves on the board of the American Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Association. His diverse background includes positions with the White House, the U.S. State Department, the PGA Tour, the NBA, and various professional sports leagues. Orr frequently shares his insights on TV and appears at events like the World Economic Forum.Today’s conversation is hosted by Renato Leonard Capelj (@renatolcapelj), a seasoned journalist with deep expertise in finance, trading, and building connections across business, finance, and government. With a career rooted in equity options analysis and trading, Capelj has developed extensive market knowledge and a solid grasp of complex financial instruments. He now leads Physik Invest, a platform that delivers actionable investment insights and fosters industry engagement through expert content and live events.Subscribe for detailed insights into credit and positioning, the economy and geopolitics, and trade theory and structuring.

What’s Next for Trade Ideas Co-founder David Aferiat?

Hi, everyone. Thanks for tuning into the Market Intelligence podcast! Today, we interview David Aferiat, co-founder of Trade Ideas, about his entrepreneurial journey and the future of fintech and trading technology. From building Trade Ideas—a well-known name in the self-directed investing space—to advising startups, Aferiat has worked at the intersection of finance and technology for over two decades. Today’s conversation is hosted by Renato Leonard Capelj (@renatolcapelj), a seasoned journalist with deep expertise in finance, trading, and building connections across business, finance, and government. With a career rooted in equity options analysis and trading, Capelj has developed extensive market knowledge and a solid grasp of complex financial instruments. He now leads Physik Invest, a platform that delivers actionable investment insights and fosters industry engagement through expert content and live events. Subscribe for detailed insights into credit and positioning, the economy and geopolitics, and trade theory and structuring.

Jannick Malling and the Story Behind Public.com

Hi, everyone. Thanks for tuning into the Market Intelligence podcast! In this video, we are joined by Jannick Malling (@malling), co-founder and co-CEO of Public.com, a modern investing platform. Originally from Denmark, Jannick began his entrepreneurial journey as a teenager, building websites to support video game meetups and small businesses. This led him to a professional career at Saxo Bank, a pioneering fintech firm. Later, inspired by his frustration as a retail investor, Jannick started Public.com to level the playing field for individual investors through tools like zero-commission fractional trading and AI-powered research. Today’s conversation is hosted by Renato Leonard Capelj (@renatolcapelj), a seasoned journalist with deep expertise in finance, trading, and building connections across business, finance, and government. With a career rooted in equity options analysis and trading, Capelj has developed extensive market knowledge and a solid grasp of complex financial instruments. He now leads Physik Invest, a platform that delivers actionable investment insights and fosters industry engagement through expert content and live events. Subscribe for detailed insights into credit and positioning, the economy and geopolitics, and trade theory and structuring.

Tales of a Bridgewater Associate: The Fine Art of Building Portfolios

Hi, everyone. Thanks for tuning into the Market Intelligence podcast! In this video, we are joined by Andy Constan (@dampedspring), Founder, CEO, and CIO of Damped Spring Advisors. Andy has 35 years of experience investing and trading global markets. Over the past 12 years, he honed his macro investing expertise while at Bridgewater Associates and Brevan Howard. Earlier in his career, Andy spent almost two decades working at Salomon Brothers and its successors. He founded two relative value hedge funds focused on Multi-Asset Volatility Arbitrage and Capital Structure Arbitrage. His investment approach integrates cutting-edge systematic quantitative research with insights from discretionary strategies. With that, you may have noticed a progression in our podcast episodes. In the first, Mat Cashman, a former market maker, broke down what options are and how they’re traded. In the second, Vuk Vukovic, founder of an upstart hedge fund, discussed idea generation and using options as tools to express those ideas. In our third episode, Constan dives into how options fit into a balanced portfolio. The key takeaway? While options can enhance portfolios, most investors don’t need leveraged exposure to markets. A balanced portfolio in 2025 can remain straightforward, and here's an expert telling you just that. The host of today's conversation is Renato Leonard Capelj (@renatolcapelj), the founder of Physik Invest and managing director at Benzinga, a data and content provider for finance and media companies. Capelj's past works as a journalist at Benzinga include conversations with investor Kevin O’Leary, ARK Invest’s Catherine Wood, FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried, North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum, Lithuania's Minister of Economy and Innovation Aušrinė Armonaitė, and former Cisco chairman and CEO John Chambers. Subscribe for detailed insights into credit and positioning, the economy and geopolitics, and trade theory and structuring.

The Alchemy of Forecasting

Hi, everyone. Thanks for tuning into the Market Intelligence podcast! In this video, we are joined by Vuk Vuković (@wolf_vukovic), the CIO and co-founder of Oraclum Capital (@OraclumCapital). Over the past decade, Vuk has applied his academic research in political economics to accurately predict the outcomes of the past two U.S. elections and the Brexit referendum, as well as influence policy in his home country of Croatia. Following the pandemic, Vuk and his co-founders sought to monetize their predictive success, leading them to the financial markets. Today, they use the wisdom of crowds and their understanding of social networks to outperform markets with their hedge fund. Vuković graciously joined Physik Invest’s Market Intelligence podcast to discuss his career, research, starting and operating a hedge fund, trading psychology, and investment processes. The host of today's conversation is Renato Leonard Capelj (@renatolcapelj), the founder of Physik Invest and managing director at Benzinga, a data and content provider for finance and media companies. Capelj's past works as a journalist at Benzinga include conversations with investor Kevin O’Leary, ARK Invest’s Catherine Wood, FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried, North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum, Lithuania's Minister of Economy and Innovation Aušrinė Armonaitė, and former Cisco chairman and CEO John Chambers. Subscribe for detailed insights into credit and positioning, the economy and geopolitics, and trade theory and structuring.