MicDropMarkets Spaces #46: Markets: End of the Year Round Up

Host: Tracy Shuchart for MicDropMarketsGuests: Andy Constan DampedSpring.comAndy has spent the past 35 years investing and trading global markets. Over the last 12 years, he has developed strong expertise in Macro investing working at Bridgewater Associates as an Idea Generator and most recently at Brevan Howard as Chief Strategist. Andy spent the first part of his career at Salomon Brothers and its successor companies. After 17 years at Salomon and as the Head of Global Equity Derivatives, Andy left and started two relative value hedge funds specializing in Multi-Asset Volatility Arbitrage and Capital Structure Arbitrage. Throughout his career, Andy has developed a keen cutting edge understanding of systematic quantitative research and investment while also deeply appreciating the importance of the insights that arise from discretionary investing strategies.Bill FleckensteinFleckensteinCapital.comLegendary Hedge Fund manager Bill Fleckenstein. Who called the dotcom bubble in the 1990s and the 2008 collapse. Bill graduated from the University of Washington with a major in Mathematics, and joined the prestigious Wall Street firm Kidder Peabody in 1979. In 1982 he launched his own firm. He has written daily commentary on market action since 1996 and FleckensteinCapital.com was launched in 2003. He is also a bestselling author. His book is titled: Greenspan's Bubble: The Age of Ignorance at the Federal Reserve published in January of 2008.Carol RothCarolRoth.comMedia: 12+ years of on camera experience. Judge, America’s Greatest Makers (TBS). Host, Microsoft’s Office Small Business Academy. Panelist, Closing Bell (CNBC) and Bulls and Bears (Fox Business). Radio Host (WGN). Host of Don’t Quit Your Day Job…Yet (CNBC.com).Weekly commentator on current events, business, finance, markets, the economy, small business, news, current events and more. Featured in documentaries including Live Another Day and Prohibition. Interviewer of celebrities, business moguls and presidential candidates, among others.Business: “Recovering” investment banker. Billions of dollars’ worth of transaction experience. Public and private company board member experience. Advisor + consigliere to private equity professionals, C-level management and high-performing entrepreneurs. Creator of the Future File legacy planning system. CCO (Chief Customer Officer) and developer of proprietary customer loyalty models. Run and design customer loyalty programs. Expert in finder’s fees. Small business advocate and expert. Investor in private companies, primarily established, bridge to exit scenarios or board roles. Advocate for economic freedom and wealth creation. Speaker, host, emcee and panel moderator for some of the biggest companies and organizations in the world. Received a standing ovation from Richard Branson.Content Creation: 2x New York Times bestselling author. Books include The Entrepreneur Equation, The War on Small Business and You Will Own Nothing. Writer of op-eds and an economic newsletter. Developing scripted and...