Money Stuff: The Podcast

Matt Levine Ripped My Face Off: CEF, FX, A

Katie and Matt discuss retail private assets, offsetting unicorn closed-end funds, Matt’s infrequent trading in his personal account, FX derivatives, unsophisticated clients, limited upside with unlimited downside, hurricanes, never-pay insurance policies and a call for mailbag questions.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Relevant Markets Content: KSS, 351, QQQ

Katie and Matt discuss bird gender reveal parties, meme stocks, short squeezes, AI as a distillation of human wisdom, dispersion trades, ETF tax efficiency, heartbeats, everything will be a tokenized ETF, the Qs, ETF marketing budgets and the rule against perpetuities.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Horse Barn: HVAC, Windsurf, Vanguard

Katie and Matt discuss search funds, post-MBA career paths, Katie’s future in horse barn ownership, search-fund flips, the Windsurf quasi-acqui-hire deal, Vanguard and Strategy, the function of index funds, owning the global financial portfolio and Perching Square Capital Management’s closed-end fund.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sports: India, TSLA, Kalshi

Katie and Matt talk about dreams, Jane Street's Indian options trade, XAI, Tesla governance, sports gambling and prediction markets.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Gappy Paleologo

Katie and Matt talk with Gappy Paleologo of Balyasny Asset Management about gardening leave, what makes a good quant researcher, factor models, the social function of hedge funds, AI and journalists as portfolio managers.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.