88: Hedge Fund Trading, 2008, and Understanding Finance with Andrew Bergel

Andrew Bergel is an instructor of environmental governance at Dalhousie university in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He joins us to discuss his experience working on Wall Street as a stock and futures trader. Andrew’s experience with finance, governance, and the environment gives him a unique perspective on cryptocurrency at large.   Timestamps:   (00:00) - Introduction (03:20) - Introducing Andrew, and his background (12:34) - Dealing with different tiers of clients in the finance industry, and computer based trading (23:21) - Price to Earnings Ratio, and how we perceive value of stock (33:28) - How lack of financial literacy and education is a trap (44:29) - What made Andrew quit his trading job? (48:16) - The crash of 2008, and current inflation concerns (57:38) - Setting up Part 2, and Closing Thoughts Edited and Mixed by Kaushik Sethunath.   Find Adrew B here - https://ca.linkedin.com/in/andrewbergel   Go Full Crypto Social Links Website: https://GoFullCrypto.com Keegan Francis' Newsletter - http://keeganfrancis.substack.com/   Keegan Twitter - https://twitter.com/CryptoKeegan Mrugakshee Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/mrugakshee/