Read The Bull

The 15th episode of Read the Bull is the Fall 2024 Book Preview. Portfolio Wealth CIO Lee Munson joins host Stefan Prelog for an in-depth discussion about timeless investing classics, finance beach reads and a new slate books to watch for this fall.
 
Lee talks to Stefan about the recent market volatility and how he prepares clients for moments like this. Lee's clients are concerned about the 2024 Presidential election...

The 14th episode of Read the Bull is an unfiltered discussion with Scott Fearon, author of "Dead Companies Walking: How a Hedge Fund Manager Finds Opportunity in Unexpected Places," published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2015.  If you want to know how a veteran long/short hedge fund manager approaches investing, this is the interview for you.

Scott started Crown Advisors Management, a long/short equity hedge fund, i...

The 13th episode of Read the Bull is a fascinating conversation with Patricia Walsh Chadwick, author of "Breaking Glass, Tales from the Witch of Wall Street." Patricia enjoyed a 30-year career in finance and held roles as a research analyst, portfolio manager, director of research, and investment strategist.

The book details Patricia's career, which began at a time where the majority of women in finance held...

The 12th episode of Read the Bull is an engrossing interview with New York Times Finance reporter Rob Copeland discussing his book "The Fund: Ray Dalio, Bridgewater Associates, and the the Unraveling of a Wall Street Legend." Taped in front of live audience at the historic Troutbeck Inn, Rob and host Stefan Prelog have a lively conversation about Ray Dalio, the founder of Bridgewater Associates. Rob started covering Bridg...

Jared Dillian was Read The Bull's first guest and he's back again in our latest episode. Jared's been busy since his first appearance - publishing not one, but two books - a book of essays titled "Those Bastards" and  a personal finance guide  - "No Worries: How to Live a Stress Free Financial Life."  

Jared tells Stefan Prelog he hosted a syndicated radio show where he fielded a lot of p...

The 10th episode of Read The Bull is an in-depth conversation with WSJ's Gregory Zuckerman.  Greg is an investigative reporter and a 27-year veteran of the paper who writes about business and investing topics. Greg is a three-time winner of the Gerald Loeb Award—the highest honor in business journalism.

Greg's written six books, including "A Shot to Save the World: The Inside Story of the Life-or-Death Race ...

The ninth episode of Read The Bull is a lively conversation with  Anthony Scaramucci, Founder and Managing Partner, SkyBridge, and founder and chairman of SALT. 

Scaramucci discusses his colorful Wall Street career and details how he's distilled his many experiences into his six books including his first, "Goodbye Gordon Gekko," a nod to Michael Douglas' villainous character in the iconic film 1987 &q...

The eighth episode of Read The Bull is an enlightening conversation about one of the world's greatest investors - Warren Buffet.  Todd A. Finkle, Ph.D., is the Pigott Professor of Entrepreneurship at Gonzaga who's written the insightful book "Warren Buffett: Investor and Entrepreneur."  Todd brings his 33 years of teaching to the book and distills Buffett's entrepreneurial voyage.  Todd talks about his own ...

The seventh episode of Read The Bull is a topical and wide-ranging conversation with WSJ senior writer Jon Hilsenrath about his book Yellen: The Trailblazing Economist Who Navigated an Era of Upheaval.  Hilsenrath is the perfect person to write a book about Yellen. He's written about economics and finance since 1997, and he's covered Yellen, her predecessors at the U.S. Federal Reserve and many of the economists that appe...

The sixth episode of Read The Bull is an engaging discussion with NPR Planet Money's Mary Childs about her book The Bond King, an in-depth look at Pacific Investment Management Co. (PIMCO) co-founder Bill Gross. Mary details Gross' rise as the world's top bond investor. Bond investing was once a sleepy domain of insurance companies where people literally clipped coupons, but Mary explains how it evolved and exploded ...

The fifth episode of Read the Bull is our first one of 2023. Host Stefan Prelog highlights a few titles from our 23 books for 2023 preview list.  Among the featured titles are books by bond investor Martin Fridson, Wall Street Journal reporter Scott Patterson, Stanford history professor Jennifer Burns, filmmaker and DePaul professor Kelly Richmond Pope and New York Times reporter Rob Copeland.

Later in the episode, Stefan...

The fourth episode of Read the Bull is a fascinating conversation with investigative journalist and author Gary Weiss about his latest book "Retail Gangster:  The Insane, Real Life Story of Crazy Eddie," which was published by Hachette in August. Anyone who grew up in the New York metropolitan area in the 1970s and 80s knew Crazy Eddie.  The retail electronics chain started humbly in Brooklyn in 1971 with its roots in the...

The third episode of Read the Bull is a no-holds-barred conversation with Lee Munson, author of "Rigged Money: Beating Wall Street at Its Own Game."  The book came out in 2011, but Stefan and Lee talk about how it's as relevant today as when it was published. Lee and Stefan talk about the evolution as well as the gimmick-ifcation of vehicles like ETFs, and how  many strategies that Wall Street sells distract investor...

The second episode of Read The Bull is an enlightening conversation with Dominique Mielle, author of "Damsel in Distressed: My Life in the Golden Age of Hedge Funds." Dominique is a hedge fund veteran who worked at distressed investing specialist Canyon Capital.  Her career  spanned 20 years and in the interview she touches on some her highlights as well as some of her missteps, including the time she invested in WorldCom...

The premiere episode of Read The Bull is an insightful conversation with Jared Dillian, author of "Street Freak," "All the Evil of This World" and the investing newsletter "The Daily Dirtnap." Jared and host Stefan Prelog look back at the book's publication and reminisce about the anti-Wall Street sentiment that provided a problematic backdrop for the book's promotion. Jared discusses the rig...