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Latest episodes

How private equity stopped being a billionaires' club | Unlocked

How private equity stopped being a billionaires' club | Unlocked

21m 27s

🦄 The biggest tech winners now stay private for more than a decade. That's where most of the value gets created, and until recently it was off-limits to anyone who wasn't already a billionaire.

🎙️ In this episode of UNLOCKED, Andreas Bezner explains how he went from professional graffiti artist to building one of Switzerland's leading pre-IPO fintechs, why "the next NVIDIA" mistake is usually a prediction problem rather than a stock-picking one, and how Stableton opens access to the 20 most valuable private companies, names like OpenAI, Anthropic, Canva and Epic Games, before they ever go public.
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Warsh’s Fed

Warsh’s Fed

9m 50s

Kevin Warsh's first Fed meeting as Chair delivered a surprise—and not the dovish one markets were hoping for.
While the Fed left rates unchanged, the message was unmistakably hawkish. More importantly, Warsh appears determined to reshape the Federal Reserve itself. From questioning forward guidance and refusing to place a dot on the dot plot, to reviewing the Fed's communication strategy, balance sheet and reliance on traditional economic data, the new Chair is signalling that the Warsh era could look very different from the past two decades!

Listen to find out more!

Ipek Ozkardeskaya has begun her financial career in 2010...

How high is too high?

How high is too high?

10m 30s

SpaceX has surged to a valuation above $2.6 trillion, making it one of the most valuable companies in the world despite reporting losses and offering no clear profit outlook for this year. The rally is reigniting the bubble debate and raising questions about how far investors are willing to stretch valuations in the search for the next big thing.
At the same time, new Fed Chair Kevin Warsh faces his first major policy test. Inflation remains above 4%, the labour market remains relatively resilient, and markets have gone from pricing multiple rate cuts this year to considering the possibility of...

Risk of including a meme stock to major indices

Risk of including a meme stock to major indices

10m 37s

Oil prices are falling, bond yields are easing and investors are rotating back into risk assets – including SpaceX. But beneath the optimism, a new question is emerging: what exactly is – and will be - inside your index?
SpaceX's surge to a $2.5 trillion valuation has reignited the debate around speculation, passive investing and index concentration. If included in the Nasdaq 100 today, the company could become one of the index's largest constituents despite ongoing cash burn and a valuation that many argue is disconnected from fundamentals.
So, before buying the cookie, it may be worth checking the ingredients....