What do interest rate hikes really mean for your bond portfolio? In this episode, Shana is joined by Michael Sedacca, Partner and Portfolio Manager at Rareview Capital, to break down how Federal Reserve policy cycles impact fixed income investing. From one of the most aggressive rate-hiking cycles in history to tactical opportunities in closed-end …

On this episode, Shana talks with H. Adam Holt, founder of Asset-Map, a software that turns complex financial data into simple, visual maps that spark better conversations and smarter decisions. From high-net-worth planning to alternatives and family dynamics, this tool helps advisors organize everything — income, assets, liabilities, and even fami…

On this episode Shana brings on Greg Friedman, CEO of Peachtree Group, who breaks down hospitality investments, operational strategies, and market dynamics. Key Takeaways: • Operational management in hospitality • Airbnb's impact on the traditional hotel market • Geographical factors influencing investment decisions • Credit and equity investments …

In this episode, Shana talks with Sean O’Dowd of Scholastic Capital, who specializes in the residential housing market. Scholastic’s unique approach emphasizes school districts and their role in driving demand for housing. Sean breaks down the current trends affecting the rental and housing markets, the implications of rising institutional investme…

In this episode, Shana explores the value of technical analysis in your investment toolkit through insights from Katie Stockton, founder of Fairlead Strategies. While traditionally overshadowed by fundamental or macro analysis, technical analysis plays an important role by focusing on price trends and market sentiment. Through examining historical …

In this episode, Shana talks with alternative investment strategist Tony Davidow from Franklin Templeton about the value of alternative investments. Tony shares stories from his career and explains how investments beyond traditional stocks and bonds—like private credit and real estate—can build wealth and support personal goals. We also discuss new…

Shana sits down with Vince Lorusso, President & CEO of Clough Capital Partners L.P., who shares how he went from a family of lawyers to becoming a finance professional. He talks about his passion for finance, transitioning from hedge funds to exchange-traded funds (ETFs), and the benefits of ETF strategies like transparency and tax savings. Vince a…

Welcome to Banrion Capital Management’s What’s the Alternative Podcast! Join host Shana Orczyk Sissel, the “Queen of Alternatives” Founder & CEO of Banrion Capital Management, as she interviews leaders in the alternative investment space. Learn more about their firms, their passions and about the many different ways investors can use alternative in…

Welcome to Banrion Capital Management’s What’s the Alternative Podcast! Join host Shana Orczyk Sissel, the “Queen of Alternatives” Founder & CEO of Banrion Capital Management, as she interviews leaders in the alternative investment space. Learn more about their firms, their passions and about the many different ways investors can use alternative in…

Welcome to Banrion Capital Management’s What’s the Alternative Podcast! Join host Shana Orczyk Sissel, the “Queen of Alternatives” Founder & CEO of Banrion Capital Management, as she interviews leaders in the alternative investment space. Learn more about their firms, their passions and about the many different ways investors can use alternative in…

Welcome to Banrion Capital Management’s What’s the Alternative Podcast! Join host Shana Orczyk Sissel, the “Queen of Alternatives” Founder & CEO of Banrion Capital Management, as she interviews leaders in the alternative investment space. Learn more about their firms, their passions and about the many different ways investors can use alternative in…

Phil is joined by friend of the show Ben Hunt for his fourth appearance on the podcast. Ben Hunt holds a PhD in Political Science from Harvard University, is the co-founder and CIO of Epsilon Theory, and co-founder of Second Foundation Partners. Ben and Phil discuss narratives driving flows in markets, the incentivization of risk-taking by financia…

Welcome to Banrion Capital Management’s What’s the Alternative Podcast! Join host Shana Orczyk Sissel, the “Queen of Alternatives” Founder & CEO of Banrion Capital Management, as she interviews leaders in the alternative investment space. Learn more about their firms, their passions and about the many different ways investors can use alternative in…

Welcome to Banrion Capital Management’s What’s the Alternative Podcast! Join host Shana Orczyk Sissel, the “Queen of Alternatives” Founder & CEO of Banrion Capital Management, as she interviews leaders in the alternative investment space. Learn more about their firms, their passions and about the many different ways investors can use alternative in…

Richard Adler was a co-founder and former Managing Director of EII Capital Management, an investment advisory firm for over 38 years managing REIT portfolios beginning in 1986. He has sat on the advisory board of Armada since its founding, and is a storied entrepreneur and business leader. Richard joins Phil to discuss REITs, investment, and reflec…

Cliff Asness is the founder, Managing Principal and Chief Investment Officer at AQR Capital Management. Phil joins Cliff at his AQR office to chat about market concentration, value investing, and the market environment as a whole. Through the conversation, Cliff shares a wealth of knowledge and perspectives from his 30+ years of experience in the a…

Michael Antonelli is a market strategist at Baird Private Wealth Management and author of the "Bull and Baird" blog. In a world where there is no shortage of anxiety inducing doomsday narratives, Michael stands out by being a bullish optimist. Michael makes the case for communicating about the market using common language, using a data driven appro…

Jared Dillian, author and investment strategist, joins the Phil Bak podcast. He is the author of books such as No Worries: How to live a stress-free financial life, and Street Freak: A Memoir of Money and Madness. Jared and Phil discuss financial freedom, hard work, rules for success, and taking control over your financial outcomes.…

Mike Green, CFA, is the Portfolio Manager and Chief Strategist at Simplify Asset Management. Mike and Phil discuss the over-emphasis of indexing, passive investment, and low fee competition causing potential hazards in investing. This includes large cap companies receiving the bulk of capital, reduced reward for conducting fundamental analysis, and…

Welcome to Banrion Capital Management’s What’s the Alternative Podcast! Join host Shana Orczyk Sissel, the “Queen of Alternatives” Founder & CEO of Banrion Capital Management, as she interviews leaders in the alternative investment space. Learn more about their firms, their passions and about the many different ways investors can use alternative in…

Phil Bak sits down with Rob Simone, managing director of Hedgeye Risk Management. Rob has over 15 years of corporate equity research within the REIT sector. Rob joins Phil today to discuss his famous short call on Medical Properties Trust.

Welcome to Banrion Capital Management’s What’s the Alternative Podcast! Join host Shana Orczyk Sissel, the “Queen of Alternatives” Founder & CEO of Banrion Capital Management, as she interviews leaders in the alternative investment space. Learn more about their firms, their passions and about the many different ways investors can use alternative in…

Phil sits down with Randall Zisler to discuss real estate and REITs. Randall is the co-founder of Zisler Capital Associates and a highly respected academic with a number of works on real estate investing, economics, and finance. In his conversation with Phil, he shares a wealth of knowledge pertaining to real estate valuations, REITs, public vs pri…

Welcome to Banrion Capital Management’s What’s the Alternative Podcast! Join host Shana Orczyk Sissel, the “Queen of Alternatives” Founder & CEO of Banrion Capital Management, as she interviews leaders in the alternative investment space. Learn more about their firms, their passions and about the many different ways investors can use alternative in…

Welcome to Banrion Capital Management’s What’s the Alternative Podcast! Join host Shana Orczyk Sissel, the “Queen of Alternatives” Founder & CEO of Banrion Capital Management, as she interviews leaders in the alternative investment space. Learn more about their firms, their passions and about the many different ways investors can use alternative in…

Welcome to Banrion Capital Management’s What’s the Alternative Podcast! Join host Shana Orczyk Sissel, the “Queen of Alternatives” Founder & CEO of Banrion Capital Management, as she interviews leaders in the alternative investment space. Learn more about their firms, their passions and about the many different ways investors can use alternative in…

In this reposted podcast, Phil sits down with Meb Faber and explains his mission and strategy in the real estate space. This conversation is the "why" behind what Phil does on the day to day, trying to create unique value within the real estate investment market. This episode is censored when Phil or Meb directly mention particular funds by name.…

Welcome to Banrion Capital Management’s What’s the Alternative Podcast! Join host Shana Orczyk Sissel, the “Queen of Alternatives” Founder & CEO of Banrion Capital Management, as she interviews leaders in the alternative investment space. Learn more about their firms, their passions and about the many different ways investors can use alternative in…

Phil sits down with Shana Sissel to discuss her journey founding Banrion Capital and her alternative investment strategy.

Welcome to Banrion Capital Management’s What’s the Alternative Podcast! Join host Shana Orczyk Sissel, the “Queen of Alternatives” Founder & CEO of Banrion Capital Management, as she interviews leaders in the alternative investment space. Learn more about their firms, their passions and about the many different ways investors can use alternative in…

Phil revisits his discussion with David Kotok (Cofounder, Cumberland Advisors) recorded in early 2020. David and Phil discuss entrepreneurship, surviving difficult market conditions, and the benefits of studying history and math. David reflects on his career and shares his experiences and insights from decades spent in the industry.…

Welcome to Banrion Capital Management’s What’s the Alternative Podcast! Join host Shana Orczyk Sissel, the “Queen of Alternatives” Founder & CEO of Banrion Capital Management, as she interviews leaders in the alternative investment space. Learn more about their firms, their passions and about the many different ways investors can use alternative in…

Michael Gayed joins the podcast to discuss research, launching funds, and dealing with having a large following on Twitter.

Phil brings on Carol Roth for a conversation about the WEF, economic regulation, CBDCs, media, and more.

Phil hosts Christopher Volk on to discuss his book, The Value Equation: A Business Guide to Wealth Creation, as well as other useful insights on real estate investing and finance.

Phil Bak hosts Axel Merk on the podcast to discuss issues within the banking system. Axel provides his insight on what went wrong, and what he thinks the proper regulatory response is for better banking outcomes.

In this episode of the Phil Bak podcast, Phil is getting asked the questions! Enjoy this replay from Grizzle's Twitter Spaces in which monetary policy, finance, and REITs were discussed.

Doomberg joins the podcast to share how they mastered the art of content generation, the five pillars of business, and the secret to their writing process.By Phil Bak, Doomberg

When it comes to building investment portfolios, there are a lot of considerations. Passive vs. active, performance, fees, the list goes on. As an industry, we have become hyper focused on fees. Large passive asset managers like Blackrock, Vanguard and State Street have risen to dominate the ETF market. Are fees really the cornerstone for which inv…

We're back! Dr. Preston Cherry joins the show to talk family, life transitions, personal finance & behavioral finance. Learn more about Dr. Cherry at www.drprestoncherry.com

For decades the financial services industry has been dominated by middle-aged white men. It's the image we saw on television, in movies and on industry conference stages. Today, the field is as diverse as it has ever been, yet still the stereotype of the old boys club remains. Sonya Dreizler and her partner Liv Gagnon have set out to change that as…

A Mission Focused, Multi-Generational Wealth Expert Jacqueline "Jaq" Campbell is a charismatic and inspiring leader in the wealth management industry. Jaq joined hosts Shana Orczyk Sissel and Suzanne Lundeen Abrams to discuss her journey in the financial industry and how legacy planning empowers families to build multi-generational wealth and break…

The Black Swans Podcast recorded LIVE from the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas at the Carson Excell Conference. In this episode hosts Suzanne Lundeen Abrams and Shana Orczyk Sissel discuss the recent challenges Shana has faced in her life and career. In this candid conversation Shana discusses her journey to launch Banrion Capital Management, what it mea…

Live from the ETF Exchange Conference at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach Joy Yang discusses her journey from Chinese immigrant to a sought after quantitative research analyst. Joy walks us through how John Bogle’s little idea of index investing became a multi-trillion dollar business & why indexing is more than passive exposure to the S&P 500. Joy Ya…

Shortly after first discovering her passion for day trading, Frances Newton Stacy was among the few to predict and trade the 2007 stock market crash. Today, she regularly appears on Fox Business News and CNBC and is the Director of Portfolio Strategy at Optimal Capital. On this episode, hear the finance wonk discuss her work bringing an institution…

Matt Hougan, CIO of Bitwise Investments, joins the podcast to explain Decentralized Finance (DeFi), decentralized exchanges, Ethereum, stablecoins, smart contracts, breakthrough protocols, Tether's risk and contagion, and how it all ties back to his potato peeler thesis.By Phil Bak, Matt Hougan

In this third part of a breathtaking conversation with Ben Hunt we discuss narratives: how they are formed, how they spread, how to identify them, and the impact they have on the world around us.By Phil Bak, Ben Hunt

This is the second part of a breathtaking conversation between Ben and Phil about how the financial markets are being turned into political utilities right before our eyes. Ben Hunt is Co-Founder at Second Foundation Partners & author at Epsilon Theory. (Replay from The ETF Experience)By Phil Bak, Ben Hunt

This is the first part of a breathtaking conversation between Ben and Phil about how the financial markets are being turned into political utilities right before our eyes. Ben Hunt is Co-Founder at Second Foundation Partners & author at Epsilon Theory. (Replay from The ETF Experience)By Phil Bak, Ben Hunt

While Dr. Nicole Boyson didn’t come from a family of academics, she found an interest in studying investments and corporate finance, which led her to become a professor of finance at Northeastern University. On this episode, hear Dr. Boyson discuss “hedge fund activism” - a relevant academic interest on which she has extensive knowledge - and what …