James Lavish is a former hedge fund manager and CFA with 25 years of institutional investment and risk management experience. The Yale and Cornell alum, who at one point was drafted by the National Hockey League, was recently Chief Operating Officer of Alternative Investments at asset management firm LKCM in Dallas, Texas. James was also the co-founder and a managing partner of Ranger Arbitrage, Head Arbitrage Trader and Officer of the Compliance Committee for Carlson Capital. He is the author of The Informationist Newsletter. - https://jameslavish.substack.com
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00:01:43 Growing up in Upstate NY, playing hockey, drafted by Boston Bruins in NHL
00:05:43 Losing identity after knee injury ends hockey career
00:07:09 Healing from disappointment, discovering sales and trading
00:08:58 Financial literacy in America; finance is like hockey
00:11:31 What did James learn then that helps him appreciate Bitcoin now?
00:14:01 Locked down during pandemic, rediscovering cryptocurrency and Bitcoin
00:15:51 Legging into Ethereum; orange pilling with his wife
00:23:36 Bitcoin is hope
00:26:40 US losing stronghold on dollar as global reserve currency
00:29:20 What is the debt spiral?
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00:37:47 BRICS Brazil Russia India China South Africa new reserve currency
00:42:52 Can we have a financial reset without war?
00:46:07 Why isn't Wall Street into Bitcoin?
00:48:35 Why is ETH not money?
00:52:05 Credit Default Swap (CDS) and Yield Curve Control (YCC)
01:01:22 Anti-fragmentation
01:03:20 What would Bitcoin going to zero look like?
01:05:47 Energy crisis and Bitcoin's energy use
01:08:57 "You skate to where the puck is going."
01:11:30 The Informationist Newsletter: simplifying one complicated concept weekly