Decoded with Ryan Pallotta

Ryan Pallotta, Prometheus

On Prometheus Decoded inspirational investors and leaders share professional and personal stories about navigating the financial and business world—with lessons and best practices to help you drive transformational change in yourself.

  1. 15/02/2023

    SPECIAL EP: Kyle Bass on China, Robert Mullin on energy, & Jordi Visser's thoughts on a recession. The experts debate it all.

    Brilliant investors Kyle Bass, Jordi Visser, and Robert Mullin discuss the markets in 2023, the fed, energy prices, China and more. Stream the live event now.  Kyle Bass is the Co-Founder and CEO of Conservation Equity Management, a private equity firm focused on environmental sustainability and conservation. He is also the Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Hayman Capital Management, a hedge fund that generates returns through a combination of long and short positions based on macroeconomic trends and events. Kyle is widely recognized for his macroeconomic and global financial market investments, particularly his accurate prediction of the collapse of the US housing around the Global Financial Crisis.  Jordi Visser is the President and CIO at Weiss Multi-Strategy Advisers, overseeing portfolio managers and managing overall risk. Jordi is the mastermind behind the Weiss Alternative Multi-Strategy Fund (WEISX) and brings extensive experience in global macro investing. Before joining Weiss in 2005, Jordi was the founding Managing Partner of Anchor Point Asset Management, a global macro fund. He also has a background in trading various global equity derivative books as a former Managing Director at Morgan Stanley.  Robert Mullin is the Founding Partner and Portfolio Manager of Marathon Resource Advisors and brings over 25 years of expertise in natural resource investing to the table. Marathon manages RAEIF LP, a strategy that invests across the global natural resource public equity markets and aims for capital gains and sustainable inflation-protected income. With a proven track record in managing portfolios and generating returns, Robert has led Marathon to become a leading player in the space. Sign up for Prometheus: https://app.prometheusalts.com/  Learn about us: https://prometheusalts.com/  Prometheus Studios: https://studio.prometheusalts.com/  Follow Us:  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/prometheusa...  Twitter: https://twitter.com/PrometheusAlts/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PrometheusAlts/

    1h 11m
  2. 08/02/2023

    Steve Cohen’s top lieutenant on training good portfolio managers, reinventing the culture at SAC Capital (the real-life “Billions”) and how hedge funds can create more alpha in volatile markets w/ Perry Boyle

    Today, I'm excited to talk with impact investor and investment industry veteran H. Perry Boyle.  Perry's had a long and storied career in the financial world, but the first thing I wanted to know about was his hiring of Prometheus Founder and CEO Michael Wang as a Senior Analyst at the legendary hedge fund SAC Capital.  Between 2004 and 2020, Perry held several positions at SAC and Point72. As SAC's Director of Research, Perry’s job was to change the culture, which he did—in part—by creating a curriculum for analysts and making portfolio managers stakeholders in their future success.  Steve Cohen's SAC Capital is the inspiration for the Showtime series “Billions." So I asked Perry to describe the evolution of the firm's culture and the impact of having a psychologist on staff to optimize traders' performance.  A little later, Perry tells me the "secret” of running a long/short portfolio and lays out his thoughts on the increasing scarcity of alpha.  Lastly, Perry talks about the journey that took him from Point72 to climbing his “second mountain” —becoming chairman of the BOMA Project, a poverty graduation program for women, youth, and displaced persons in East Africa. Links Mentioned The BOMA ProjectH. Perry Boyle | LinkedInFollow Us Learn about PrometheusSubscribe to Prometheus Decoded on Apple Podcasts or SpotifyInstagramTwitterFacebook

    1h 5m
  3. 26/09/2022

    How to set goals and smash through them with humility, hard work, passion, and playing to your strengths w/ Kirk Myers

    Kirk Myers is a celebrity trainer and founder of the Dogpound—one of the most exclusive gyms and iconic fitness brands in the world today.  The chat gets underway with Kirk explaining the genesis of the Dogpound.  He describes how, while on track to become an elementary school teacher, he was hospitalized with congestive heart failure and decided to take control of the situation—studying nutrition and losing some 130lbs over the next two years.   After building a successful business in his native Kansas City, Kirk was hospitalized once again. This time lost everything. He then decided to start over in New York with a set of 10 goals that he quickly smashed—He even brought on Hugh Jackman as his first celebrity client. In fact, it was Jackman who ended up giving Kirk's reborn business its name.  The pair go on to discuss how Kirk built on this momentum, how he developed and grew the Dogpound brand, and where his passion, his team, and his star-studded roster of clients will take the Dogpound from here.  Throughout the chat, Kirk explains ideas that apply to all of our lives: playing to your strengths, building a great team, believing in what you're doing, taking control of your own destiny, and so much more. www.thedogpound.com/ www.instagram.com/kirkmyersfitness/ Dogpound culture PDF mentioned in pod: www.dropbox.com/s/7p9h7mbkdalvbhc/CULTURE%20BOOK%20%28%20PURPOSE%29.pdf?dl=1

    1h 37m

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On Prometheus Decoded inspirational investors and leaders share professional and personal stories about navigating the financial and business world—with lessons and best practices to help you drive transformational change in yourself.