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Join Charley Wright on Strategic Investor Radio as he speaks with leading portfolio managers, investors, authors, entrepreneurs and consultants who are making a difference in the world of alternative investments. From real estate, angel investing and hedge funds, to alternative mutual funds and natural resource investing, Charley covers it all. With an ever curious mind, Charley speaks frankly with his guests to find out what drives their investment strategies, ideas or approaches.

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Join Charley Wright on Strategic Investor Radio as he speaks with leading portfolio managers, investors, authors, entrepreneurs and consultants who are making a difference in the world of alternative investments. From real estate, angel investing and hedge funds, to alternative mutual funds and natural resource investing, Charley covers it all. With an ever curious mind, Charley speaks frankly with his guests to find out what drives their investment strategies, ideas or approaches.

    Private Money Lending - Zinc Income Fund - w/Todd Pigott

    Private Money Lending - Zinc Income Fund - w/Todd Pigott

    Listen to Todd, founder and owner of Zinc Income Fund, a specialty lender in the residential rehab and resale business.  These securitized loans are  of less than 2 years duration, and pay Zinc's investors monthly payouts. In a day of record low interest rates this strategy has a strong track record of above market payouts to investors.  We hope you enjoy it.

    • 31 min
    Investing in Private Companies - KingsCrowd.com - w/Chris Lustrino

    Investing in Private Companies - KingsCrowd.com - w/Chris Lustrino

    Until now, investors could invest into publicly traded companies that are listed on the exchanges (NY Stock Exchange, NASDAQ, etc.), with all information re: these companies being made available to the public via quarterly earnings announcements and audited financial reports.  But, the vast majority of companies are private, so investing in them was much more difficult, as was digging thru financial information of them.  The jobs Act of 2012 made many of these companies eligible for public investing but gathering and analyzing the financial info on the companies remained a daunting task.  This allows the small investor to participate in these Venture Capital and Private Equity opportunities.  KingsCrowd provides the information and analytics to evaluate these companies.  We hope  you enjoy this interview.

    • 25 min
    Commodities Trading - Auspice Capital - w/Tim Pickering

    Commodities Trading - Auspice Capital - w/Tim Pickering

    Having spent his entire career in commodities trading, holdng a variety of high level positions w/various major trading firms, Tim started Auspice in 2005.  Focusing on their COM ETF, which is marketed and made available to the public thru Direxion family of mutual funds, It is a tactical, diversified basket of commodities that can be "Long" or in cash, based on rules, trend following, and contango/backwardation.  A very timely and important discussion for today that every investor should hear.

    • 30 min
    Passive Investing in Agriculture and Agribusiness - HarvestReturns.com- w/Chris Rawley

    Passive Investing in Agriculture and Agribusiness - HarvestReturns.com- w/Chris Rawley

    Following a distinguished career as a Naval Officer, Chris started the firm in 2016, investing in various farming and  agriculture diversified portfolios.  They match investors w/farming and agribusiness players, in Private Placement projects, typically w/equity positions.  Focused on the smaller, retail investors, this approach is fairly new and they are very active in the "Indoor Farming" space.  Chris discusses the opportunities and risks of ag investing, which should be interesting to anyone interested in ag investing.

    • 24 min
    Commodities and Futures Trading - BubbaTrading.com - w/Andrew Hecht

    Commodities and Futures Trading - BubbaTrading.com - w/Andrew Hecht

    A three plus decade Commodities and Futures trader and prolific writer and contributor for Seeking Alpha, Andrew offers great insight into the world of commodities and futures trading.  Never without an opinion, and always ready to defend his positions, Andrew is a delight to interview, as you will see.  If you are at all interested in learning how this market works, this is the place to listen.  His Brooklyn accent adds to the charm of it all.  Hope you enjoy.

    • 24 min
    Avoiding Over Priced Stocks By Managing Risk Like Actuaries - New Age Alpha - w/Julian Koski

    Avoiding Over Priced Stocks By Managing Risk Like Actuaries - New Age Alpha - w/Julian Koski

    Co-Founder of New Age Alpha, Julian explains the unique methodology of the firm's investment strategy.  Seeking to differentiate the losers from winners, NAA focuses on the "Human Risk Factors" that have been factored into the expected company performance in the future,  NAA's strategy seeks to rely only on the hard data in the company's financial statement in determining the expected future stock price.  They seek to eliminate the vague and ambiguous opinions that impact the expected stock value.  Certainly unique and interesting, investors will find this interview very interesting and certain to provide a perspective and approach that is not found elsewhere.  Hope you enjoy it.

    • 23 min

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