The Artful Trader CMC Markets

Join us for the part 2 round table discussion, where we chat with our three CEOs Tim Fung (CEO of Airtasker), Oleg Vornik (CEO of DroneShield) and Drew Bilbe (CEO of Nexba). We walk through their start up journeys, company fundamentals, company culture, missions and how resilience, determination and an unshakeable sense of purpose contributed to their global business success.

Join us as Michael McCarthy sits down with three CEOs who each turned ideas into empires, disrupting the industries they work within along the way. In this episode, we talk to Tim Fung - CEO of Airtasker on creating an outsourced service marketplace, Drew Bilbe - CEO of Nexba and his battle against the Coca-Cola giants with healthy beverage options and Oleg Vornik - CEO of DroneShield on combining world-class engineering and physics to re-invent drone security intelligence.

We chat to each CEO separately on their start-up journeys and how resilience, determination and an unshakeable sense of purpose contributed to their global business success.

We couldn't fit all of their stories into one episode - keep an eye out for Part 2, where we bring the CEOs together for a round table discussion on the importance of confidence. Coming soon.

Join us as CMC Markets UK Chief Market Analyst, Michael Hewson chats to Mouhammed Choukeir - the Deputy CEO and Chief Investment Officer at Kleinwort Hambros.

In the first UK-based Artful Trader episode, Michael and Mouhammed discuss the benefits of consistency and using an evidence-based approach to drive results when trading or investing - regardless of short-term market movements.

Mouhammed also walks us through his personal experiences in the markets and his thoughts around how data and technology have changed the financial landscape.

Denise Shull leverages neuropsychoanalyst and her own experience at the New York Stock Exchange to solve the challenges of mental mistakes, confidence crisis and slumps for Olympic athletes, Wall Street traders and corporate titans. The character, Wendy Rhoades, from US Showtime Billions is based on Denise. We chat to Denise on understanding the 'how' and 'why' behind emotions and how you can leverage impulse and intuition to overcome setbacks and drive performance.

Join us as we talk to Harry, Associate Professor and Chancellor's Excellence Scholar in Statistics Rutgers University USA, who specialises in probability, statistics, logic, and the foundations of complex data analysis. Harry also talks about both the mathematical side and the emotional side of any probabilistic situation, revealing how intuition is just as important as hard numbers and perfect models. Harry also reveals how he used numbers to predict the 2016 US federal election going against the consensus that Hillary Clinton would win.

Host Michael McCarthy sits down with Australian tennis legend Pat Rafter, the serve and volley champion. Rafter wrapped up a career in professional tennis as the only Australian athlete with back to back US Open men's titles. In this interview, Pat talks about his journey to success in overcoming losses, navigating overconfidence and the mental stamina required to maintain his edge over the competition. Pat also talks about the transfer of confidence in swapping volleys for properties to build an impressive portfolio around Australia.