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Have the Markets Changed Forever? with David Woo

2022/9/14
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Interview recorded - 13/09/2022On todays episode of the WTFinance podcast I had the pleasure of speaking with  David Woo Unbound )- A former top ranked Wall Street strategist, IMF economist & Founder of Unbound -  a global forum devoted to the promotion of fact-based debates about markets, politics, and economics.During our conversation we talked about the process behind out-of-consensus predictions, how the market has changed forever, what predictions David has the most conviction about and the importance of investing based on the facts. I hope you enjoy!0:00 - Introduction0:25 - David’s thought process behind out-of-consensus predictions?5:44 - Not just about being right, but how markets move10:55 - How has the market changed over David’s career?16:10 - What predictions does David have the most conviction on?25:21 - Will markets (i.e. bonds & other assets) start acting as they should be in such economic conditions31:33 - Going away from practical to ideological actions36:31 - Goal for Unbound?39:00 - Message to take away from the interview?40:20 - Where can you find David?David Woo is the Founder/CEO of David Woo Unbound, a new global forum devoted to promoting fact-based debates about markets, politics and economics.Until 2021, David was the Head of Global Rates, Foreign Exchange, and Emerging Market Fixed Income Strategy & Economic Research at Bank of America, where he managed the top ranked global macro strategy team on Wall Street. Previously, David was the Head of Global Currency Strategy at Barclays Capital and the Head of Local Markets Strategy for Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa at Citigroup.David is known on Wall Street for his bold and out-of-consensus calls that includes the RMB devaluation in 2015 and Trump’s victory in 2016. He was also the first Wall Street analyst to initiate coverage on Bitcoin in 2013. Business Insider voted David as one of the 12 smartest people on Wall Street in 2016 and Bloomberg calls him one of the “most outspoken voice on Wall Street."David started his career at the International Monetary Fund in Washington D.C.. He received his Ph.D in Economics from Columbia University.David Woo - Website - https://www.davidwoounbound.com/Twitter - https://twitter.com/DavidwoounboundYoutube - https://www.youtube.com/c/DavidWooUnboundLinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-woo-1479a492/?originalSubdomain=ilWTFinance - Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wtfinancee/Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/67rpmjG92PNBW0doLyPvfnTikTok - https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeUjj9xV/iTunes - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wtfinance/id1554934665?uo=4Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthony-fatseas-761066103/Twitter - https://twitter.com/AnthonyFatseas