In this AI Christmas special of OPTO Sessions, we revisit standout moments from this year’s conversations on how AI is changing products, cost bases and competitive moats, from Better.com and Upstart in lending, to Box and Intercom in enterprise workflows and customer service, and SoundHound in voice AI. We look at near-term execution over the next year, longer-term positioning over five years, and the best criteria for spotting real AI advantage.

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Today I welcome back Diego Parrilla, Managing Partner and Investment Manager at Quadriga Asset Managers. With 20 years’ experience in macro investing, commodities, and trading in London, Singapore, and New York, Diego has managed teams in world-renowned investment banks, including JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, and Merrill Lynch.

Diego is a best-selling author too, publishing ‘The Energy World is Flat’ in 2015, and ‘The Anti-Bubbles’ in 2017.

We discuss the Fed’s latest rate hike and whether a soft landing for the US economy is now out of reach. We also dig into European developments, analyzing the recent ECB announcement and whether their new bond-buying programme will have the desired effect. Finally, we discuss Chinese divergence, highlighting the property sector’s colossal debt, before examining Hong Kong’s liquidity crisis. Enjoy!

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Ted Seides founded Capital Allocators to explore the processes of elite money managers. Having launched the Capital Allocators podcast in 2017, by April 2022, the show had recorded over 10 million downloads, with Barron’s, Business Insider, and Forbes each naming it among the top investing podcasts.

Having run his own multibillion-dollar hedge fund, Protégé Partners, from 2002-2015, Ted was profiled in ‘Top Hedge Fund Investors', a book authored by Larry Kochard and Cathleen Rittereiser in 2010. Ted has subsequently distilled his vast knowledge of premier investors’ strategies in his second book, ‘Capital Allocators: How the world’s elite money managers lead and invest’, published in March last year.

We discuss some of Capital Allocators' most popular episodes, including interviews with investing legends Sam Zell, Chamath Palihapitiya, and Joel Greenblatt. We finish, by unpicking Ted’s bet with Warren Buffett, where Ted aimed to demonstrate the benefits of hedge funds on institutional portfolios, pitting 5 hedge fund of funds against the performance of the S&P 500 from 2008-2017. Enjoy!

Some of the interviews referenced in today’s episode:

- Sam Zell: https://capitalallocators.com/podcast/common-sense-and-uncommon-profits/
- Chamath Palihapitiya: https://capitalallocators.com/podcast/the-social-capital-flywheel/
- Joel Greenblatt: https://capitalallocators.com/podcast/common-sense-for-value-at-gotham-capital/

Capital Allocators: How the world’s elite money managers lead and invest: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Capital-Allocators-Worlds-Managers-Invest/dp/0857198866

Thanks to Cofruition for consulting on and producing the podcast. Want further Opto insights? Check out our daily newsletter: https://www.cmcmarkets.com/en-gb/opto/newsletter

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CMC Markets is an execution-only service provider. The material (whether or not it states any opinions) is for general information purposes only and does not take into account your personal circumstances or objectives. Nothing in this material is (or should be considered to be) financial, investment, or other advice on which reliance should be placed. No opinion given in the material constitutes a recommendation by CMC Markets or the author that any particular investment, security, transaction, or investment strategy is suitable for any specific person.

The material has not been prepared in accordance with legal requirements designed to promote the independence of investment research. Although we are not specifically prevented from dealing before providing this material, we do not seek to take advantage of the material prior to its dissemination.

CMC Markets does not endorse

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The content in this podcast is for informational purposes only. Opto Markets LLC does not recommend any specific securities or investment strategies. Investing involves risk & investments may lose value, including the loss of principal. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Investors should consider their investment objectives and risks carefully before investing. The information provided is not an endorsement of this product and is for information and/or educational purposes only.