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TTU43: The Case For Currencies As An Asset Class ft. Mark Whitmore of Whitmore Capital Management 1of2

Published: Nov. 10, 2014, 5:28 a.m.

Our next guest started his firm back in 2012, and we\u2019re talking to him at a special moment in the company\u2019s evolution as it starts to gain outside capital and make its mark in the industry. Listen in to gain insights into how a manager started his firm in the current environment, the inside view on currencies as an asset class, and much more.

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In This Episode, You\u2019ll Learn:

  • How Mark was interested in finance from a very early age and learned from his adoptive parents.
  • About his time studying macroeconomics in college.
  • The story of his career and how it took a windy series of turns before heading into the financial market.
  • His time studying currencies when he was in law school and his time as lawyer.
  • How he started getting into the financial markets by investing in stocks in the late 90s.
  • How he quit his job as a lawyer and planned to go into the financial services sector.
  • His ventures into the currency markets and why he considered them in the first place.
  • How he started by managing his own money.
  • What he sees in currencies as an asset class and how he describes that to investors.
  • How the currency market has changed throughout the years.
  • How he decided to launch his business in 2012 and how he got organized to take outside capital.
  • How he built the organization and his business.
  • What kind of organization he would like to grow into in the future.
  • Why culture in a small company is a very important issue.
  • How he looks at track record, being such a young company.
  • How he created the models he uses for his strategy.
  • The example of the Euro and what Mark predicts for the currency in 5 years.
  • His thoughts on the Swiss Franc and the historical context of its value.
  • The Singapore Dollar and how it is likened to the Swiss Franc.
  • How many currencies he trades.
  • How he thinks about diversification.

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