74&W Exclusives is our interview series with thought leaders, subject matter experts, and the people who are in the action. Get a deep-dive look at the pressing topics and issues facing our industry.
EXCLUSIVES 6: COMMODITIES
It lacks the mystique of hedge funds and private equity, the complexity of advanced derivatives, and the sexiness of tech stocks and the latest IPOs. Yet commodities might be one of the most exciting markets out there. It's where real-world supply meets real-world demand, it's what gives currencies a run for their money, and it can make speculators seem less like office types and more like Indiana Jones.
Lobo Tiggre: He’s not a geologist. He’s not a licensed financial analyst, and his name is not really Louis James. So who is Lobo Tiggre? He’s the founder and CEO of Louis James, LLC and he’s here to talk about real-life adventures, skin in the game, the scarcity of gold and the impermanence of paper. READ NOW.
Tom Seng: Director of the School of Energy at The University of Tulsa. Tom answers some very compelling questions. Among them: what’s the difference between energy independence and energy self-sufficiency, how much oil actually is actually physically exchanged when it’s traded, and what does the future of the oil industry in the US look like? READ NOW. Then, listen to this follow-up interview, in which we discuss the unprecedented oil crash of Spring, 2020.
Andrew Griffith: He’s a scholar and a cowboy, and he’s got both academic and real-world insight into how the beef markets work, how much “alternative meats” might disrupt them, and what are some of the factors that make this particular commodity one of the most complex ones there is. READ NOW.
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