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The Blunt Dollar

by Ignacio Ramirez Moreno, CFA · English · Business

Finance doesn’t have to be boring or sugarcoated. It’s time for a show that tells it like it is. The Blunt Dollar is where real conversations meet real finance, hosted by Ignacio Ramírez Moreno, a fixed-income advisor, CFA charterholder, and LinkedIn content creator who isn’t afraid to ask the tough

New episodes: Weekly
Typical length: 44 min
Latest: 13 Oct 2026
Language: English

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13 Oct 2026 · 35 minNew

Patrick Armstrong: The Biggest Portfolio Mistake Almost Everyone Makes

In this episode of The Blunt Dollar, I sit down with Patrick Armstrong, Chief Investment Officer at Plurimi Wealth, to discuss what evidence-based investing really looks like in practice, how machine learning is already transforming portfolio management, and why investor psychology often matters more than market forecasts. Patrick shares the lessons he's learned from managing real client portfolios, explains how Plurimi AI was born from his own investing mistakes, and offers a refreshingly h...

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S2 · E86 · 6 Oct 2026 · 38 min
Alan Dune: The Biggest Portfolio Mistake Even Professionals Make
In this episode of The Blunt Dollar, I sit down with Alan Dunne, founder of Archive Capital Advisors and co-host of Top Traders Unplugged, to explore what it really means to build portfolios that can survive changing market regimes. Alan shares the lessons he's learned after decades as a trader, allocator, and portfolio construction expert, challenging many of the assumptions investors make about diversification, risk, and long-term investing. We dive into why many portfolios only appear di...
S2 · E85 · 29 Sep 2026 · 44 min
Jai Jacob: From Jazz Guitar to Wall Street’s Front Lines
In this episode of The Blunt Dollar, I sit down with Jai Jacob, veteran investment strategist and former leader at Rockefeller Asset Management and Lazard Asset Management, for a fascinating conversation on career reinvention, risk management, quantitative investing, and the future of finance. Jai shares his unconventional journey from pursuing a career as a professional jazz musician in New York to becoming a respected voice in portfolio construction and multi-asset investing. Along the way...
S2 · E84 · 22 Sep 2026 · 45 min
James Halse: Why Japanese Companies Hoard Cash
In this episode of The Blunt Dollar, I sit down with Jamie Halse, founder, Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer of Senjin Capital, to explore Japanese small caps and an investment approach that goes beyond simply buying cheap stocks. From studying law in New Zealand to spending more than a decade at Platinum Asset Management, Jamie shares the journey that led him to launch his own firm. We discuss why he sees compelling opportunities in overlooked Japanese companies, how he identif...
S2 · E83 · 15 Sep 2026 · 40 min
Robert Thorén: Why the Best Quants Need More Than Math and Code
What happens when you combine mathematics, engineering, and finance for nearly three decades? In this episode of The Blunt Dollar, I sit down with Robert Thorén, partner at Algorithmica Research, quant engineer, entrepreneur, and someone who was building what we now call robo-advisory before the industry even had a name for it. Robert’s journey into quantitative finance started in the 1990s, when quants were far from mainstream and financial technology looked very different from what it doe...
S2 · E82 · 8 Sep 2026 · 36 min
Kai Wu: The AI Financial Analyst Is Already Here
In this episode of The Blunt Dollar, I sit down with Kai Wu, founder of Sparkline Capital, to explore how AI is transforming investing from the inside out. We dive into quant investing, unstructured data, large language models, AI financial analysts, and what the future of finance might actually look like as machines become more capable. Kai shares how he went from working at GMO under Jeremy Grantham to building Sparkline Capital around the idea that intangible assets like intellectual prope...
S2 · E81 · 1 Sep 2026 · 46 min
Shelby Nicholl: How a 1960s Wall Street Legend Inspired a Modern-Day Movement
In this episode of The Blunt Dollar, I sit down with Shelby Nicholl, founder of Muriel Consulting and The Muriel Network, and host of the Kick It Open podcast. After 25 years climbing the ranks at Edward Jones and LPL Financial, Shelby took a major leap, leaving corporate life to empower financial advisors to break free from restrictive environments and take control of their futures. We talk about why so many advisors feel stuck, how to know when it’s time to move, and what it really m...
S2 · E80 · 25 Aug 2026 · 47 min
Alex Dryden: The Storytelling Strategist Who Turns Markets Into Fables
In this episode of The Blunt Dollar, Ignacio sits down with macro strategist and researcher Alex Dryden to explore how markets really work beneath the surface. After more than a decade as a global investment strategist at JP Morgan Asset Management, Alex stepped away from Wall Street to pursue a PhD and dig deeper into the forces shaping sovereign debt, financial markets, and risk. The conversation moves from bond market structure and liquidity to storytelling in finance and the hidden biases...
S2 · E79 · 18 Aug 2026 · 46 min
Lupin Rahman: What Investors Still Get Completely Wrong About Sovereign Debt
In this episode of The Blunt Dollar, I sit down with Lupin Rahman, a leading voice in sovereign debt and emerging markets, with over 25 years of experience spanning institutions like the IMF and World Bank to the investment world at PIMCO. We dive deep into how sovereign debt really works behind the scenes, what investors consistently misunderstand, and why today’s macro environment is changing the rules of the game. Lupin shares her unique perspective from both policymaking and portfo...
S2 · E78 · 11 Aug 2026 · 35 min
Ben Ashby: Why Most Economists Are Wrong
In this episode of The Blunt Dollar, I sit down with Ben Ashby, Chief Investment Officer at Anderson Rowe, CFA Charterholder, podcaster, and one of the most direct voices in UK asset management. Ben brings a rare mix of fixed income experience, macro skepticism, financial history, and contrarian thinking to a conversation about markets, risk, AI, and why the next decade may look very different from the last one. We talk about: 💧 Why liquidity is one of the most powerful and misunders...
S2 · E77 · 4 Aug 2026 · 44 min
Saira Malik: Why the Best Investors Don’t Follow the Crowd
In this episode of The Blunt Dollar, I sit down with Saira Malik, Chief Investment Officer at Nuveen, to talk about her unconventional path into Wall Street, what it really takes to build confidence, and why the best investors are often the ones willing to think differently. Saira shares how she went from being told she might not make it through a four-year college to becoming CIO at one of the world’s largest investment managers, leading teams across equities, fixed income, and infras...
S2 · E76 · 28 Jul 2026 · 57 min
Michael Green: Why Markets Are More Fragile Than Anyone Wants to Admit
Michael Green has seen markets from the inside at the highest levels, from managing capital connected to some of the biggest names in finance to building his own frameworks around how markets really function. In this episode, we go deep into the forces shaping modern markets, the unintended consequences of passive investing, and why he believes the structure of markets today may be setting the stage for a major turning point. Michael shares the lessons learned from decades in the indus...
S2 · E75 · 21 Jul 2026 · 40 min
Andrew Izyumov: The AI Advisor That Could Replace Your Financial Planner
In this episode of The Blunt Dollar, I sit down with Andrew from 8FIGURES to talk about how technology, psychology, and better education could reshape the future of investing. We explore what risk really means for everyday investors, why so many people still make costly mistakes, and how AI can act as a powerful second opinion when managing your portfolio. This conversation goes beyond theory and dives into practical ways to think about long term investing, portfolio balance, and stayi...
S2 · E74 · 14 Jul 2026 · 53 min
Vitaliy Katsenelson: The ‘Soul in the Game’ Mindset Most Investors Completely Miss
In this episode of The Blunt Dollar, I sit down with Vitaliy Katsenelson, CEO of Investment Management Associates and author of Soul in the Game, for a wide-ranging conversation that goes far beyond traditional investing. Vitaliy is not your typical investor. He blends classical value investing with philosophy, music, writing, and deep introspection. In this conversation, we explore how stoicism, creativity, and self-awareness shape better investors and better decision makers. From managing...
S2 · E73 · 7 Jul 2026 · 42 min
Vincenzo Riflesso: If You Can’t Handle Pain, Stay Out of Markets
In this episode of The Blunt Dollar, I sit down with Vincenzo Riflesso, Head of Risk at Maverix Securities, former equity derivatives trader at BNP Paribas, Intesa Sanpaolo and UniCredit, and a thought leader at the Certificate in Quantitative Finance. With 10 years on trading desks and another decade leading risk teams, Vincenzo brings a rare perspective that bridges adrenaline driven markets and disciplined quantitative portfolio construction. We unpack the psychological and structur...
S2 · E72 · 30 Jun 2026 · 39 min
Jake Schneider: Forecasting The Economy From Space
What if you could forecast GDP from space? In this episode of The Blunt Dollar, I sit down with Jake Schneider, Founder of Atlas Analytics, to explore how satellite imagery, artificial intelligence, and economic modeling are converging to create a completely new way to measure economic activity in real time. From working directly for former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan to building proprietary algorithms that estimate GDP before official government releases, Jake shares the story ...
S2 · E71 · 23 Jun 2026 · 42 min
Simon Evan-Cook: Why AI Won’t Kill Great Investors (But Will Expose the Weak)
In this episode of The Blunt Dollar, I sit down with Simon Evan-Cook from Downing Fund Managers for a deep and refreshingly honest conversation about what investing really looks like in practice. Simon brings a unique engineering mindset to markets, challenging the industry’s obsession with precision, models, and certainty. We unpack how real investors navigate uncertainty, learn from mistakes, and build systems that actually work in the real world, not just on paper. Here’s what we c...
S2 · E70 · 16 Jun 2026 · 38 min
Sebastian Lewis: 46 Stocks Created Half of All Market Wealth
In this episode of The Blunt Dollar, I sit down with Sebastian Lewis from Vanguard, one of the most influential investment firms in the world. We explore Sebastian’s journey from Morgan Stanley during the dot-com era to a 15-year career at Sanford Bernstein and ultimately to Vanguard, where he helps bring investment research and market insights to financial advisors across Europe. Along the way, we dive into indexing, investor behavior, market concentration, and some of the most fascinating ...
S2 · E69 · 9 Jun 2026 · 49 min
Thomas Veillet: From Trading Floors to YouTube Fame
In this episode of The Blunt Dollar, I sit down with Thomas Veillet, one of Switzerland’s most recognizable financial voices and a pioneer in making markets understandable, entertaining, and brutally honest. With more than three decades in finance and thousands of market columns under his belt, Thomas shares how he went from trading floors to building a media brand that challenges the traditional tone of financial commentary. From waking up at 4 AM to read global markets to reinventing himse...
S2 · E68 · 2 Jun 2026 · 49 min
Gina Martin Adams: Why Models Fail And How To Adapt
In this episode of The Blunt Dollar, Ignacio sits down with Gina Martin Adams, Chief Market Strategist at HB Wealth and one of the most recognizable voices in financial markets. After more than two decades on Wall Street spanning firms like Wells Fargo and Bloomberg, Gina shares how she built a disciplined, model driven approach to understanding markets and why combining macro, technicals, fundamentals and behavioral insights is essential for navigating modern investing. 📊 How Gina bu...
S2 · E67 · 26 May 2026 · 48 min
Andrew Wells: Why The Bond Market Still Matters
In this episode of The Blunt Dollar, Ignacio sits down with Andrew Wells, Chief Investment Officer at Sanjak Alpha and a veteran fixed income investor with decades of experience navigating bond markets, hedge funds, and ETFs. Andy shares his journey from small town Texas to running trading desks and hedge funds, while breaking down how today’s bond market is fundamentally different from the last four decades of falling interest rates. 🔎 Why the bond market may ultimately challenge the ...
S2 · E66 · 19 May 2026 · 51 min
Leyla Kunimoto: Why Liquidity Is An Illusion
In this episode of The Blunt Dollar, Ignacio sits down with Leyla Kunimoto, co founder of Accredited Investor Insights, one of the most candid and independent voices analyzing private markets today. Drawing from conversations with hundreds of LPs and exposure to more than 75 deals, Leyla shares what really happens behind the scenes in private equity, venture, and private credit. 💡 Why an LP decided to speak publicly Leyla explains why she launched Accredited Investor Insights after str...
S2 · E65 · 12 May 2026 · 1 hr 1 min
Diego Parrilla: Understanding Risk In An Uncertain Financial World
In this episode of The Blunt Dollar, I sit down with macro thinker, engineer, and investor Diego Parrilla to unpack the hidden fragilities of today’s financial system and what they mean for investors. From his engineering roots to his career across global banks and hedge funds, Diego brings a unique lens to markets, combining physics, macro, and options theory to challenge conventional thinking. We dive deep into his famous Anti Bubbles framework, the structural debt trap facing global econo...
S2 · E64 · 5 May 2026 · 46 min
Elias Korosis: The Dangerous Arrogance That Quietly Destroys Top Funds
In this episode of The Blunt Dollar, I sit down with Elias Korosis, Global Investment Partner at Federated Hermes Private Equity and Chair of Invest Europe. From starting his career as a scriptwriter for educational cartoons to becoming one of the leading voices in European private capital, Elias brings a rare combination of storytelling clarity and institutional insight. We dive into the realities behind Europe’s investment narrative, challenge some of the biggest myths in private equity, a...
S2 · E63 · 28 Apr 2026 · 42 min
Andrew Hollingworth: Great Companies Priced Like Bad Ones
In this episode of The Blunt Dollar, I sit down with Andrew Hollingworth, founder of Holland Advisors and manager of the VT Holland Advisors Equity Fund, a boutique investment firm built around long-term ownership of exceptional businesses. Andrew is a Buffett disciple with a contrarian streak who left the traditional institutional world to build a fund that ignores benchmarks, avoids groupthink, and focuses relentlessly on misunderstood companies run by aligned owner-managers. We explore An...
S2 · E62 · 21 Apr 2026 · 33 min
Anastasia Buyalskaya: Why Your Brain Sabotages Your Investments
In this episode of The Blunt Dollar, I sit down with Anastasia Buyalskaya, behavioral scientist and professor at HEC Paris, whose work sits right at the intersection of neuroscience, psychology, and financial decision making. With a background that spans finance, academia, and advisory work, Anastasia brings a rare perspective on how our brains actually behave under pressure and why even the smartest investors are still vulnerable to bias, stress, and habits they don’t even realize they have...
S2 · E61 · 14 Apr 2026 · 50 min
Greg King: The Hidden Tech War Reshaping Wealth Management
In this episode of The Blunt Dollar, I sit down with Greg King, Senior Director and Head of Wealth Management at FactSet, to unpack how technology, AI, and data are fundamentally reshaping the wealth management industry. With nearly three decades at FactSet, Greg has witnessed the evolution from spreadsheets to smart systems firsthand. We dive into what digital transformation really looks like inside large financial institutions, how AI agents are changing advisor workflows, and why trust re...
S2 · E60 · 7 Apr 2026 · 36 min
Javier Corominas: Why Being Right at the Wrong Time Can Destroy Your Portfolio
In this episode of The Blunt Dollar, I sit down with Javier Corominas, Chief Investment Strategist at Oxford Economics and former Head of Research at Record Currency Management. Javier brings a rare blend of real money portfolio experience and deep macro strategy, offering sharp insights into how markets truly function beneath the headlines. We explore what it means to move from managing risk directly to shaping global macro views, how narratives turn into trades, and why the bond market may...
S2 · E59 · 31 Mar 2026 · 42 min
William De Gale: The Champagne Glass Theory That Explains All of Tech
In this episode of The Blunt Dollar, I sit down with William De Gale, founder and CIO of Blue Box Asset Management and former long time technology investor at BlackRock, where he ran its offshore global technology fund for two decades. William brings a refreshingly contrarian perspective to tech investing. In a world obsessed with flashy disruptors and headline grabbing growth stories, he focuses on something far less glamorous but far more powerful over time. Profitability. Specifically, fu...
S2 · E58 · 24 Mar 2026 · 51 min
Jonathan Nurick: Dividends, Discipline, and the Secret to Staying the Course
In this episode of The Blunt Dollar, I sit down with Jonathan Nurick, Co-Founder and CIO of DivGro, a fund built on a bold and simple mission: 30X capital over 30 years. But this is not about chasing hype or predicting the next big thing. It is about mastering behavior, understanding compounding, and learning to listen to the quiet language of dividends. Jonathan grew up in a family deeply rooted in markets, where business ownership was taught through real-world lessons rather than textbooks...

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Publisher: Ignacio Ramirez Moreno, CFA
Language: English
Category: Business
New episodes: Weekly
Typical length: 44 min
Latest episode: 13 Oct 2026
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