Travis Kling: In the Fed Era, There’s No Such Thing as Market Fundamentals

Travis was recently on NLW podcast discussing WallStreetBets, institutional investors and recent bitcoin critiques.

Topics of discussion:

  • GameStop, WallStreetBets and financial populism

  • Whether regulatory hearings will actually address any issues around retail investors 

  • How WallStreetBets relates to bitcoin

  • The rise of institutional investors 

  • The end of career risk around bitcoin for investment professionals

  • Why recent bitcoin FUD has been disingenuous

  • How investors can price risk in bitcoin 

  • Where DeFi fits for institutional investors


Emtman’s Homestead Certificate Signed by Grover Cleveland in 1887.

Emtman’s Homestead Certificate Signed by Grover Cleveland in 1887.

Anthony was raised on a 5th-generation family farm. His great great grandfather homesteaded in Valleyford, WA in 1887. Grover Cleveland, the 22nd US president, signed his homestead act papers, granting him 160 acres. 134 years later, Emtman Brothers Farms is now 13,000+ acres.

Not surprisingly, the Emtman family has been doing business with many of the same people for decades. With that comes some pretty invaluable lessons. One of those is the value and meaning of a handshake. A signature on a contract is only as good as the person behind it.

My Grandfather explained it like this: I've never been much good at writing things, but there's just so much said in a handshake...a good, firm handshake where you look the person in the eye and shake their hand. That, between two honest people, is better than any signature...


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