Alastair Unwin is a fund manager on Polar Capital’s Technology team. We discuss Alastair’s career as a technology investor, AI’s exponential curve of improvement and potential as a general purpose technology, as well as the issues that investors should consider as ever more capital is spent to realise AI’s promise. Show notes: [01:33] Alastair discusses how he got into investing [03:14] Lessons from Herald, Neptune and Polar [05:05] Heuristics for technology investing [07:29] AI scaling...
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Alastair Unwin is a fund manager on Polar Capital’s Technology team. We discuss Alastair’s career as a technology investor, AI’s exponential curve of improvement and potential as a general purpose technology, as well as the issues that investors should consider as ever more capital is spent to realise AI’s promise. Show notes: [01:33] Alastair discusses how he got into investing [03:14] Lessons from Herald, Neptune and Polar [05:05] Heuristics for technology investing [07:29] AI scaling...
Kiril Sokoloff (13D Research) - An Insidious Environment
Far From The Finishing Post
43 minutes
2 years ago
Kiril Sokoloff (13D Research) - An Insidious Environment
Kiril Sokoloff founded 13D Research in 1983 and is a leading global investment strategist who has presciently called a number of major paradigm shifts over the last 40 years. We discuss Kiril’s career, why the current investment backdrop is so challenging and how the geopolitical landscape is evolving. Show notes: [01:23] Kiril talks about the start of his career [04:18] Getting the big picture right [07:48] The impact of algorithmic trading and passive investing on price discovery ...
Far From The Finishing Post
Alastair Unwin is a fund manager on Polar Capital’s Technology team. We discuss Alastair’s career as a technology investor, AI’s exponential curve of improvement and potential as a general purpose technology, as well as the issues that investors should consider as ever more capital is spent to realise AI’s promise. Show notes: [01:33] Alastair discusses how he got into investing [03:14] Lessons from Herald, Neptune and Polar [05:05] Heuristics for technology investing [07:29] AI scaling...
