#416 – Jan van Eck, VanEck – Thematic Investing, Gold & Digital Assets, and Financial History

64 minutes

Today’s guest is Jan van Eck, President & CEO of VanEck, which offers value-added exposures to emerging industries, an investment management firm that manages $85 billion. 

In today’s episode, Jan shares the origin story of the firm and its’ tie to gold dating back to the 1960’s. Then he shares his macro framework, criteria for launching a fund, and why the firm has starting getting exposure to venture capital.

Next we get into what led him to go down the crypto rabbit hole and launch ETN’s abroad. He shares his big picture thoughts on the crypto ecosystem, his frustrations on how regulators are treating stablecoins, and what his thoughts are on when the Bitcoin ETF will be approved.

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Past guests include Ed ThorpRichard ThalerJeremy GranthamJoel GreenblattCampbell HarveyIvy ZelmanKathryn KaminskiJason CalacanisWhitney Baker, Aswath DamodaranHoward MarksTom Barton, and many more. 

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