Wall Street and Main Street intersect in so many ways -- from the financial markets impacting everyday life, to the world around us impacting the way we do business. Meet Douglas Blake, Managing Director of Investment Services at Kingswood U.S., at the corner of Wall and Main to learn more about the products, programs, and people that serve the financial services industry, and how to apply them to your practice or investment strategy. Douglas is joined by former Major League Baseball Player Darryl Strawberry, an 8-time All Star, 4-time World Series Champ and 2-time Silver Slugger.  He is married, a proud father and grandfather, and now an evangelist preaching the word of God.  Learn more about Darryl and Tracy's passion at Finding Your Way. Highlights Include: Darryl’s background; growing up in So. Central LA. (0:07) Loving Pete Rose as a young baseball player and the comparisons to Ted Williams. (5:06) Draft #1 overall and the culture shock of playing baseball in the deep south. (8:47) His experience with money as a rookie. (13:47) The story of the 1986 Mets. (21:06) Word association: Davey Johnson, Gary Carter, Lenny Dykstra and Dwight Gooden. (25:47) The challenges of growing up in a dysfunctional family. (28:41) The 96 Yankees and Derek Jeter, the captain. (35:33) Redemption and cancer diagnosis. (38:02) The decision to forgive and release his father. (40:18) The purpose Darryl found in life post baseball. (43.12) The views and opinions expressed in this interview are solely those of the interviewee and do not represent the opinions of Kingswood Capital Partners or its affiliates. For informational purposes only. Investing involves risk. Past performance may not be indictive of future results. Resources: Kingswood U.S. | Finding Your Way Related: Investment Themes That Stand the Test of Time With Joe Terranova

Wall Street and Main Street intersect in so many ways -- from the financial markets impacting everyday life, to the world around us impacting the way we do business. Meet Douglas Blake, Managing Director of Investment Services at Kingswood U.S., at the corner of Wall and Main to learn more about the products, programs, and people that serve the financial services industry, and how to apply them to your practice or investment strategy. Douglas is joined by Principal and Portfolio Manager of Eagle Point Credit Management, Daniel Ko.  Douglas and Dan talk about the interesting CLO (Collateralized Loan Obligation) marketplace.  Highlights Include: What is a CLO and what does it mean? (0:08) Senior secured loans and their recovery. (8:07) The run on regional banks by the S&P. (11:11) The two components of the CLO market. (15:11) The problem with the captive equity funds. (19:00) Is the maturity wall becoming a problem? (22:43) Where do you interest rates may go from here. (27:25) How Eagle Point took advantage of this opportunity. (31:36) The views and opinions expressed in this interview are solely those of the interviewee and do not represent the opinions of Kingswood Capital Partners or its affiliates. For informational purposes only. Investing involves risk. Past performance may not be indictive of future results. Resources: Kingswood U.S. | Eagle Point Credit Management Related: Investment Themes That Stand the Test of Time With Joe Terranova

Wall Street and Main Street intersect in so many ways -- from the financial markets impacting everyday life, to the world around us impacting the way we do business. Meet Douglas Blake, Managing Director of Investment Services at Kingswood U.S., at the corner of Wall and Main to learn more about the products, programs, and people that serve the financial services industry, and how to apply them to your practice or investment strategy. We're joined today by none other than Senior Managing Director of Virtus Investment Partners and CNBC Contributor, Joe Terranova.  Douglas and Joe talk about a myriad of topics from their vast experiences on Wall Street and in the media.  Highlights Include: Impact of social media on the financial industry. (11:25) The Crypto fiasco and the rise of FTX. (13:18) How did you decide to become an ETF manager? (20:01) The psychological tenant of investing. (26:38) How to look at the market today. (30:11) Advice to help listeners be successful over the long term. (36:26) Inflation friendly assets. (41:25) The views and opinions expressed in this interview are solely those of the interviewee and do not represent the opinions of Kingswood Capital Partners or its affiliates. For informational purposes only. Investing involves risk. Past performance may not be indictive of future results. Resources: Kingswood U.S. | Virtus Investment Partners

Wall Street and Main Street intersect in so many ways -- from the financial markets impacting everyday life, to the world around us impacting the way we do business. Meet Douglas Blake, Managing Director of Investment Services at Kingswood U.S., at the corner of Wall and Main to learn more about the products, programs, and people that serve the financial services industry, and how to apply them to your practice or investment strategy. Season 2 has been full of tremendous information & insight. In this episode, Douglas recaps highlights from his conversations with: Dr. Jon Najarian. Co-Founder at Market Rebellion Ryan Tedder. American Singer, Songwriter, and Record Producer Sam Stovall, Chief Investment Strategist, CFRA Research Josh Brown, CEO at Ritholtz Wealth Management Aaron Kaplan, Co-Chief Executive Officer at Prometheum Fran Tarkenton, Founder & CEO, Tarkenton Financial Resources: Kingswood U.S. Related: The 7 Maxims of Business with Fran Tarkenton For informational purposes only. Investing involves risk. Past performance may not be indictive of future results. You can subscribe to Wall & Main on Spotify, Apple Podcasts & Google

Wall Street and Main Street intersect in so many ways -- from the financial markets impacting everyday life, to the world around us impacting the way we do business. Meet Douglas Blake, Managing Director of Investment Services at Kingswood U.S., at the corner of Wall and Main to learn more about the products, programs, and people that serve the financial services industry, and how to apply them to your practice or investment strategy. We can’t think of a better guest than NCAA & NFL Hall of Fame Quarterback and Founder and CEO of Tarkenton Financial, Fran Tarkenton, to wrap up the year. Tarkenton Financial helps advisors provide solutions for their clients using fixed indexed annuities and life insurance strategies to create tax advantaged, tax-free, and guaranteed retirement income while protecting against market volatility and longevity risk. Doug & Fran talk about Fran’s football career and the mindset that helped take him to the highest levels of the game. Other highlights Include: How Fran thinks about leadership, and how his coaches and mentors helped shape his approach The importance of making the most of technology – both on the field and in business How Fran was drawn to financial services, and why it is so important to him to never stop asking questions and learning The power of failure and the importance of taking responsibility The challenges & opportunities Fran sees small businesses facing today The views and opinions expressed in this interview are solely those of the interviewee and do not represent the opinions of Kingswood Capital Partners or its affiliates. For informational purposes only. Investing involves risk. Past performance may not be indictive of future results. Resources: Kingswood U.S. | Tarkenton Financial Related: The Future of Crypto for Wall Street and Main Street with Aaron Kaplan

Wall Street and Main Street intersect in so many ways -- from the financial markets impacting everyday life, to the world around us impacting the way we do business. Meet Douglas Blake, Managing Director of Investment Services at Kingswood U.S., at the corner of Wall and Main to learn more about the products, programs, and people that serve the financial services industry, and how to apply them to your practice or investment strategy. Joining Doug today is Aaron Kaplan Co-Chief Executive Officer at Prometheum. Prometheum provides a solution for digital asset securities investing — bringing together a blockchain-powered platform with the benefits of a securities-regulated marketplace. Doug & Aaron conversations about the regulatory history and what he thinks the future may hold on the heels of the collapse of one of the largest cryptocurrency trading platforms FTX. Other highlights Include: Why Aaron thinks that almost all digital asset related activities are going to come under the purview of the SEC and have to comply with the federal securities laws The unprecedented growth of bitcoin and crypto & the challenges presented by that growth Given the collapse of the FTX, how much activity in the last two to three years does Aaron feel was legitimate enterprise and how much of it was just fraud? How should everyday people look at crypto/digital assets today? Why does Aaron feel that only way for the crypto winter to end is for strict regulatory frameworks to be applied. How is Prometheum addressing (what we hope or think will be) the crypto spring? If you're going to regulate and centralize something that was not regulated and decentralized for so long, who does Aaron think are the players? Who would have interest in this space? The views and opinions expressed in this interview are solely those of the interviewee and do not represent the opinions of Kingswood Capital Partners or its affiliates. For informational purposes only. Investing involves risk. Past performance may not be indictive of future results. Resources: Kingswood U.S. | Prometheu Related: Why I Believe In Cryptocurrency with Anthony Scaramucci

Wall Street and Main Street intersect in so many ways -- from the financial markets impacting everyday life, to the world around us impacting the way we do business. Meet Douglas Blake, Managing Director of Investment Services at Kingswood U.S., at the corner of Wall and Main to learn more about the products, programs, and people that serve the financial services industry, and how to apply them to your practice or investment strategy. Today, we continue the conversation Doug started with Josh Brown, CEO of Ritholtz Wealth Management, author of the book Backstage Wall Street, on the advisory board of Brightscope, and blogger at The Reformed Broker. If technology is a commodity, what sets advisors apart How can advisors acquire new clients when their business sounds similar to all other advisory businesses What was the big idea behind the Future Proof conference How the Future Proof and its festival-style approach is representative of the revolution going on across the financial services industry as the next generation of wealth managers takes their place Resources: Kingswood U.S. | Ritholtz Wealth Management Related: Examining Superpowers of Financial Advisors with Josh Brown (Part 1)

Wall Street and Main Street intersect in so many ways -- from the financial markets impacting everyday life, to the world around us impacting the way we do business. Meet Douglas Blake, Managing Director of Investment Services at Kingswood U.S., at the corner of Wall and Main to learn more about the products, programs, and people that serve the financial services industry, and how to apply them to your practice or investment strategy. Today, we are pleased to welcome Josh Brown to the podcast. Josh is the CEO of Ritholtz Wealth Management and has spent his career helping people invest and manage portfolios. He is also the author of the book Backstage Wall Street, on the advisory board of Brightscope, and blogs at The Reformed Broker. In the first of this two-part episode, Douglas & Josh talk about What drove him to write his book Why he (and others) believe brokers should be held to a higher fiduciary standard How the reduction of trading commissions going almost to zero pushed the industry forward Lessons Josh hopes were learned from the “Robin Hood Revolution” The industry is at a crossroads – which way does Josh think the pendulum will swing What makes a great financial advisor Resources: Kingswood U.S. | Ritholtz Wealth Management

Wall Street and Main Street intersect in so many ways -- from the financial markets impacting everyday life, to the world around us impacting the way we do business. Meet Douglas Blake, Managing Director of Investment Services at Kingswood U.S., at the corner of Wall and Main to learn more about the products, programs, and people that serve the financial services industry, and how to apply them to your practice or investment strategy. The podcast is thrilled to welcome back Sam Stovall, Chief Investment Strategist at CFRA research, a leading provider of independent investment research identifying actionable opportunities from which clients can gain an investment edge and avoid risk. Doug & Sam discuss Sam’s perspectives on our current market environment. Highlights Include: Why Sam thinks we are in the latter innings of a bear market The conundrum faced by the fed when considering raising rates and then evaluating the potential effect of their actions on the global economy Is China still the locomotive of the global growth engine? How much does the current U.K. political situation affect global markets? What does Sam think would be the economic outcome should Russia decide to use nuclear arms in the Ukraine? What should investors be thinking about and what actions should they be taking right now? Resources: Kingswood U.S. | CFRA Research Related: No Apologies: Success in Music and Commercial Real Estate with Ryan Tedder For informational purposes only. Investing involves risk. Past performance may not be indicative of future results. The views and opinions expressed in this interview are solely those of the interviewee and do not represent the opinions of Kingswood Capital Partners or its affiliates. For informational purposes only.

Wall Street and Main Street intersect in so many ways -- from the financial markets impacting everyday life, to the world around us impacting the way we do business. Meet Douglas Blake, Managing Director of Investment Services at Kingswood U.S., at the corner of Wall and Main to learn more about the products, programs, and people that serve the financial services industry, and how to apply them to your practice or investment strategy. Grammy Award-winning songwriter, producer and front man of One Republic Ryan Tedder joins the podcast today.  Douglas and Ryan discuss his spectacular music career and the recent sale of his catalog to private equity firm KKR. They then turn their attention to Ryan’s focused and successful commercial real estate development endeavors. Highlights Include: The market and economic analysis that led to Ryan’s decision to sell his music catalog The extensive research he and his team go through when evaluating real estate development opportunities Where he thinks opportunity may lie now, given interest rates and the current market environment How Ryan balances his family life with his professional career Resources: Kingswood U.S. Related: Investing in Late-Stage Private Equity with Marcus New The views and opinions expressed in this interview are solely those of the interviewee and do not represent the opinions of Kingswood Capital Partners or its affiliates. For informational purposes only.