Setting Course

Episode 1
Setting Course

We kick off the new year with our new series, Setting Course, in which our guests will help orient us on what they see coming – and where we’ll be going in the new year.

For the first installment of Setting Course, we welcome back into the SmarterMarkets™ studio Jeff Currie, Partner Alumnus, Goldman Sachs. Host David Greely sits down with Jeff to discuss his views on the big picture in commodities markets – and where he sees the opportunities and the challenges in the year ahead.

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Episode 2
Setting Course

For the second installment of our Setting Course series, we welcome Dan Basse, Founder and President of AgResource Company, into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Host David Greely sits down with Dan to discuss what’s happening in the agricultural and grains markets – and to what extent climate change and decarbonization are creating an agricultural transition alongside the energy transition.

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Episode 3
Setting Course

We continue Setting Course this week with Michelle Finneran Dennedy, CEO of PrivacyCode.AI and co-author of The Privacy Engineer’s Manifesto. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely welcomes Michelle back into the studio to discuss privacy in the age of artificial intelligence.

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Episode 4
Setting Course

This week on Setting Course, we welcome Bob Elliott, CEO & CIO at Unlimited, into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Host David Greely sits down with Bob to discuss the macro outlook for the economy and markets – and making institutional investment strategies accessible to the individual investor.

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Episode 5
Setting Course

On this week’s installment of our Setting Course series, we welcome Andrea Hotter, Special Correspondent at Fastmarkets, into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Host David Greely sits down with Andrea to discuss what’s been happening in the metals markets that are critical to the energy transition including the nickel, copper, and lithium markets – as well as the increasing influence of geopolitics.

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Episode 6
Setting Course

This week on Setting Course, we welcome Nat Bullard back into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Nat is an Analyst, Speaker, and Advisor on Decarbonization. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Nat to discuss the state of decarbonization, as revealed in his recent update to his annual 200-page presentation deck.

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Episode 7
Setting Course

We continue our Setting Course series this week with Peter Fusaro, Founder of the Wall Street Green Summit and Managing Director of ClimateTech at Weild & Co. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely welcomes Peter back into the studio to discuss what’s been happening in ESG investing and carbon markets – and looking forward to the conversations happening at the 23rd annual Wall Street Green Summit.

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Episode 8
Setting Course

On this week’s installment of Setting Course, we welcome Former Senior CIA Official Rob Dannenberg back into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. David Greely sits down with Rob to discuss the state of play in the geopolitical environment, the increasing role being played by disruptors, and what it means in a year of big elections around the world.

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Episode 9
Setting Course

This week on Setting Course, we welcome back into the SmarterMarkets™ studio Oystein Kalleklev, CEO of Flex LNG & Avance Gas. David Greely sits down with Oystein to discuss how the LNG and shipping industry is navigating the post-European energy crisis world and the new crisis in the Red Sea.

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Episode 10
Setting Course

We close out our Setting Course series this week with Carrie Jaquith, Global Head of Digital Product at Abaxx Technologies. David Greely sits down with Carrie to discuss the course we’ll likely take in integrating AI and large language models into our daily lives – and the gaps that will need to be bridged between us humans and our new technology.

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