Futures Edge Podcast: Finance Unfiltered, Released on 2/5/25

What are the economic and social impacts of COVID-19 policies on the labor market and public trust? Edward Dowd, former BlackRock portfolio manager and Founding Partner of Phinance Technologies, joins hosts Jim Iuorio and Bobby Iaccino to examine the labor market, economic trends, and the broader implications of COVID-19 policies.

Edward Dowd is currently a Founding Partner of Phinance Technologies, a global macro alternative investment firm. He is also author of the book “Cause Unknown”: The Epidemic of Sudden Deaths in 2021 & 2022 & 2023. Edward has worked on Wall Street most of his career, spanning both credit markets and equity markets. Some of the firms he worked for include HSBC, Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette and Independence Investments. Most notably, he worked at Blackrock as a portfolio manager where he managed a $14 billion Growth equity portfolio for ten years. After BlackRock, he founded OceanSquare Asset Management with two former BlackRock colleagues.

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