TDI Podcast: Silver Linings (#829)

48 hours in Nashville. Mega-Caps puke up some of the recent gains - then try for a little run. Potential for reflation – watch for that word…  Not seeing and significant drop in CPI. Our Guest today is Lou Basanese – President of Public Ventures, LLC. Lou is a well-known thought leader and advocate for young technology companies with promising intellectual property. He brings decades of experience as a public venture investor and independent analyst, as well as a marketing, communications and investor and public relations professional. As President, Chief Market Strategist at Public Ventures, Lou focuses on leveraging the firm’s unique and proven process to elevate new technology companies into market leaders to establish public venture as a vital asset class to a much wider community of investors. Prior to joining Public Ventures, Lou served as Founder and Chief Analyst for Disruptive Tech Research, an independent equity research and advisory firm, focusing exclusively on disruptive technology companies. He also co-founded one of the web’s largest financial publishers with a daily circulation to more than 700,000 investors and served as Investment Consultant for an institutional investment consulting practice with over $2 billion in assets at Morgan Stanley. Lou regularly shares his insights on national media outlets such as FOX Business, CNBC and Yahoo! Finance. He received a B.A. from the University of Florida and an MBA from the Crummer Graduate School of Business at Rollins College. He currently serves on the board of directors of Endra Life Sciences (NDRA) and The Roberto Clemente Health Clinic. Follow @LouBasenese Check this out and find out more at: http://www.interactivebrokers.com/ Follow @andrewhorowitz  Stocks mentioned in this episode: (AAPL), (GOOG), (AMZN)