Patrick Boyle On Finance

• The Mirage of Megaprojects: Why the West Keeps Getting Infrastructure Wrong

  Britain once built world-class infrastructure with speed and purpose—now it plans ideas like a £24 billion extension cords to Morocco that are unlikely to ever work. This video dives into the rise and fall of the Xlinks Morocco–UK Power Project, exploring how overcomplication, bespoke design, and regulatory gridlock have turned modern megaprojects into cautionary tales. From fish discos at Hinkley Point C to 31,000-page environmental assessments, we ask: have we forgotten how to build? And what can we learn from countries like Ireland in the 1920s—or South Korea today—about getting big things done?Patrick's Books:Statistics For The Trading Floor: ⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/3eerLA0⁠⁠⁠Derivatives For The Trading Floor: ⁠⁠⁠ https://amzn.to/3cjsyPF⁠⁠⁠Corporate Finance: ⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/3fn3rvC ⁠⁠⁠Ways To Support The Channel:Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/PatrickBoyleOnFinance⁠⁠⁠Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/patrickboyleDavid McWilliams Podcast Link: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4tNA1i7AZEkpMxWcctHJMw?si=997c24b511c14f9a

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• How Jane Street Made $4.3 Billion in India—Then Got Banned!

  Jane Street, a prominent quantitative trading firm, has been at the center of controversy in India regarding its options trading activities. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), have accused Jane Street of market manipulation and temporarily banned the firm from accessing the Indian securities market and are seeking to recover substantial profits, allegedly earned through these activities. The Indian regulators actions against Jane Street have sparked debate within the financial industry about the nature of sophisticated trading strategies and the Patrick's Books:Statistics For The Trading Floor: ⁠⁠https://amzn.to/3eerLA0⁠⁠Derivatives For The Trading Floor: ⁠⁠ https://amzn.to/3cjsyPF⁠⁠Corporate Finance: ⁠⁠https://amzn.to/3fn3rvC ⁠⁠Ways To Support The Channel:Patreon: ⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/PatrickBoyleOnFinance⁠⁠Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/patrickboyle

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• Bitcoin on the Balance Sheet: Why Companies Are Turning to Crypto as a Treasury Strategy

  As Bitcoin surges into the financial mainstream, a growing number of companies — from obscure microcaps to global tech giants — are transforming themselves into crypto-holding entities. This video explores the rise of the corporate Bitcoin treasury strategy, tracing its origins with MicroStrategy’s dramatic pivot, the global wave of imitators, and the political entanglements reshaping the crypto landscape. With billions in digital assets now sitting on corporate balance sheets, the question is no longer whether Bitcoin belongs in business — but what happens when the music stops.Patrick's Books:Statistics For The Trading Floor: ⁠https://amzn.to/3eerLA0⁠Derivatives For The Trading Floor: ⁠ https://amzn.to/3cjsyPF⁠Corporate Finance: ⁠https://amzn.to/3fn3rvC ⁠Ways To Support The Channel:Patreon: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/PatrickBoyleOnFinance⁠Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/patrickboyle

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• How Big Tech Is Quietly Taking Over AI (Without Mergers)

  In the race to dominate generative AI, Big Tech firms haven’t just been building, they’ve been buying. But there’s something strange about most of the deals that they have struck. Companies like Meta, Microsoft, Amazon, Google, and Nvidia are embedding themselves deep within the AI ecosystem through strategic investments, exclusive partnerships, and talent acquisitions- with deals that stop just short of formal takeovers, but the economic impact of these deals it turns out – is indistinguishable from full control.Drayton D'Silva Substack Article: https://enterprisevalue.substack.com/if-i-did-itPatrick's Books:Statistics For The Trading Floor: https://amzn.to/3eerLA0Derivatives For The Trading Floor: https://amzn.to/3cjsyPFCorporate Finance: https://amzn.to/3fn3rvC Ways To Support The Channel:Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/PatrickBoyleOnFinanceBuy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/patrickboyle

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• Trader Rates Biggest Wall Street Films

  Patrick Boyle, a former Wall Street trader, rates the biggest finance movies like "The Wolf of Wall Street," "The Big Short," "Rogue Trader" and "American Psycho" for realism.Patrick's Books:Statistics For The Trading Floor: https://amzn.to/3eerLA0Derivatives For The Trading Floor: https://amzn.to/3cjsyPFCorporate Finance: https://amzn.to/3fn3rvC Ways To Support The Channel:Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/PatrickBoyleOnFinanceBuy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/patrickboyleVisit our website: https://www.onfinance.orgFollow Patrick on Twitter Here: https://bsky.app/profile/pboyle.bsky.socialBusiness Inquiries ➡️ [email protected]

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