Booking Overview
Metrics
Episodes: 40
Frequency: Monthly
Rating: 5.0/5.0
Estimated listeners: 100 - 1,000
Gender skew: Male
Listener location: USA
YouTube: 47 subscribers
Contact Information
Publicly listed emails
ocio@obsidiancio.com
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Host
Joseph Halpern - Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer of Obsidian CIO.
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Recent Guest Discussions
Chris Solarz - Tokenization Of Real-world Assets, Blockchain-based Financial Infrastructure, Digital-asset Investing, Settlement, Collateral, And Institutional Market Opportunities.
Dave Thornton - Employee Equity, Stock-option Exercise Financing, Private-market Liquidity, Venture-capital Risk, Secondary Markets, And Capital Concentration.
Andrew Miller - Transportation Infrastructure, Autonomous Trucking, Robotaxis, Freight Rail, Public Transit, Airport Security, And Mobility Investment Opportunities.
Zvi Mowshowitz - Prediction Markets, Forecasting, Artificial Intelligence, Hedging, Information Aggregation, Superforecasters, And Decision Systems.
Robert Grunewald - Private Credit, Direct Lending, Private-equity Sponsorship, Covenant Risk, Defaults, Credit Vehicles, Vintage Diversification, And Illiquidity Premiums.
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Episodes
Episode 40: Digital Assets: The Tokenization of Everything
August 19, 2026
In this episode of Investment Wars, Obsidian CIO Managing Partner and CIO Joe Halpern sits down with Chris Solarz, CIO of Digital Assets at Amitis Capital, to explore one of the potentially most consequential developments in finance: the tokenization of real-world assets.Chris brings an institutional investor’s perspective to a market often dominated by speculation.Before moving into digital assets, he spent more than two decades in traditional finance, including helping allocate nearly $8 bi...
Episode 39: Bridging the Liquidity Gap
July 08, 2026
What happens when a startup employee helps build something valuable—but can’t afford to keep the equity they earned?In this episode of the Investment Wars podcast sponsored by Obsidian CIO, Joe Halpern sits down with Dave Thornton, Co-Founder and CEO of Vested, to explore one of the most overlooked problems in private markets: the liquidity gap facing startup employees with expiring stock options.Dave explains how many rank-and-file startup employees receive equity as a core part of their com...
Episode 38: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles: Mobility, Automation, and the Future of Infrastructure
June 08, 2026
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles: Mobility, Automation, and the Future of InfrastructureIn this episode of Investment Wars sponsored by Obsidian CIO, Joseph Halpern sits down with Andrew Miller, a transportation consultant, author, speaker, and writer of the Changing Lanes Substack.This is a wide-ranging conversation about how transportation systems actually work — and why the future of mobility may look very different than the simple narratives around high-speed rail, robotaxis, autonomous tr...
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Frequently asked questions
How do I get in touch with Investment Wars?
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The publicly listed email for Investment Wars: ocio@obsidiancio.com.
How many listeners does Investment Wars have?
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Who is an ideal guest for Investment Wars?
Investment Wars typically books industry leaders. Typical guest background: Senior investors, CIOs, finance executives, founders of financial companies, established consultants, and recognized specialists with substantial experience in investing, private markets, financial infrastructure, forecasting, or market-related industries. Common among recent guests: Leadership of an investment firm or financial-services company; Decades of specialized industry experience; Management or allocation of significant institutional capital. Recent guests include Chris Solarz, Dave Thornton, and Andrew Miller.
How hard is it to get booked on Investment Wars?
Medium. Guests usually need solid credentials in the topic and an idea that fits the show.
What topics does Investment Wars cover?
Recent episodes cover Investing, Financial Markets, Private Markets, Asset Management, and Risk Management. Pitch an idea tied to one of these topics and mention a recent episode.
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