Trends with Benefits

Ed Lopez

Booking Overview

This is an interview-led finance and investing podcast, supplemented by occasional solo episodes, with external guests typically drawn from senior investment leadership. Agencies could credibly pitch CIOs, portfolio managers, private-markets executives, wealth-management strategists, and technology or artificial-intelligence experts with strong implications for investors; booking difficulty is high because the show favors established industry leaders and specialized market expertise.

Metrics

Episodes: 170

Frequency: Irregular

Rating: 4.8/5.0

Estimated listeners: <1k

Gender skew: Unknown

Location: USA

YouTube: 6.4k subscribers

Instagram: 4.1k followers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

info@vaneck.com

podcast@vaneck.com

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Host

Ed Lopez - VanEck's Head of Product Management and host of the podcast.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

high

Typical Credentials:

Chief investment officers, senior investment strategists, private-markets executives, and leaders with specialized expertise in technology-driven investment trends.

Required Achievements:

Leadership of investment organizations, Expertise in portfolio construction and asset allocation, Senior responsibility for private-markets or growth-investment strategies

Recent Guest Discussions

Don Calcagni - Asset Allocation, Private Markets, International Diversification, Geopolitical Risk, India, The Dollar, Gold, And Artificial-intelligence-driven Market Trends.

Christian Munafo - Artificial Intelligence, Private Equity, Startup Valuations, Ipos, Space Companies, And Emerging Investment Opportunities.

Recent Topics

Investing, Finance, Private Markets, Wealth Management, Technology

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

Trends with Benefits

Steph Pomboy: AI Debt Binge, Credit Cracks, & Gold

August 18, 2026

Explore the case for hard assets over paper, the pension system's growing private credit exposure, and why deglobalization may reshape financial markets for a generation, with Macro Mavens founder Steph Pomboy. 00:00 Introduction 03:04 AI, leverage, and the dot-com parallel 05:54 The competition for capital in 2026 08:48 The $15 trillion capital problem nobody is talking about 09:51 The triple B debt crisis and corporate balance sheet risk 22:25 The Fed as buyer of last resort for treasuries ...

Mark Zandi: Stock Wealth Fuels Growth, But at What Risk?

August 04, 2026

Explore the growing divide between top and bottom earners, the wealth effect driving consumer spending, inflation's staying power, and what AI may mean for jobs and the economy, with Moody's Analytics Chief Economist Mark Zandi. 00:00 Introduction 02:01 Divergence Between Economy and Markets 12:03 Consumer Spending Dynamics 18:04 Wealth Effect and Its Implications 23:56 Equity Valuations and Market Concerns 30:46 Globalization, Inflation, and Economic Outlook 35:55 Interest Rates and Economic...

Ed Lopez Recaps Wealth Management EDGE

July 21, 2026

From the Wealth Management Edge conference floor: VanEck's Head of Product Management Ed Lopez explores what advisors are asking about, from AI and AEO to private markets, real assets, and the three macro themes shaping portfolios. 00:00 Conference Overview and Key Themes 02:04 EDGE Conference evolution 05:28 Christian Munafo's session on private markets 07:20 AEO: Making your business searchable on AI 08:40 Ed Lopez sits on Women in ETFs panel 15:15 Ed's EDGE Takeaways

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