Two Podcasters, Two Asset Classes, One Philosophy: A Conversation with Ignacio Ramirez Moreno

About this episode

The episode features a conversation between Bogumil Baranowski and Ignacio Ramirez Moreno about their backgrounds, the art of podcasting, and insights into financial markets.

Ignacio Ramirez Moreno, CFA, is a fixed income advisor at Pictet Wealth Management in Geneva, host of the Blunt Dollar podcast, and Switzerland’s number one LinkedIn financial markets creator with close to 20 million views, known for turning bonds and market risk into viral stories with humor and raw honesty. 3:00 — Ignacio shares his multicultural upbringing: born in Madrid, raised in Brussels, exchange programs at Warwick, Berkeley, Copenhagen, and Stockholm. Eight countries before settling in Geneva. 5:00 — Bogumil traces his own journey: communist Poland, Brussels, Sciences Po in Paris, then New York. Picking up Peter Lynch’s One Up on Wall Street in Brussels as a turning point. 7:30 — Ignacio’s accidental arrival in Switzerland via HSBC graduate program. “They said Hong Kong, then Mexico City, then Geneva — and 15 years later, still here.” 9:30 — Both reflect on the gifts of living abroad: expanded worldviews, lifelong friendships, blind spots revealed through different perspectives. 12:30 — The origin stories of both podcasts. Bogumil’s goal was six episodes; Ignacio started out of frustration after a dinner party where “fixed income advisor” put everyone to sleep while his…

People in this episode

Host: Bogumil Baranowski

Guest: Ignacio Ramirez Moreno

Topics covered

• multicultural upbringing
• financial markets
• podcasting
• investing philosophy
• bonds
• market risk

Keywords

• fixed income
• podcast
• finance
• investing
• bonds
• market risk
• multicultural

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Pictet Wealth Management, Blunt Dollar

Books & works: One Up on Wall Street

Places: Switzerland, Madrid, Brussels, Geneva, Hong Kong, Mexico City, Paris, New York

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