Coming Soon: Standards & Pours Episode 1
Markets have tempo. Money has rhythm. Music has both. What happens when one of Wall Street’s sharpest minds shares a playlist?
Join us at the crossroads of finance and song with our special guest, the legendary Marty Fridson, for this insightful deep dive into the fascinating Venn overlap of culture and commerce.
In honor of Marty’s appearance, we’ve created a survey to determine what our listeners are predicting for the markets at year-end 2025. For each category, choose the song you believe we’ll be singing at midnight on December 31. Then take a screen grab of your responses and email to standardsnpours@gmail.com. A winner will be selected at random from all the responses to receive a bottle of Barred Owl Bourbon crafted by our sponsor, Split Spirits of Middlebury, Vt. See details below Marty’s bio.
About The Guest
Martin Fridson, CFA
Chief Investment Officer, Lehmann Livian Fridson Advisors, LLC
Martin Fridson is “perhaps the most well-known figure in the high yield world,” according to Investment Dealers’ Digest. At brokerage firms including Salomon Brothers, Morgan Stanley, and Merrill Lynch, he became known for his innovative work in credit analysis and investment strategy. For nine consecutive years he was ranked number one in high yield strategy in the Institutional Investor All America Research Survey.
Fridson received his B.A. cum laude in history from Harvard College and his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. He has served as president of the Fixed Income Analysts Society, governor of the CFA Institute, director of the New York Society of Security Analysts, and consultant to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors.
The Financial Management Association International named Fridson the Financial Executive of the Year in 2002. In 2000, he became the youngest person inducted up to that time in the Fixed Income Analysts Society Hall of Fame. A study based on 16 core journals ranked Fridson among the ten most widely published authors in finance in the period 1990-2001. In 2013 Fridson served as Special Assistant to the Director for Deferred Compensation, Office of Management and the Budget, The City of New York. The CFA Society New York, presented Fridson with its Ben Graham Award in 2017.
In 2000, The Green Magazine called Fridson’s Financial Statement Analysis “one of the most useful investment books ever.” The Boston Globe said his 2006 book, Unwarranted Intrusions: The Case Against Government Intervention in the Marketplace, should be short-listed for best business book of the decade.
Fridson’s commentary on economics and financial markets can be found on forbes.com
The Survey
Stocks:
- [ ] Up up and away
- [ ] I Can’t Give You Anything But Love
Bonds:
- [ ] It Was A Very Good Year
- [ ] The Party’s Over
Currency:
- [ ] I’d Give A Dollar For A Dime
- [ ] Can’t Buy Me Love
Bitcoin:
- [ ] I Found A Million Dollar Baby
- [ ] Drinkin’ Again
