Karl Rogers: What Finance Textbooks Get Completely Wrong

Karl Rogers has traded everything from oil calendar spreads to electricity across the US grid and now he's building one of Ireland’s most forward thinking family office investment platforms at Elkstone. In this episode of The Blunt Dollar, we dive deep into how Karl’s prop trading roots shaped his unique investment approach, why he believes most forecasts are useless, and how to build portfolios that are both behaviorally resilient and future proof.

🎯 Built Elkstone’s investment platform from scratch with a focus on edge, not orthodoxy

⚡️ Former pro trader in oil, cocoa and US power markets and why electricity trading rewired his thinking

📉 Why Karl says macro doesn’t matter and most forecasts are just expensive guesses

🧠 Behavioral “armor” for investors and how to prevent panic selling and cognitive pitfalls

🧰 Why the 60 40 portfolio might be outdated and how to build for the next market cycle

If you like unfiltered takes on hedge funds, behavioral finance insights, and how to actually build a robust investment platform, this one's for you.

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