#34 - The Bear Market Bounce: Guest Dr. Franklyn Prendergast

Market Meditations

Chris and Neal discuss COVID-19 with guest Frank Prendergast. Having suffered from COVID-19 himself, Frank shares his recovery experience. Chris and Neal further dig into the importance of leadership during stressful times, oil prices, and market manipulation and the fastest decline in the stock market at 35%. Chris explains the profile of a bear market and describes the bear market bounce. Additionally, Neal discusses algorithms in venture capital while questioning the creation of a lasting assessment advantage for company investments. Dr. Franklyn Prendergast has greatly influenced the direction of healthcare and medical sciences research in the United States and around the globe. In recent years, he turned his attention to healthcare in the GCC, providing strategic guidance to the Saudi Ministry of Health and serving as a keynote speaker for the Ministry’s National Healthcare Strategy and Health System Design conferences held in 2014. Currently, Franklyn is a member of the Board of Directors for Eli Lilly, Cancer Genetics, Inc., and the Infectious Disease Research Institute (IDRI), in addition to other organizations. He has also worked extensively with the National Institutes of Health, Board of Advisors for Division of Research Grants; the Board of Scientific Advisors of National Cancer Institute; and the National Cancer Advisory Board. A former Rhodes scholar, Franklyn earned his BA and his MA from Oxford University. He then went on to receive his MD from the University of the West Indies, and his PhD from the University of Minnesota.