Mechanics of Money
Stop saving. Start allocating.
Mechanics of Money is the technical manual for high-net-worth individuals moving from "High Earner" to "Sophisticated Allocator."
Hosted by Sam Silverman (Silverman Capital), this show strips away the "get rich quick" hype to focus on the operational and financial mechanics of wealth preservation. We sit down with founders, fund managers, and tax strategists managing billions in assets to decode exactly how the ultra-wealthy structure their capital.
We cover:
• Private Markets: Deep dives into Multifamily Syndications, Private Credit, and PE.
• Tax Strategy: Advanced frameworks like 1031 Exchanges, Bonus Depreciation, and Opportunity Zones.
• Risk Management: How to vet operators and protect your downside.
Whether you are looking to place your first $50k into a syndication or managing an 8-figure family office, we provide the blueprint.
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Mechanics of Money
Why This Fund Makes the Most Money When Markets Crash | Vuk Vuković
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What if the best market signal didn't come from Wall Street — but from 3,500 retail traders on social media?
Sam sits down with Vuk Vuković, co-founder of Oraclum Capital, a systematic hedge fund that uses crowdsourced intelligence and network science to trade weekly S&P options. Vuk and his co-founders originally built their methodology to predict elections — calling both Brexit and Trump in 2016 — before applying the same framework to financial markets.
In this conversation:
- How wisdom of crowds and network analysis extract signal from noise in elections and markets
- Why weekly options over prediction markets like Kalshi or Polymarket
- Using network science to filter echo chambers and identify whose opinion actually carries weight
- Building a fund designed to be uncorrelated to the S&P during market drawdowns
- The fundraising grind as an emerging manager with no traditional finance background
- European vs American incentive structures and why they produce different kinds of entrepreneurs
- Vuk's blunt one-word advice for aspiring options traders
Topics covered: hedge funds, options trading, prediction markets, wisdom of crowds, network science, echo chambers, S&P 500, emerging fund managers, fundraising, EU vs US business culture, risk management, Kalshi, Polymarket
Guest: Vuk Vuković, Co-Founder & Fund Manager, Oraclum Capital | https://www.linkedin.com/in/vuk-vukovic-oraclum/
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