Finance Papers
Luiz Gidrão, CFA, CAIA
Finance Papers is a podcast for students, professionals, and curious minds who want to truly understand finance. Each episode turns an influential finance paper into a clear, friendly and practical conversation, making complex ideas accessible without dumbing them down.
The podcast is hosted by AI presenters, but the project was conceptualized and curated by Luiz Gidrão, CFA, CAIA, founder of stock.cash and goa.capital – firms focused on structured credit, venture debt, stock options financing, startup valuation (including 409A) and financial reporting under IFRS 2.
Rather than offering shallow summaries, the AI hosts walk through each paper section by section: context, research questions, model, methodology, results, limitations and real‑world implications. The goal is to democratize access to financial knowledge, using rigorous reasoning with a friendly tone and