Hello and welcome. I'm Patrick Curtis, your host and Chief Monkey, and this is the Wall Street Oasis podcast. Join me as I talk to some of the community's most successful and inspirational members to gain valuable insight into different career paths and life in general.

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In this episode, I'm joined by Carter Malloy, CEO and founder of AcreTrader.com, a site where you can

easily invest in farmland. Prior to breaking on his own, Carter spent five years at a long,

short hedge fund in over seven years in equity research at Stevens.

Learn what he liked most about equity research and investing, as well as why he eventually decided to start his own company.

Enjoy.

All right, Carter, thanks so much for joining the Wall Street Oasis podcast.

Thanks for having me.

So it'd be great if you could just give the listeners a short summary of your bio.

Absolutely.

So I grew up here in Arkansas, went to school here as well at the university. I graduated with

my undergrad in physics, spent a few years playing music and owning a few small businesses.

I did seven years of equity research on the sell side, and then another five years on the

by side at a long short equity fund. And then for the last couple of years, been focused on acre trader,

which is the company that I'm really excited to talk to you about today.

Very cool. So in terms of just going back, I'd love to just jump into undergrad.

So was physics always a passion of yours? And what did you kind of, were you ever thinking

finance as kind of your first,

or one of your, I guess you didn't do finance. You were a small business owner. I'd love to hear about that. And yeah, led you there. And then specifically what got you into equity research? Yeah. For me, the goal, you know, at least at the onset, was always to own my own business. I think there was a moment there where I was confused and thought I wanted to be a doctor.

And so had been studying biology in school and then

switched into business and then ultimately decided, look, I'm going to work for myself forever,

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