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Risk-Off FAANG Trades (September 2019)

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Yahoo Finance — The Final Round 16 Sept 2019

I was on Yahoo Finance - The Final Round discussing event risk, the USD, investment time horizons and the "land-grab".

Fox Business News — August 12, 2019

Trader’s Notebook: Central Banks Blink, Buy Bonds Wear Diamonds, Battle of Safe-Haven FX, Little Bird Causes Trouble

Overnight, there was a series of central bank rate cuts that sent bond yields sharply lower and unsettled global markets. The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (“RNBZ”) cut its policy rate by 50bps to 1.00%. The move was larger than expected as only a 25bp had been...

Trader’s Notebook: “Watching 7” Macro Theme Asserts Itself

The combined macro themes of “Trade-War” and “Watching 7” have reasserted themselves disrupting finncial markets today. Overnight, China let its currency depreciate past the market psychologically important level of 7. The People’s Bank of China (“PBOC”) released a...

Uncharted Course: Surf in Groups, The Hedge Fund Shark, Don’t Give Up

I read and listen to a large amount of financial market, sport specific training, and self-improvement information on a weekly basis. I have my favorite sources, which I have curated over the last three years, so I am familiar with their work. Some of the sources, I...

Trading Around Uncertainty (August 2019)

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Unresolved Macro Themes Forecast Forward Volatility (July 2019)

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Trader Notebook: June Ends in Japan, July Fireworks, 57.6%, A Bit of Risk-On

June Ends in Japan: June will close out with the much anticipated President Trump/President Xi meetings during the G20 in Japan, held June 28-29. It is difficult to envision an agreement getting done given the verbiage headed into the meeting thus far. Perhaps Trump...