Quote of the Day - January 15, 2020
"Where a calculator on the Eniac is equipped with 18,000 tubes and weighs 30 tons, computers in the future may have only 1,000 vacuum tubes, and weigh 1.5 tons," said Popular Mechanics magazine in 1949.
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Quote of the Day - December 13, 2019
"Every Napoleon meets his Watergate," said Yogi Berra, former manager of the New York Yankees.
May 29, 2019 - Quote of the Day
“We can lead, but we cannot carry,” said Mike Ryan, chief investment strategist at UBS, about America’s role in the global economy.
Mad Hedge Hot Tips for May 6, 2019
Mad Hedge Hot Tips May 6, 2019 Fiat Lux The Five Most Important Things That Happened Today (and what to do about them) 1) The China Trade War Ratchets Up, with Trump imposing 25% tariffs on $200 billion more in imports. It seems that the negotiations were not going as well as advertised. The
SOLD OUT - Las Vegas May 9 Global Strategy Luncheon
Come join me for lunch for the Mad Hedge Fund Trader’s Global Strategy Update which I will be conducting in Las Vegas, Nevada on Thursday, May 9 at 12:00 noon. A three-course lunch will be followed by an extended question and answer period. I’ll be giving you my up to date view on stocks, bonds,
Quote of the Day - April 29, 2019
"Japan has gone from Paul Volcker to Ben Bernanke overnight," said legendary hedge fund manager, Stan Druckenmiller.
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The Liquidity Crisis Coming to a Market Near You
I had the great pleasure of having breakfast the other morning with my longtime friend, Mohamed El-Erian, former the co-CEO of the bond giant, PIMCO. Mohamed argues that there has been a major loss of liquidity in the financial markets in recent decades that will eventually come home to haunt us all, and sooner than
Risk Control for Dummies
There is a method to my madness, although I understand that some new subscribers may need some convincing. Whenever I change my positions, the market makes a major move or reaches a key crossroads, I look to stress test my portfolio by inflicting various extreme scenarios upon it and analyzing the outcome. This is second
Quote of the day - January 7, 2019
"Almost all asset markets are bubbles and mispriced," said Bill Gross of bond giant PIMCO.