Mad Hedge Hot Tips
September 6, 2018
Fiat Lux
The Five Most Important Things That Happened Today
(and what to do about them)
1) Global Markets Fall of Fifth Day, as trade war worries send risk takers fleeing. Oops! Came out of my long volatility position a day early as the (VIX) hits $15.50, up 25% in four days. At least I’m still short the (SPY). Click here.
2) Goldman Sachs (GS) Decides Against Opening a Bitcoin Trading Desk. Crypto currencies crash, with Bitcoin down $1,000 in one day. I told you it was a Ponzi scheme! Click here.
3) Trump Says Google (GOOGL) is Rigged. Don’t believe it. If it were they’d lose half their customers, and they know that. Click here.
4) U.S. Factory Orders Fall in July. Down 0.8%, for some reason the Chinese quit buying airplanes. Is this the first chink in the armor of a strong economy? One data point does not a trend make. Click here.
5) The Government Runs Out of Money on October 1. Yes, another shutdown is on the way. Will the shutdown last until the midterm elections? Will liquidity flush markets notice? Better cash your Social Security check now! Click here.
Published today in the Mad Hedge Global Trading Dispatch and Mad Hedge Technology Letter:
(TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2018, MIAMI, FL,
GLOBAL STRATEGY LUNCHEON),
(HOW THE RISK PARITY TRADERS ARE RUINING EVERYTHING!),
(VIX), (SPY), (TLT),
(TESTIMONIAL),
(THE SMART PLAYS IN FINTECH),
(SQ), (PYPL), (JPM), (COF), (WFC), (BAC),
(MGI), (GRUB), (BABA), (NFLX)
