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Global Market Comments March 31, 2026 Fiat Lux   Featured Trade: (A BUY WRITE PRIMER), (AAPL), (AMZN), (GOOGL)  

"It is fine to have the longest view in the room, as long as the thing at the end of the vista is a gigantic hill of money," said John Lanchester of The New Yorker magazine.  

Global Market Comments March 30, 2026 Fiat Lux   Featured Trade: (THE MARKET OUTLOOK FOR THE WEEK AHEAD, or HERE COME THE GAS LINES) (USO), (SPY), (TLT), (XLE), (XLU), (MU), (META), (GLD), (SLV), (NOC), (LMT), (GD), (RSX)  

“When asked how he manages the time to be chairman of Microsoft, run the world’s largest charity, and raise three kids, Bill Gates answered, “I don’t mow the lawn.”  

Global Market Comments March 27, 2026 Fiat Lux   Featured Trade: (MARCH 27 BIWEEKLY STRATEGY WEBINAR Q&A), (SDS), (MTUM), (HDGE), ($VIX), (TLT) (SNOW), (PANW), (PLTR), (MSFT) (NVDA), (PLTR), (GLD), (SLV), (BLK), (KKR), (APO), (RTX), (LMT), (NOC)  

“Sometimes, when you jump off a bridge, you have to grow your wings on the way down,” said author Danielle Steele.

Global Market Comments March 26, 2026 Fiat Lux   Featured Trade: (SATURDAY, APRIL 4, 2026 DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES GLOBAL STRATEGY LUNCHEON), (THE MAD HEDGE MARCH 17-19 SUMMIT REPLAYS ARE UP!)  

“Nothing good ever happens under the 200-day moving average,” said my old friend, hedge fund legend Paul Tudor Jones.  

Global Market Comments March 24, 2026 Fiat Lux   Featured Trade: (FOUNDING THE MAD HEDGE DIARY OF A MAD HEDGE FUND TRADER)  

The Diary of a Mad Hedge Fund Trader is now celebrating its 18th year of publication. During this time, I have religiously pumped out 3,000 words a day, or 18 newsletters a week, of original, independent-minded, hard-hitting, and often wickedly funny research. I spent my life as a war correspondent, Marine Corps combat pilot, Wall

“Believe nothing that you hear, and half of what you see,” said the legendary investor, Ron Baron.  


“Getting information off of the Internet is akin to trying to sweep back the ocean with a broom,” said Ray Kurzweil, director of engineering at Google.  

Global Market Comments March 19, 2026 Fiat Lux   Featured Trade: (TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 2026, NEW YORK  CITY GLOBAL STRATEGY LUNCHEON)  

  For the first time in three years, I’m back in the Big Apple! Come join me for lunch at the Mad Hedge Fund Trader’s Global Strategy Luncheon, which I will be conducting in New York City on Tuesday, June 16, 2026. An excellent meal will be followed by a wide-ranging discussion and an extended

"I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones," said Nobel Prize winner Albert Einstein.  

Global Market Comments March 18, 2026 Fiat Lux   Featured Trade: (JOIN ME ON CUNARD'S QUEEN MARY 2 FOR MY JUNE 19 TRANSATLANTIC SEMINAR AT SEA LUNCHEON)  

"The things that affect the investment world so profoundly are the things that were not foreseen. If they could be foreseen ... anticipated and adjusted to and factored into prices, they wouldn't have that cataclysmic effect," said legendary investor Howard Marks of Oaktree Capital.  

Global Market Comments March 17, 2026 Fiat Lux   Featured Trade: (HOW TO HANDLE THE FRIDAY, MARCH 20, OPTIONS EXPIRATION), (SPY), (RTX), (BA), (CAT), (GLD)  

Global Market Comments March 16, 2026 Fiat Lux   Featured Trade: (MARKET OUTLOOK FOR THE WEEK AHEAD or SPRING IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY) AAPL), (GOOGL), (AMZN), (BA), (CAT), (RTX) (GLD), (B), (WPM) (MSFT), (GOOGL), (XLE), (XLU), (XLF), (XLF), (XLK) ($VIX) (USO), (JPM), (KKR), (OWL), (AAL), (BLK), (APO)