COVID affected a lot of ways that we interacted with the world – it changed how we worked, how we socialized, how we entertained ourselves….and if you’ve been tuned into the markets over the past year, it also changed our expectations on how in the world Oil prices could have ever gone NEGATIVE. Last year […]
Category: Alternative Investments
21
Apr
2021
Lumber: A Demand Driven Rally….On Steroids
There’s an inflation narrative out there with a lot of people pointing to lumber – but is it that or mills ? Actual people who trade lumber: Prices are rising due to sawmill bottlenecks, tariffs, residual caution on the part of the industry limiting capacity, the surprise renovation boom Inflation bros on Twitter: CPI, Muh […]
15
Apr
2021
Yep, She’s Opening Up Option Eyes with NOPE It’s Lily
We apologize for potential audio issues with this episode – please download the transcript here NOPE – we’re not just going to be talking to our typical vol guest. NOPE – we’re not going over the usual trend following or strategy. NOPE we definitely (did) find today’s guest off of VolTwit. @nope_it’s_lily is Head […]
15
Apr
2021
The Top Podcasts, Blogs, and Videos with Cem Karsan
We’re not above admitting that we have fangirled over a few of our favorite fintwitters (and we know that we’re not alone in that). But it’s not without merit; take for instance Cem Karsan (or you may know him as @jam_croissant). He’s the leading voice on all things Vanna, Volatility, and meme responses. But we’ve […]
08
Apr
2021
Asian Markets, American Investments, & Accessing (Chinese) Futures with Alvin Fan of OPIM
Sign up for OPIM’s Cap Intro event (April 12-16) here We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again – the opportunities in the Asian investment landscape are nuanced, emerging, and incredibly attractive. But on top of the excitement around the opportunities, there’s also gated access and a general list of unknowns that can […]
14
Apr
2021
Asset Class Scoreboard: March 2021
Commodities have been the biggest topic so far this year, but we saw a small dip in performance in March due to the (unforeseen) bullish report released by USDA. Commodities are expected to pick back up in the following months, and overall are still performing high with positive double-digit returns for the year. In other […]
26
Mar
2021
Making Market Music with Roy Niederhoffer
How many families have two brothers who’ve been in the hedge fund game for 30+ years, much less on polar opposites of the long vol/short vol spectrum. We’re talking with the volatility loving, positive skew seeking brother in our episode today, Roy Niederhoffer. Roy is the founder and President of the eponymous R. G. Niederhoffer […]
24
Mar
2021
How 54 Markets Have Performed Since the March 2020 Covid Lows
One year ago – where were you? Doing cool zoom backgrounds. Stacking a pile of books to act as your at home standing desk. Home schooling!! Trying to understand what a VIX of 80 means? We were all trying to get a handle on just what the new normal would be, and if our economies […]
11
Mar
2021
Taming the Tails with LongTail Alpha’s Vineer Bhansali on The Derivative
Forget fat tails, left tails, even tall tales. We’re going into extracting value from long tails of the distribution on the pod in this episode. Vineer Bhansali is a 29-year industry veteran, previously at PIMCO, a Forbes columnist, author of four books on finance, and is currently the founder and CEO of longtail alpha. In […]
11
Mar
2021
Why USD Trending = Happy Managed Futures
After days of pushing higher and higher, is the down trend in the US Dollar over? Trend following type managed futures strategies sure hope that isn’t the case. They love them some trending US Dollar. Most analysts, however, have looked for the dollar to remain under pressure after a steep slide last year, arguing that […]
