Last year it feels like all we talked about was the rough performance of commodities and now we’re reading headline after headline of a 2021 commodity supercycle “driven by stimulus spending and a weaker US dollar” (SP Global). Up 15% for the year already, I think we’ll be talking about commodity performance for a good […]
Category: Alternative Investments
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Mar
2021
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Feb
2021
The VOLvengers: Wayne Himelsein (Iron Man) & Mike Green (Captain America) on The Derivative
Get more information on the funds at Logica Capital Advisers. We’re bringing out the cake & ice cream for this pod because it’s The Derivative’s 1 year anniversary! If you’ve been with us since the beginning – you may fondly remember our inaugural episode The Human Behind The Hedge Fund with Wayne Himelsein. So, […]
25
Feb
2021
Gold’s Not-So-Boring-Cousin: Silver
Just about 6 months ago we were talking about how Silver had rallied about 100% since the March lows, saying rather sarcastically: What’s going on – did Silver become a SAAS company in search of a ludicrous P/E multiple? No. This is overflow and unintended (or maybe intended) consequences of printing all that money for […]
19
Feb
2021
Playing like a Poker Pro in Life/Investments/Career with Chris Sparks on The Derivative
Talking this week with Poker Pro Chris Sparks on everything from game strategy to deciphering A.I. capabilities and catching bots. With Founder, CEO, and Performance Coach of The Forcing Function we’re taking it back to the beginning where we dive in with Chris about an interesting online alias “GoMuckYourself”, grabbing seats at poker tables in […]
11
Feb
2021
Vol – Benn There, Done That with Benn Eifert of QVR Advisors on The Derivative
Why can’t vol managers tell good jokes? Bad timing? Buh dum tsss. All jokes aside, we’re excited to be back talking Volatility on The Derivative with the Professor, the DJ, the Han Solo of Vol trading, the one and only Benn (with two N’s) Eifert. Benn is Founder and CIO of QVR Advisors and joined […]
29
Jan
2021
Wallstreet Bets Busts Wallstreet? WTF ^%$# on The Derivative
Get more information on the funds at Ambrus Group here and at Aegea Capital here or read the transcripts for this episode here. If you’ve been on the internet, watched TV, or talked to anyone outside of yourself in the past week and a half you can’t have missed it. GameStop stock ($GME) went […]
27
Jan
2021
What The Heck is r/wsb…and Why Does it Matter?
It’s amazing how fast it takes a meme to hit terminal velocity these days. Witness Bernie going from folding chair to most photoshopped human ever: But the real meme across FintTwit these days isn’t Bernie. It’s Bernie’s army (of investors) YOLO’ing very real money to drastic effect on the markets. Just like that, there’s a […]
22
Jan
2021
Wisdom from the Wizard Maker with Jack Schwager on The Derivative
Welcome to the Wizarding World of Market Wizards – and today’s special guest is head wizard who wrote the actual books on market wizards, Jack Schwager. Jack has written 6 books on the markets including his original: Market Wizards and the newly released: Unknown Market Wizards. In addition to his authoring (is that even a […]
15
Jan
2021
Gold, Gas, and Global Inflation with Diego Parrilla of Quadriga Asset Managers on The Derivative
2020 was ruled by global macro events – are we looking at the same fate in 2021? Our guest today can talk not only global macro, but also volatility, bond yields, correlation, oil, metals and more. To ring in the new year we’re joined by Diego Parrilla, Managing Partner at Quadriga Asset Managers and Author […]
06
Jan
2021
Asset Class Scoreboard: December 2020
via GIPHY Whew – we made it through 2020. From the Red Wedding in March to somewhat unbelievable rallies across stock indices in the second half of the year, there was something for across 2020. Commodities notably ended the year pretty deep in the red, even with the major upswings in quarters 2, […]
