While the Diary of a Mad Hedge Fund Trader focuses on investment over a one week to six-month time frame, Mad Day Trader, provided by Bill Davis, will exploit money-making opportunities over a brief ten minute to three day window. It is ideally suited for day traders, but can also be used by long-term investors to improve market timing for entry and exit points. Read more
Global Market Comments
April 20, 2018
Fiat Lux
Featured Trade:
(DON'T MISS THE APRIL 25 GLOBAL STRATEGY WEBINAR),
(AN EVENING WITH BILL GATES, SR.),
(TESTIMONIAL)
My next global strategy webinar will be held live from Silicon Valley on Wednesday, April 25, at 12:00 PM EST.
Co-hosting the show will my friend, options expert Mike Pisani.
I'll be giving you my updated outlook on stocks, bonds, commodities, currencies, precious metal, and real estate.
The goal is to find the cheapest assets in the world to buy, the most expensive to sell short, and the appropriate securities with which to take these positions.
I will also be opining on recent political events around the world and the investment implications therein.
I usually include some charts to highlight the most interesting new developments in the capital markets. There will be a live chat window with which you can pose your own questions.
The webinar will last 45 minutes to an hour. International readers who are unable to participate in the webinar live will find it posted on my website within a few hours.
I look forward to hearing from you.
To log into the webinar, please click on the link we emailed you entitled, "Next Bi-Weekly Webinar - April 25, 2018" or click here.
I had a chat with Bill Gates, Sr. recently, co-chairman of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the world's largest private philanthropic organization. There, a staff of 800 help him manage $36.8 billion.
The foundation will give away $3.5 billion this year, a 10% increase over last year. Some $1.5 billion will go to emerging national health care, and another $750 million to enhance American education.
The foundation's spending in Africa has been so massive that it is starting to have a major impact on conditions and is part of the bull case for investing there.
The fund happens to be one of the best managed institutions out there, having sold the bulk of its Microsoft (MSFT) stock just before the dot-com bust and moving the money into Treasury bonds.
Mr. Gates' pet peeve is the precarious state of the US K-12 public education system, where teaching is not as good as it could be, expectations are low, and financial incentives and national standards are needed.
When asked about retirement, he said, "Having a son with a billion dollars puts a whole new spin on things."
Now a razor-sharp 92 and towering over me at 6'7", his favorite treat is the free NetJets miles he gets for Christmas every year from his son, Bill Jr.
In his memoir Showing up for Life, he says a major influence on his life was his Scoutmaster 70 years ago.
Being an Eagle Scout myself, I quickly drilled him on some complex knots, and he whipped right through all of them.
The world needs more Bill Gates Srs.
A Bowline Knot
Mad Hedge Technology Letter
April 20, 2018
Fiat Lux
Featured Trade:
(MONDAY, JUNE 11, FORT WORTH, TEXAS, GLOBAL STRATEGY LUNCHEON),
(TUESDAY, JUNE 12, NEW ORLEANS, LA, GLOBAL STRATEGY LUNCHEON)
Come join me for lunch at the Mad Hedge Fund Trader's Global Strategy Update, which I will be conducting in Fort Worth, Texas, on Monday, June 11, 2018. An excellent meal will be followed by a wide-ranging discussion and an extended question-and-answer period.
I'll be giving you my up-to-date view on stocks, bonds, currencies, commodities, precious metals, and real estate. And to keep you in suspense, I'll be throwing a few surprises out there, too. Tickets are available for $248.
I'll be arriving at 11:30 AM, and leaving late in case anyone wants to have a one-on-one discussion, or just sit around and chew the fat about the financial markets.
The lunch will be held at an exclusive downtown private club. The precise location will be emailed with your purchase confirmation.
I look forward to meeting you, and thank you for supporting my research.
To purchase tickets for the luncheon, click on our online store.
Nice work! You do great analysis and execution. I got a 100% overnight profit on the (UVXY) calls!
Zev
Potomac, Maryland
Come join me for lunch at the Mad Hedge Fund Trader's Global Strategy Update, which I will be conducting in New Orleans, LA, on Tuesday, June 12, 2018. An excellent meal will be followed by a wide-ranging discussion and an extended question-and-answer period.
I'll be giving you my up-to-date view on stocks, bonds, currencies, commodities, precious metals, and real estate. And to keep you in suspense, I'll be throwing a few surprises out there, too. Tickets are available for $268.
I'll be arriving at 11:30 AM, and leaving late in case anyone wants to have a one-on-one discussion, or just sit around and chew the fat about the financial markets.
The lunch will be held at an exclusive downtown restaurant. The precise location will be emailed with your purchase confirmation.
I look forward to meeting you, and thank you for supporting my research.
To purchase tickets for the luncheon, click on our online store.
When John identifies a strategic exit point, he will send you an alert with specific trade information as to what security to sell, when to sell it, and at what price. Most often, it will be to TAKE PROFITS, but, on rare occasions, it will be to exercise a STOP LOSS at a predetermined price to adhere to strict risk management discipline. Read more
While the Diary of a Mad Hedge Fund Trader focuses on investment over a one week to six-month time frame, Mad Day Trader, provided by Bill Davis, will exploit money-making opportunities over a brief ten minute to three day window. It is ideally suited for day traders, but can also be used by long-term investors to improve market timing for entry and exit points. Read more