I first spoke to Steve Wozniak via HAM radio when I was 12 and he was the 14-year-old president of the Homestead High School Radio Club in Cupertino, California.With seven children, my dad was pretty stingy with allowance money. But when it came to electronic parts, I had an unlimited budget, as that is where
Global Market Comments August 1, 2016 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (AUGUST 3 GLOBAL STRATEGY WEBINAR), (JOIN THE MAD OPTIONS TRADER FREE PRODUCT LAUNCH), (TESTIMONIAL)
I am pleased to announce the launch of a major new service from the Mad Hedge Fund Trader, THE MAD OPTIONS TRADER. The service will focus primarily on the weekly US equity options expirations, with the goal of making profits at all times. The trading will take place in the S&P 500 (SPX), major industry
?I?m already against the next war,? said a bumper sticker in Napa, California.
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From where I stand, the rolling foothills of Northern Italy spread out below me to the south.On my left lie the distinctive peaks of the Dolomite Alps. On my right I can see the massive expanse of Mont Blanc, at 15,781 feet the highest mountain in Europe.I am standing at the summit of the Matterhorn.
?This is very bullish for markets. It?s bullish for markets intermediate term. Before, I thought we were in the seventh inning of a four-year bull market. Two waiters just came in and delivered another punch bowl. We?re going into extra innings, baby,? said Stanley Druckenmiller of hedge fund Duquesne Capital Management.
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The team fought their way up two flights of stairs in pitch-blackness, dispatching several fighters along the way.A tall figure emerged in the green glow of the night vision goggles. It hesitated. Two shots were fired, and the body hit the ground.That was how Navy Seal Team Six member, Mark Owen, described the last seconds
?Investing now is like taking a shower while Norman Bates is somewhere in your house,? said Jim McTague, a journalist at Barrons.
Global Market Comments July 27, 2016 Fiat Lux SPECIAL BLACK SWAN ISSUE Featured Trade: (THE COMING BLACK SWANS OF 2016), (TESTIMONIAL)
Let me make this clear. These are not forecasts, predictions, or prognostications. They are not even guesses. They ARE events which have a very low probability of occurring, but which can have an extremely large market impact if they do. That is the textbook definition of a ?Black Swan?, a concept created by my friend,
Your background is very impressive and intriguing. You definitely have a lot of valuable and unique experience. I read your most recent post on activist investing and couldn't agree more. I have always been a fan of activist strategies because even under an assumption of efficient markets, activism can still generate alpha in theory. I
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Come join me for lunch for the Mad Hedge Fund Trader?s Global Strategy luncheon, which I will be conducting in Basel, Switzerland on Wednesday, July 27, 2016.A three-course lunch will be followed by an extended question and answer period.I?ll be giving you my up to date view on stocks, bonds, foreign currencies, commodities, precious metals,
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The summer doldrums are back! That is the only conclusion one can draw after observing the market action last week from my mountain lair in Zermatt, Switzerland. Try as I might, it is impossible to flee this connected world, unless the power is cut off by an avalanche and your batteries die. As I expected,
?The fundamental argument against gold is so fundamentally one-sided that it is almost comical,? said options trader, Jim Iuorio, of TJM Institutional Services.
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I was awoken from a dead sleep in the middle of the night in my suite on the Orient Express by a juddering halt and the smell of burning brakes in the air.We were somewhere high in the Swiss Alps, and every single passenger on the first class only train had to be thinking that