(Any views expressed in the below are the personal views of the author and should not form the basis for making investment decisions, nor be construed as a recommendation or advice to engage in investment transactions.) Come eat some of these ‘member berries with me. ‘Member when folks used to travel hours per day to...Read More
(Any views expressed in the below are the personal views of the author and should not form the basis for making investment decisions, nor be construed as a recommendation or advice to engage in investment transactions.) There is shockingly little that we as humans can actually control about our existence in this universe. Even so,...Read More
(Any views expressed in the below are the personal views of the author and should not form the basis for making investment decisions, nor be construed as a recommendation or advice to engage in investment transactions.) The COVID pandemic, and most importantly, the global policy response to it, pulled forward decades worth of societal trends...Read More
To Buy or To Sell? An inordinate amount of time is spent debating – with maximum consternation – whether to buy or sell. The charts that guide us on our journey depict the emotional roller coaster a group of humans travel in their quest for profits. Electronic trading dominates most markets, and is dictated largely...Read More
(Any views expressed in the below are the personal views of the author and should not form the basis for making investment decisions, nor be construed as a recommendation or advice to engage in investment transactions.) The zenith of the fiduciary is upon us. Never before in the history of human civilisation has a class...Read More
(Any views expressed in the below are the personal views of the author and should not form the basis for making investment decisions, nor be construed as a recommendation or advice to engage in investment transactions.) The last major hydrocarbon energy shock occurred because Arab suppliers rug pulled the West. The Gulf States “lived their...Read More
(Any views expressed in the below are the personal views of the author and should not form the basis for making investment decisions, nor be construed as a recommendation or advice to engage in investment transactions.) Thankfully, unlike many others around the world, my experiences of war are sanitised and indirect. Two of my mother’s...Read More
(Any views expressed in the below are the personal views of the author and should not form the basis for making investment decisions, nor be construed as a recommendation or advice to engage in investment transactions.) Dump-eve 8:00 PM Scanning the horizon, you giddily observe the accumulation of snowflakes. The forecast calls for DUMP. And...Read More
(Any views expressed in the below are the personal views of the author and should not form the basis for making investment decisions, nor be construed as a recommendation or advice to engage in investment transactions.)One of the most destructive mental constructs to the health of your financial portfolio is measuring yearly arithmetic returns. The...Read More
Do not be led astray by the siren songs of capricious harpies – for these creatures wish to infect the faithful with FUD in service to their master. These slimy serpents slither and yearn to surreptitiously slip allegiance to their false gods into our consciousness. Why do such malicious beings exist? Why … because they...Read More
(Any views expressed in the below are the personal views of the author and should not form the basis for making investment decisions, nor be construed as a recommendation or advice to engage in investment transactions.) Looking back on recorded human history, it becomes apparent how much luck played in the circumstances of our modern...Read More
(Any views expressed in the below are the personal views of the author and should not form the basis for making investment decisions, nor be construed as a recommendation or advice to engage in investment transactions.) Digital artworks enabled with NFT technology and hosted on public blockchains, hereafter referred to as NFTs, beg the latest...Read More
(Any views expressed in the below are the personal views of the author and should not form the basis for making investment decisions, nor be construed as a recommendation or advice to engage in investment transactions.) A real trader will make a market on anything. Story time. As many long time readers know, I spent...Read More
(Any views expressed in the below are the personal views of the author and should not form the basis for making investment decisions, nor be construed as a recommendation or advice to engage in investment transactions.) Art is an expression of human civilisation’s energy abundance. When viewed in net energy terms, it is completely worthless....Read More
(Any views expressed in the below are the personal views of the author and should not form the basis for making investment decisions, nor be construed as a recommendation or advice to engage in investment transactions.) The greatest nation states and civilisations efficiently use energy to create economic prosperity for their subjects. Up until recently,...Read More
(Any views expressed in the below are the personal views of the author and should not form the basis for making investment decisions, nor be construed as a recommendation or advice to engage in investment transactions.) Every Summer Is The Fucking Same ! When crypto hits the northern hemispheric summer, people lose their bearings. Price...Read More
(Any views expressed in the below are the personal views of the author and should not form the basis for making investment decisions, nor be construed as a recommendation or advice to engage in investment transactions.) The height of the northern hemispheric summer is here, and it’s vaxx-enabled party time. Don’t expect much in the...Read More
(Any views expressed in the below are the personal views of the author and should not form the basis for making investment decisions, nor be construed as a recommendation or advice to engage in investment transactions.) One fine chill day in my senior year of university, one of my besties frantically called me in hopes...Read More
(Any views expressed in the below are the personal views of the author and should not form the basis for making investment decisions, nor be construed as a recommendation or advice to engage in investment transactions.) The majority of my essays in 2021 have focused on the fundamental building blocks of my bullish opinion on...Read More
(Any views expressed in the below are the personal views of the author and should not form the basis for making investment decisions, nor be construed as a recommendation or advice to engage in investment transactions.) For those of you who have a Bloomberg terminal, run FARBAST Index <GO>. This is the index that outputs...Read More
(Any views expressed in the below are the personal views of the author and should not form the basis for making investment decisions, nor be construed as a recommendation or advice to engage in investment transactions.) “I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face...Read More
(Any views expressed in the below are the personal views of the author and should not form the basis for making investment decisions, nor be construed as a recommendation or advice to engage in investment transactions.) Being right is great, but the true trading legends are right and then continue holding their positions until they...Read More
(Any views expressed in the below are the personal views of the author and should not form the basis for making investment decisions, nor be construed as a recommendation or advice to engage in investment transactions.) Humanity’s struggle to locate the easy button permeates all aspects of our existence. In the context of the financial...Read More
(Any views expressed in the below are the personal views of the author and should not form the basis for making investment decisions, nor be construed as a recommendation or advice to engage in investment transactions.) I am an arbitrage trader at heart. In May 2013 brimming with my experience as a delta one trader,...Read More
(Any views expressed in the below are the personal views of the author and should not form the basis for making investment decisions, nor be construed as a recommendation or advice to engage in investment transactions.) I became an avid cyclist after the onset of COVID. I try to ride twice a week for 40...Read More
(Any views expressed in the below are the personal views of the author and should not form the basis for making investment decisions, nor be construed as a recommendation or advice to engage in investment transactions.) I used to be an amateur bodybuilder. Sometimes friends who haven’t seen me since university remark at how skinny...Read More
Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop, GameStop!!!! Stonks for the long run. My hiatus from the equity markets ended when I too became sucked into the meme stock vortex. Seeing a meme stock like GME log a ten bagger in a few trading sessions will get any hardened market operator on their feet. I could not resist...Read More
Source: The Grapes Of Wrath – 1940 I lack access to nightclubs and most other forms of revelry; therefore, I decided to become a crypto peasant. I’m farming the latest and greatest shitcoin DeFi projects. While I deride many of these projects as activity resulting in economic waste, there is an underlying proto-banking infrastructure that...Read More
(Source: Space Ibiza Nightclub) In the beginning there was Jack.And Jack had a groove.And from this groove came the groove of all grooves.And while one day, viciously throwing down on his box, Jack boldly declared “Let there be house!” And house music was born. I dream of thumping house music, neon lights, and mental disorientation...Read More
Forky (Source: Pixar Animation Studios) Shazaam! You snap your fingers and COVID has disappeared, you can exit lockdown and continue on with your life. How do you feel? Are you as optimistic as you were in January? Do you trust your government to put your health and safety first? Do you trust your government to...Read More
