Dawn of Chaos, anyone? I ripped my conversation from Bloomberg last June when i was gripped by Dengue fever and it seemed to rhyme with recent grotesque events this year.
To repeat what i said in that paper ,which is available if you visit hughhendry.com, I warn you that it’s the febrile world of psychology and shifting expectations that matters more than the Fed and its reserve printing...
That it’s the mood of society that ultimately unleashes the inflationary genie from the bottle, not these huge inert central - banking reserves - nor BTC revaluing from zero to a trillion
Long rates have backed up from 60 basis points to 130. I think they could conceivable exceed 200 basis points. Those that love them dearly may be forced to lighten up. I don't think the trend is over but a final climax could be around the corner. Markets are malicious MFs
I practice these surreal, what could happen invented reality scenarios. The one gripping me at present is the party like it's 1919. The most important economic release of late for me was the results from the French cosmetics group, L'oreal.
They believe their business is going to BOOM and use the precedent following the end of Spanish flu. I can see it all around me in the Disneyland for adults that i call home, St Barts. When people escape the misery of confinement they're going to party and spend spend spend.
A mini boom but probably a fake boom...we'll see, remember, I'm a fantasist. I still maintain that US long rates will go negative. But first the wash-out for the true bond bulls - Jesus? Yeah, the guy with the beard. You know him? Sorry, never heard of him...what comes around...
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I have a new collaborateur with the podcast - Chris Sweeney - author and journalist - he speaks an even more impenetrable version of the Scottish accent than I do - altho his is more authentic and looks like Spud from Trainspotting.
We want more listeners - not just you lot - altho I do love you all dearly...we've just posted a recap of the first 6 months of my hedge life on the usual podcast sites and here
He made me chose between Coldplay and the Cheeky Girls -not an easy choice with my Iggy Pop sensabilities. But with Chris on board I'm hoping to pop these pods out every Friday.
@RanaForoohar I feel moved to reach out to you directly following your article in today’s FT. I’ve invested a huge amount of my life to reading this newspaper. The FT means something. It has standards to uphold. I recognise that criticism can be viewed as petty and lazy...
But I feel no one is left to protect my sensibilities. I’m seeking well thought out, robust and contentious thought pieces. This most certainly was not.
Public criticism sucks; trust me I know...So let me reverse tack. I congratulate you for having the passion and desire to commit something to print. I think the problem rests more with those you cite and who seem to hold sway over your opinions.
Gold and silver have been total dogs these last six months. BTC has just outperformed. I attribute this to Wil Self and his Quantity Theory of Insanity.
That there is, after all, a finite set of molecules in the universe of alternative assets - the last hold out for those seeking diversification.
You want to be a macro hedge fund trader? Imagine the hypothetical. You’re taken to a psychiatric ward. There‘s a girl, sitting naked on the floor. She’s rocking. She’s not spoken to anyone for months. What do you do..?
RD Laing a rockstar psychiatrist popular in the psychedelic late 60s went into the room, stripped off naked and started rocking with her. Within 20 mins they were chatting. Ronnie would have made an awesome macro trader...
Flashback - me in China - 2008. China has 5% world’s land, 20% world’s population, > 15% world GDP and 70% world’s high speed rail system. Farm land with a ticket to go faster than necessary. The US has locomotives... think of two Chinas doing exactly the same thing.
Only difference is accounting. In one China if you invest $100m in a project that is only worth $20m you write the project down to $20m. In line with what other countries do. In the other China, you invest $100m in a project that’s only worth $20m and you carry it at $100m.
In accounting terms the first China will show a much lower GDP and a lower GDP growth rate than the second. We live in the second China. The GDP number they report is much higher than the GDP number of the first.