@vixologist @AttainCap2 @GestaltU I interpret 🍋’s point as: forest fires clear out underbrush that cause forest fires.

I interpret @GestaltU’s point as reflexive: if everyone prepares for the last crash, then it’s almost impossible for a crash like it to occur!
@vixologist @AttainCap2 @GestaltU I don’t disagree with either of those points. Adam’s point is one of the reasons that many on here – myself included – were saying that it would be hard to see a post-election crash last November.
@vixologist @AttainCap2 @GestaltU I still think a lot of the same dynamics permeate the system (namely, excessive risk taken driven by low interest rates; adoption of systematic strategies; influence of options on underlying) – but the build up of risk that 🍋 alludes to may be gone for some time.
@vixologist @AttainCap2 @GestaltU Will the next crash be like 2000-2002? I don’t think @GestaltU meant that literally (though, I’ll let him correctly). Just more that if everyone prepares for an accute crash, the path of greatest pain is a slow burn. And that’s the path markets will likely take.

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9 Aug
1/ Back in 2001, I used to play this game called Runescape (runescape.com)

(Which is still very much around, but looks nothing like it did when I played.)
2/ There was a whole world to explore, quests to complete, skills to learn, and players to meet.
3/ I sank hundreds of hours in the mines, clicking on rocks to mine ore, then hauling it back to town to smelt and then crafting it into armor to sell.
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25 Jul
1/ I constantly get questions from people looking to go into graduate financial engineering (“FE”) programs.

I thought I’d compile my thoughts into a thread 🧵
2/ For context, I graduated from Carnegie Mellon’s MS in Computational Finance program in December 2010.

It was the world’s first FE program and, at the time, ranked #1.

Everything that follows is just my opinion based upon my experience.
3/ What are these degrees? They’re interdisciplinary studies (typically finance, mathematics, and computer science) that try to prepare someone for a career as a “quant.”
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22 Jul
I know leverage is often seen as a “no-no” for home office gate keepers, but ETF’s like $NTSX and Simplify’s coming $TYA (sec.gov/Archives/edgar…) get my creative juices going.

e.g. 66% $NTSX + 34% $COM gives you a 60/40 with a 33% overlay in long/flat commodities
That’s a potentially interesting inflation hedge that can “turn itself off” during commodity drawdowns.

And there’s tons of examples like this if we are willing to look at net portfolio exposure rather than on an itemized basis.
All of a sudden a go-nowhere, low-vol ETF like $BTAL becomes an interesting low-correlation overlay profile.

It’s not a question of “what do I have to sell to buy this?” It’s a question of, “what do I want to layer on top of my core asset allocation?"
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I’ve written hundreds of research articles on the Newfound blog throughout the years.

I stopped writing last year (got burnt out), so my guess is a lot of new followers don’t even know they exist.

Here are a few that I’m especially proud of ➡️
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No Pain, No Premium

- Re-thinking portfolio construction from a risk-based framework

- The philosophical limits of diversification

- The “what, how, when” diversification framework

blog.thinknewfound.com/2019/02/no-pai…
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Tactical Credit + Value and the Credit Spread

- An exploration into making credit trades based upon momentum and valuation signals

blog.thinknewfound.com/2019/06/tactic…

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It’ll be interesting to see how hedge funds on the block chain try to maintain “secrecy.”

e.g. If you know Alameda’s wallet address (debank.com/profile/0x84d3…), you can watch where they send their money and the contracts they interact with.

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e.g. You can track that they recently moved money to MATIC and are farming at Adamant Finance (apeboard.finance/dashboard/0x84…)

The project’s discord is currently quite concerned about Alameda just nuking the reward token to $0 as they sell.
So what do hedge funds do?

Try to stay under the radar with a lot of smaller wallets? Possible for new funds, perhaps.
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The 🦬 herd is primed to stampede…
I think I’m going to go full @jam_croissant and just start using animal emojis for everything.

🦬 will be trend followers (herd mentality).
🐢 will be volatility targeters (slow and steady).
🐋 will be target date funds (large!).
🐖 will be structured products (piggish fees).
🦖will be “short volatility” strategies (because, ya know, exogenous knock-out risk)

🪳 will be for “long volatility” strategies (survive anything, but you’re ugly and everyone hates you)

🦍 will be for memestock traders

🐑 will be for anyone I disagree with
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