Below, please find subscribers’ Q&A for the October 1 Mad Hedge Fund Trader Global Strategy Webinar, broadcast from Incline Village, NV. Q: What effect will the government shutdown have on the stock market? A: The answer so far is nothing—absolutely nothing. It appears the President’s strategy is to cut spending only in Democratic states. New […]
“The investor in America sits at the bottom of the food chain,” said John C. Bogle, founder of the Vanguard Group of index funds.
Global Market Comments October 2, 2025 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (THE TWO CENTURY DOLLAR SHORT), (CNN’S JOHN LEWIS; THE DEATH OF A COLLEAGUE)
Any trader will tell you the trend is your friend, and the overwhelming direction for the US dollar for the last 220 years has been down. Our first Treasury Secretary, Alexander Hamilton, found himself constantly embroiled in sex scandals. Take a ten-dollar bill out of your wallet and you’re looking at a swordsman of the […]
I was deeply saddened by the death of my old friend, CNN Asia correspondent John Lewis, a legend in television journalism. I first met John in Tokyo at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan back in 1974, when he was a decorated Vietnam vet from Ohio trying to claw his way into TV, bootstrap style. […]
“We’ve seen the S&P 500 drop 50% twice in the last 15 years. That is the new normal”, said Richard Kang of Emerging Global Advisors.
Global Market Comments October 1, 2025 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (THERE ARE NO GURUS)
If there was ever an argument that you should rely on independent newsletters for guidance about financial markets, such as The Diary of a Mad Hedge Fund Trader, and not traditional brokerage houses, take a look at the chart below from JPMorgan. It shows that despite all of the reforms passed after the dotcom crash […]
Global Market Comments September 30, 2025 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (I HAVE A NEW OPENING FOR THE MAD HEDGE FUND TRADER CONCIERGE SERVICE), (TESTIMONIAL)
Our latest performance run for the ages has delivered unintended consequences once again. One of my Concierge clients bought the bottom of the recent banking crisis crash to load the boat with bank stocks. As a result, he never has to work again, not bad for someone who is only 45. No need for a […]
