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Last Chance to Attend the Friday, August 22 Incline Village, Nevada Global Strategy Dinner

Come join me for dinner at the Mad Hedge Fund Trader’s Global Strategy Dinner, which I will be conducting in Incline Village, Nevada, on Friday, August 22. An excellent meal will be followed by a wide-ranging discussion and an extended question-and-answer period. I’ll be giving you my up-to-date view on stocks, bonds, currencies, commodities, precious […]

The Mad Hedge Dictionary of Trading Slang


The Diary of a Mad Hedge Fund Trader is read in 140 countries. About a quarter of our readers run the letter through Google Translate before reading. That has created a problem. Stock trading is probably the most slang and acronym-ridden profession on the planet, second only to the United States Marine Corps. (Semper Fi). […]

August 18, 2025

Global Market Comments August 18, 2025 Fiat Lux   Featured Trade: (MARKET OUTLOOK FOR THE WEEK AHEAD, or CLUELESS), (NVDA), (MSFT), (BAC), (DHI), (LEN), (KBH), (PHM), (GLD), (B), (NEM), (AEM), (NFLX), (FCX), (TSLA), (SPY), ($VIX), (CATL)

The Market Outlook for the Week Ahead, or Clueless

I usually know what the stock market is going to do 99% of the time. Now is the 1% when I don’t have a clue. Stocks have been on an unprecedented five-month tear, and everything is expensive. The risk/reward of entering new positions here is terrible. Market concentration is incredible, with Microsoft (MSFT) and Nvidia […]

August 13 Biweekly Strategy Webinar Q&A

Below, please find subscribers’ Q&A for the August 13 Mad Hedge Fund Trader Global Strategy Webinar, broadcast from Incline Village, NV. Q: What is your position on copper? A: I think we’re entering a long-term bull market in copper. You have to have a tripling of the size of the grid just to accommodate the […]