Category Archives: Tech Letter

You’re Wrong About AI

You’re probably using AI wrong – that’s the message that MIT gave us after their report that 95% of companies in the dataset, generative AI implementations are falling short. Despite the rush to integrate powerful new models, about 5% of AI pilot programs achieve rapid revenue acceleration. This pours cold water on the concept that […]

Powell Moonshots Tech Stocks From Wyoming

US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s speech at the Jackson Hole Symposium today was an admission that he has allowed the market to box him in. The Fed didn’t do enough to tame inflation since 2020, and now they are on the brink of surrendering the inflation fight and cutting rates when core inflation is […]

The Mad Hedge Fund Trader Origin Story

The Diary of a Mad Hedge Fund Trader is now celebrating its 18th year of publication. I religiously write or edit 25 newsletters a week of original, independent-minded, hard-hitting, and often wickedly funny research. I spent my life as a war correspondent, Marine Corps combat pilot, Wall Street trader, and hedge fund manager, and if […]