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Fred Dionne
Oct 23, 20241 min read
The Problem with Selective Datasets
The above chart shows annualized forward returns of the SP500 since 1993. It shows that the worst you could have done as a passive...
Fred Dionne
Oct 16, 20242 min read
A Simple System Demonstrates Why Active Management Beats Passive
As previously referenced, a 5-minute ORB strategy is a strategy that allows the trader to bet on a breakout from the opening range during...
Fred Dionne
Sep 30, 20241 min read
The Banana Trade
This is a great post by Macro Ops on the real driving force behind the US Equity Markets. Hint: it's nothing else than Supply and Demand....
Fred Dionne
Aug 8, 20241 min read
The Next Asymmetric Trade in FX?
We like SHORT SWISS FRANC across the board. We have high confidence that the Swiss National Bank (SNB) will intervene in the FX market...
Fred Dionne
Jul 26, 20241 min read
The Ongoing Regime Change: Our Roadmap
This is our roadmap based on market conditions we foresee to happen in years and decades to come. It's a long term forecast based on what...
Fred Dionne
Jul 22, 20242 min read
July 22 '24 Market Update
My unfiltered, very high level note this morning pre-open to those who give a S*: 1. Technicals: Tape remains VERY bullish on higher...
Fred Dionne
Jul 17, 20241 min read
The Analogy between F1 and Portfolio Management
There are two core factors that differentiate high performance racers (managers) from average racers (managers). Simply put: The guy with...
Fred Dionne
Apr 8, 20241 min read
The Inevitable Political Economy Regime and Great Wealth Transfer
Financial repression is a very subtle, political tool implemented through the executive branch of the government to transfer wealth from...
Fred Dionne
Mar 26, 20241 min read
Will the Short Volatility Trade Blow up (again)?
Why then did we bother to hold positions that paid out massively in the event of the collapse in these instruments and why in the size...
Fred Dionne
Mar 7, 20246 min read
The China-Taiwan Situation - Supporting Material
This page highlights supporting material to our article China is Preparing for War. Updated on May 10, 2024 The upcoming supply shock...
Fred Dionne
Feb 27, 20241 min read
The New Global Macro Regime according to Blackrock
Blackrock just published their 2024 Global Investment Outlook. Their latest paper highlights their Big 2024 Outlook Calls and core themes...
Fred Dionne
Jan 9, 20244 min read
The Upcoming Blow Off Top in Equities
There are many reasons why we believe this market cycle will end with a blow off top, in particular for the very popular U.S. technology...
Fred Dionne
Nov 13, 20231 min read
Understanding Six Sigma Events
The chart below is one of the most important charts in finance. If you are down 10%, you only need to make 11% to recoup your losses....
Fred Dionne
Aug 25, 202316 min read
The Chip War and the New World Order
This article is a high level overview of our market research. It will be updated from time to time. The historical task of the complete...
Fred Dionne
Aug 25, 20231 min read
Have Businesses Reached Peak Profit Margins?
Without the consistent expansion of margins, US equities would be 40% lower than they are today. The 2019 paper from Bridgewater argues...
Fred Dionne
Jul 15, 20231 min read
Passive Investors should be VERY Worried
What’s your best estimate of Equity Risk Premium (ERP) for the SP500 over the next decades? 10%? 5%? In this must-read paper, Hussman...
Fred Dionne
Jul 14, 20231 min read
The End of an Era
This research paper is about the (slow) end of the most spectacular bull market in history. Don't get me wrong, we are still in a very...
Fred Dionne
Jul 3, 20231 min read
Momentum leads everything
Momentum leads price, which leads fundamentals (macro). As the above chart shows, macro indicators are extremely lagging ones. In the...
Fred Dionne
Jun 14, 20233 min read
The most Efficient Toolkit for Liquidating Government Debt is the Financial Repression Tax
In 2015, the IMF published a working paper with an overview of financial repression that was implemented during the last century to...
Fred Dionne
Mar 23, 20232 min read
The Systemic Bug : Bank runs can now happen at the speed of light.
Today March 22, 2023 the Federal Reserve hiked the fed funds rate by 25 bsp, in line with consensus. It ignored, however, certain claims...
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