Beats of the Market

EP 24 - If You Wait For Robins, Spring Will Be Over

In this episode Ed covers China's reopening and how that could effect inflation in the West. More problems & challenges at Tesla. The show goes on a deeper dive into sub prime auto (potential problems there), real estate markets cooling (including gated private funds), problems with crypto funding networks, and introduces a new short thesis for a company caught in the mess of cryptocurrency & KYC/AML legality.  Sources https://www.newyorkfed.org/survey/empire/empiresurvey_overview https://therealdeal.com/sanfrancisco/2023/01/11/veritas-in-default-on-450m-commercial-loan/#:~:text=Veritas%20Investments%20is%20in%20default,it%20matured%20on%20Nov.%2015. https://therealdeal.com/2023/01/16/chetrit-making-progress-on-pesky-481m-loan/ https://techcrunch.com/2023/01/17/tesla-engineer-testifies-that-2016-video-promoting-self-driving-was-faked/?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAEWpyNhF0yU2iiSm2WKjCpQ87-0uk4r_sJWWuvtGHsKWR5yBGjaPAQJz-RYxoAnSXz1zMUh2BIprCvz0U8CVoBKwI2J6Cy-aGvunUH2oOQ_-kw1dwXkJ5QoHkF6aG11_e0AXpMQYoUN2DiR2sMJwspNx9C-5WZEQHENmQiQFZIQr

EP 23 - Creative Destruction & 2022 Thoughts

In this episode Ed covers thoughts about investing & trading from 2022, accepting opposition view points, short-selling psychology/risk management, and overall market/economic thoughts.

EP 22 - Justice Served & Closing Thoughts on 2023

Ed closes the year with thoughts on where we are in the economic cycle, lessons learned & thoughts about portfolio management, and recent justice served as the fraud cycle begins to expose bad actors.

EP 21 - They Blush For Shame

This episode covers macroeconomic conditions, quant-based investors (Ed Thorp, Jim Simons, & Renaissance Technologies), and recession indicators (yields). The new technological cold war between the West & East (inspired by thoughts from Dr. Pippa Malmgren) is discussed along with recent crypto assassinations.  Ed goes on a fiery rant over FTX and calls for legal action. The show ends with an overview of portfolio positioning, tail hedging strategies, and overall market navigation.  https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/interactive/2022/ covid-money-trail-investigation-explained/?itid=hp-top-table-main_p001_f001 https://trust.zscaler.com/zscloud.net/posts/12256 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10380825/Sir-Tony-Radakin-warns-Russia-attempts-sever-communication-cables-seen-act-war.html

EP 20 - FTX - Financial Trust eXterminated

This episode covers the story of Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) and the numerous bad actors surrounding the FTX exchange leading to its collapse. The episode goes on to discuss recent job layoffs, the latest 13F cycle, and a noticeable slowdown in housing markets. Ed recommends taking digital assets out of all crypto exchanges ASAP. https://www.businessinsider.com/people-worried-about-airbnb-bust-short-term-rentals-2022-11 https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-ontario-teachers-pension-plan-faces-a-hit-on-investment-in-crypto/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqzsPz0-u0U - Marc Cohodes on HedgeEye