What Marvel’s Doctor Strange can teach us about investing

DISCLAIMER: SPOILER ALERT! Marvel's latest movie to hit the screens feature a high-flying neurosurgeon who meets a tragic and career-ending accident and stumbled into the world of magic and sorcery while scouring for a recovery to his injuries. Upon discovering this new realm, he joins a clan of mystical warriors and sorcerers who are working … Continue reading What Marvel’s Doctor Strange can teach us about investing →

Ways of a global macro trader: Interview with Dario Mofardin

At ChatWithTraders.com, we are able to listen to wonderful interviews of successful traders and investors done via podcasts. It is an invaluable source of insights and a great asset to many of us actively involved in the markets! As a discretionary macro investor, an interview that stood out to me was the podcast with Dario … Continue reading Ways of a global macro trader: Interview with Dario Mofardin →

The BOJ’s new framework may mean that the Yen may become Confetti some day…

In its September policy update, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) announced that it's tweaking its framework to "Quantitative & Qualitative Easing with Yield Curve Control", with 2 major components: Yield curve control: "the bank will control short-term and long-term interest rates" Inflation-overshooting commitment: "the bank commits itself to expanding the monetary base until the year-on-year … Continue reading The BOJ’s new framework may mean that the Yen may become Confetti some day… →

Review of ‘Global Macro Trading’ from Greg Gliner

With praises from market commentator Marc Faber, Byron Wien and Anthony Scaramucci, I had to snap up a copy for my own study and reference given the lack of books on global macro investing. I have to say that this particular one from money manager Greg Gliner is a neat, prescient and useful guide on the art of … Continue reading Review of ‘Global Macro Trading’ from Greg Gliner →

Portfolio strategy for 4Q 2016: Watch the USD for cues

As the legendary Soros declares above: investing is never about making predictions, it is about making probability-adjusted bets. Hence global macro investors tend to map out scenarios and devise action plans to deal with uncertainty in the financial markets. The US Dollar is a mega trend that has to be observed closely by virtue of the … Continue reading Portfolio strategy for 4Q 2016: Watch the USD for cues →