The tariffs that President Donald Trump was forced to pause and reduce their impact had exposed and raised more red flags on the systemic risk and fragility of capital markets. It once again brought awareness of the concern regulators have on the 100:1 leverage basis trade conducted by RV hedge funds and macro hedge funds. … Continue reading ChatGPT’s insights on financial markets: Derivatives, Gross Notional Value, VaR, basis trade, etc.
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“The Ouroboros Fund” Private Equity and Pension Funds.
I was watching a 2019 interview with Aaron Glantz, who wrote a book called Homewrecker about how a handful of politically connected financiers—including Steve Mnuchin, Wilbur Ross, and Blackstone executives—profited immensely off the 2008 housing collapse. A women in the audience asked him a question that was reminiscent to one of my insights when I … Continue reading “The Ouroboros Fund” Private Equity and Pension Funds.