Pocket of Lights Inversion Investor

When "Mad Money" first aired on CNBC, it was all the rage. I remember sitting in Toronto, watching this man drop some wisdom. His picks on the opening segment would move the after-hours on stocks.After all this time, I finally got my own amusing lightning round, asking Jim about $BA and Japan.
It really didn’t go anywhere, as Jim was busy shaking. But then I got to have some good conversations with some guys on the Street. I've got a series of big announcements coming and some special project releases. Maybe I'll drop some fire stock picks if my laptop recovers from a coffee spill incident- welp.



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What are you receiving from me?
Are you receiving data?
Are you receiving AI?
Are you receiving content?
You are receiving art.
Authentic art.
Art condensed with value, providing an advantage over the market, something not everyone can achieve.
If automation is being automated.
What you need is another perspective - 1 of 1.




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“Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.”
―Steve Jobs





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Regarding the above, consider the concept of a wartime economy and infrastructure stimulus.

So the S&P hits 5000.
Single-handedly, the biggest position I have taken in a duration of 2 years.
During times when it was extremely unpopular.
As you may or may not know, I'm neutral and I'm pinning the index for this week. Not because I'm really interested in intraday trades, but as I previously mentioned.
Hitting the bullseye is very much the single greatest achievement in the art of speculation.

When I think of markets, I strive to identify the essence of their necessity for functioning as the real edge.
What am I saying?
You must seek to find the anomaly in the normality.
If you can find the anomaly in the normality you are ‘set for life’.
A real edge in the market should work in all time frames and durations.
If the edge is time-specific, such as using an indicator that only works with a certain time frame, it should be seen as curve-fitting.
If the edge is fad-specific, that is also an indication of no edge. I often see these grafters with no edge, engaging in the latest fads like NFTs or crypto, when they didn't even have an edge on whatever fad they were focused on before.

This is why an astute value investor can buy a under valued asset at any given moment because one believes his edge to reflect over a longer duration.
For example, with all our data on the amount of water consumption, steps or sleep required to be considered ‘good’, why is it that on both an aggregate level and an individual level, the data will present our inability to meet the suggested daily requirements?
If we were to tally water, steps, or sleep beyond the daily time frame, such as quarterly or annually, these characteristics still exist.
We could call this reflective of human nature, which is the longest durable edge in markets and can always be seen with a simple examination of the data in both long and short time durations.

Consider the fact that there is an influx of volume at the open, with it tapering off in the afternoon and picking up near the close. This phenomenon mirrors our biophysical energy levels throughout a day.
Over longer periods of time, volume expansion and contraction can be observed in seasonality, such as the decrease in activity during summer in the Hamptons.


FYI, I’m looking for clever analyst to work on some projects with.




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The market history of China is predicated on saving face.
A particular ethnic face has been co-opted into the ideas of nationalism and merged into a communist political ideology. With a system that promises anyone who supports the system that they won't lose face in the ‘playground’.
The issue with the playground is that it's only their controlled playground. It is the low-value (GDP per capita or Google Ad Spend/Rev) collectivism that reinforces the echo chamber, providing the mini social dopamine to keep the participants of the game happy.
Imagine, a market that isn’t a market.
Short Bans
Trading Bans and restrictions
Analytical Consensus
Price Pegging
One Way Managed Trade
Coordinated Liquidity Gates with the Multinational Managerial Class (aka passport bro?)
Systemic risk and natural recoveries are halted in favor of long-drawn-out frozen markets to transition to moderately more liquid environments is concerning.
Central planners make time relative.
What business environment is known to go slower? Asia.
They say they are old.
They also say they are young?
Is it because central planning has caused so many deaths in the region?
Social Media Constructs

If you observe the collectivists on social media, you'll notice they mostly like or engage in their collectivist social media updates or with their liberal ‘counterparts'. They think this is free will, but the content fits the agendas of the state apparatus. This is similar to avid fan groups of our biggest pop stars to elevate the idol.
Most of the collectivist liberal counterparts are also attracted to environments that will provide them a ‘safe space’ to leave the West. They are better known on the internet as the 'Passport Bros'. Many of these ‘Passport Bros’ will be your Asian equity specialists and share the same ideology of the collectivist society they claim to have fallen in love with.
All you should see is the man’s conflict to provide objective analysis - liability.
Communists know that a man's hard assets and his family are his biggest liability, which is why Jack Ma must always return to China.

Only a Few Great Teams
Throughout history, very few nation-states deserve much vigor towards nationalism, which is ultimately just a basket of ideas.
Our biological state should not restrict us from objectively assessing opportunity costs and trying to identify the hierarchy of ideas.
Was a +90 year old Warren Buffett during the pandemic 'buying when others were fearful?'
Or was he just fearful?






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