Category Archives: Howard Marks
Matt King: Global QE And “ETFs Everywhere” Have Created An Unstable, One-Way Market
While the financial industry remains divided over what precisely is the cause of the malaise that affects modern markets, characterized by plunging volumes and trading activity, record low volatility and dispersion, a relentless ascent disconnected from fundamentals, and generally a sense of foreboding doom, manifested by an all time high OMT skew – or record […]
How To Hedge A Near-Term Market Shock: Here Are The Best Trades
As we showed earlier today, last Thursday’s unexpected, historic VIX explosion, driven by a surge of geopolitical worries about North Korea, and subsequent collapse was remarkable in both how fast and furious it was both on the way up and then, on the way down.As Bank of America said “both the spike in vol and […]
Gartman Stakes His Reputation That “The Bull Market Has Come To An End”
If the algos were waiting for just one catalyst to unleash the buy everything, sell VIX program, they may have gotten it moments ago when, following a global rout across markets on yet another day of North Korean nuclear war concerns, Dennis Gartman, staking his “reputation” said that he is “fearful… very… that this wondrous […]
T.Rowe Price Issues A Warning For Investors, Cuts Stock Allocation To Lowest Since 2000
One day after DoubleLine chief Jeff Gundlach told Bloomberg TV that it is time for investors to head for the exits as his highest conviction trade is “volatility is about to go up”, and that he is reducing his positions in junk bonds, EM debt and other lower-quality investments on fears investor sentiment may roll […]
Gundlach Is Quietly Heading For The Exit: “Volatility Is About To Go Up”
DoubleLine Capital’s Jeff Gundlach has become one of the most visible critics of market complacency, revealing his purchase buy five- and eight-month S&P 500 put options. Now, the legendary bond investor is touting his bet on a spike in equity market volatility as one of his “highest conviction” trades, according to an interview with Bloomberg. […]
My friend emailed billionaire Howard Marks about Bitcoin. Here’s his response–
sovereignman.com / Simon Black / August 2, 2017 Today is one of those days when I feel blessed to have such wonderful and interesting people in my life. A few months ago I introduced you to Ben Yu, a Silicon Valley-based entrepreneur who’s easily one of the most unique people I know. I first met Ben when he […]
“We Emailed Billionaire Howard Marks About Bitcoin; Here’s His Response…”
Authored by Simon Black via SovereignMan.com, Today is one of those days when I feel blessed to have such wonderful and interesting people in my life. A few months ago I introduced you to Ben Yu, a Silicon Valley-based entrepreneur who’s easily one of the most unique people I know. I first met Ben when […]
Netflix Is Spending Twice As Much As Amazon On Content
When it comes to Netflix and its stratospheric (forward) valuation, the thesis is simple: the company is (so far) the undisputed leader in the arena of internet streaming. As the LA Times summarizes, the global streaming giant today boasts impressive stats: 104 million subscribers worldwide, up 25% from last year and almost quadruple from five […]