3 Reasons The SpaceX Starship Is a Good Investment
Seven years ago, Elon Musk released the Starship as the world’s first heavy lift fully-reusable launcher capable of interplanetary flight. Then in April of 2019, the Starship began to take shape as the Starhopper...
The Best Way to Use Stock Market Correlations
When Alfred Winslow Jones pioneered the world's first "hedged" fund (the "d" was dropped later) he blew other investors away by borrowing funds to short 20% of the stocks trading at the time. He...
Ponzi Financing, Negative Interest Rates and Bitcoin, Part 2
In Part 1, we analyzed the Ponzi financing model, and further study the paradigm shift of the three financing models. Today, we discuss the investment logic of hedging and Ponzi, as well as the...
Protectionism, Politics & Economic turmoil
A hefty 400+ point reversal in the U.S. Equities yesterday has flashed a warning sign for things to come. The markets made a massive reversal as the Tech stocks rolled over. It's not the thought...
Ponzi Financing, Negative Interest Rates and Bitcoin
In previous series of our Ponzi analysis, we have established a simple model – the old school Ponzi model. In this model, we have made several intuitive conclusions:
Ponzi is essentially a process of...
TechFin vs. FinTech – What’s the difference?
Most of you have a fair idea about Fintech where the original financial system is improved upon by the use of technology. A very common & simple example of this is the online banking...
When to Sell Stocks? – A Data Driven Approach
Who doesn’t want to get rich quick? If you’ve ever even dabbled in stock trade in the hopes of making quick money, you’ll know it’s no walk in the park. The stock market seems...
Top 4 Artificial Intelligence stocks to buy and why
Artificial Intelligence (AI) continues to make its way into the mass consciousness in 2019. And through applications such as machine learning and deep learning, exciting breakthroughs will be achieved over the next few years...
Breaking down the Investing styles of four different Generations
We live in interesting times - a crossroads where four generations make up the changing demographics of the evolving global economy. This has not only given rise to the new tech- enabled model of...
The Risks & Drawbacks of the current Global Financial System
You are bound to hear two very different opinions about the current global financial system depending on who you ask, a person with a good job, nice house & a stable income living somewhere...
Quandl 2020 Alternative Data Conference
Alternative data conferences connect actors in the buy-side ecosystem to explore novel use cases as the demand for alternative data is increasingly intense. Only the largest and most sophisticated players with distinctly unique roles...
Market, Economy and Cycles, Part 1
In this sharing, we look to better understand the essence of a free-market economy from a more fundamental viewpoint of the market interactions. We also look to understand the cyclic patterns of the economy...
The Next Great Recession Is Near and Here’s Why
There are many reasons to feel confident about our economic future in the US as of late. And why shouldn’t we feel this way? We have had a pretty bullish stock market run this...
Digital Freight: The Race to Automate Truck Brokerage
In the race to digitize the truck brokerage market, will the winner be an incumbent or a challenger?
The upside is enormous. Trucking is a $734 billion market. Truckload and less-than-truckload revenue constitute close to...
The Blockchain Industry is in a Tight Spot, How to Break Out of the...
In Part 1, we discuss the reasons for the perplexity, industries that disappeared in history, and difficulties in investing in an emerging industry.
BTC has risen steadily from $3k USD at the beginning of the...
How Long Can the U.S. Bull Market Last?
The U.S. economy is currently in the tenth year of its expansion and investors and policymakers alike are wondering what will trigger the next recession. Despite the U.S. stock market is overvalued with a...
Evolution of Value Investing: How it has Changed Since the Days of Graham
Value investors are thought to be a staid lot.
Spendthrift, and always looking to the long term. The key principles of value investing have not changed since Benjamin Graham picked up his first cigar butt.
But...
Thousand Years of Hedging History, Part 2
This article will bring you through the transition from regionalization risks to globalization risks, the weakening of gold as a safe haven, and the beginning of a new phase of global economic crisis. It...
Are Social Stock Exchanges (SSE) the future of Impact Investing?
It is heartening to see how slowly but surely, the global focus of the private sector is shifting towards the collective societal well-being & preserving of the environment. These issues have taken center stage...
Startups And Saying No To A Large Investor
Hot startups are often thought of that way because of who is involved and how bold the idea is. And they get disproportionate and arguably undue attention. If you are finding yourself in that...