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Interview: The RO Show Podcast with Rosanna Prestia / Investment Philosophies, Mental Models & Pelicans.
I really enjoyed this wide-ranging conversation about Investment Philosophies, Exit Strategies, Mental Models, not to mention the origin of The Pelican!
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Interview: The Geopolitics of Commodities with Scott Smitson on The Lykeion Channel.
I interviewed Scott Smitson several months ago on Episode 3 of KAOS Theory; Scott and I return to discuss the Geopolitics of Oil and LNG. Thanks to…
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Re: Mental Models - Valuation/Risk Drivers of Financial Assets As Partial Derivatives.
Don't let the title scare you. This Mental Model from Calculus is extremely powerful in understanding the Drivers for Valuation and Risk for ALL…
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Re: Geopolitics/Inflation/USD-Ball In A China Shop.
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West Point Paper -- Part 1/4
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Re: Oil-Deep Dive & The Supply/Demand Singularity Revisited.
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Re: Geopolitics/Demographics/Inflation - The Great Power Competition Between US & China.
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Re: Inflation/USD - The Four Horsemen of US Resilience Will Make the Fed an Uneven "Distributor of Pain."
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🤘ORDERED KAOS – The Meta Substack Directory 🤘
This is the Meta-Directory of all of my Substack Sub-Directories — the “One Ring to rule them all.”
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* Interviews & Panels Substack Directory *
2/9/21 - Interview: Real Vision with Tim Pagliara / GSE Prefs. 4/22/21 - Interview: Real Vision Spotlight on Oil. 5/18/21 - Interview: Real Vision with…
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Interview: The Julia La Roche Show with Julia La Roche.
I had the pleasure of speaking with Julia La Roche on 11/9/23 for the first time. We covered not just Macro, but also bigger-picture Investing concepts…
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* Mental Models Substack Directory *
5/21/21 - Re: Mental Models-Bubble Assets As Capacitors. 5/28/21 - Re: Mental Models-Inflation Feedback Loops As Recursive Algos. 12/4/21 - Re: Mental…
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Interview: Palisades Gold Radio with Tom Bodravics.
I usually don't do back-to-back interviews, but kudos to Tom for teasing out a completely different Macro conversation today than the one I did earlier…
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Interview: "Forward Marginal Guidance" with Mike Ippolito and Jack Farley.
What a treat to talk to two of my favorite podcasters on today's FOMC, the Yield Curve and past Bear Steepenings, Inflation, USD Wrecking Ball…
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Lists: Books, Books, and more Books!
I am a voracious reader of books on a broad swath of topics. Here is an ongoing list of recent reads and favorites.
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Re: Investing Lessons - A Compilation.
These are what I consider to be “Evergreen” Investing Lessons that I’ve learned throughout my career. I find that re-reading them periodically helps my…
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Re: Inflation/Oil/Gold/Yield Curves - Revisiting Bear Steepening, Recency Bias & That 70's Show.
"Loss of Faith" narratives abound with respect to the UST and USD with the recent Bear Steepening. I argue that this was entirely predictable and driven…
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Kaoboy Musings
Kaoboy Musings
KAOBOY MUSINGS and its associated podcast KAOS THEORY focus on the intersection of Financial Markets, Macroeconomics and Geopolitics. I've spent 30+ years as a trader/hedge fund manager and now manage money for my family office across many asset classes.
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