KAOBOY MUSINGS and its associated podcast KAOS THEORY focus on the intersection of 3 topics that I have a passion for: Financial Markets, Macroeconomics and Geopolitics.
I started my career in the early 90’s trading commodities at Goldman Sachs and then spent the next 25 years in portfolio management at two hedge funds — Canyon Partners and Akanthos Capital (my shop). I retired in 2019 to invest my own capital. I quickly found that I missed putting my market views out there and engaging with smart people, so here I am.
While I don’t comment on idiosyncratic positions, I am quite transparent about my Macro leanings. I don’t get everything right — not by a long shot. But as I used to tell my analysts, I always would rather be “generally accurate than precisely wrong,” so that is what I aim for. I invite you into my archives to see my historical views on Oil, Inflation, the USD, etc.
My goals here are simple:
Educate
Encourage Out-of-the-Box Thinking
Elevate Above The Noise
Entertain!
You won’t find the “market roundup” content here or “trade recommendations.” What you WILL find is thought-provoking commentary and intellectual frameworks to help you develop your OWN theses — in my opinion, that is the only way you can have conviction.
My hope is to produce content with lasting and even “evergreen” educational value and hope you will check out my archives, as I have migrated many of my old Twitter threads here.
While I cannot promise a predictable cadence of output (because I can’t predict what pops into my head and when), I hope that my pieces will cut through the noise rather than be part of the noise.
Finally, I am a big fan of bringing in mental models from other disciplines and injecting ideas from eclectic subjects, so…
If you’re curious about what lies at the intersection of Finance, Macroeconomics, Geopolitics, and Thrash Metal, subscribe to KAOBOY MUSINGS / KAOS THEORY and find out! 🤘
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I don’t do this for the money and only write because:
I am passionate about the subject material.
I like to educate others.
I like to draw out two-way discourse from other smart people to sharpen my own thinking.
But I also want to offer something of value to my Paid Subs, so I’ve come up with the following decision around my Paywall:
ALL POSTS AND PODCASTS WILL ALWAYS BE FREE TO EVERYONE FOR 1 MONTH.
Only Paid Subs will have access to the Archive beyond the month.
Only Paid Subs will have access to the Daily Chats, which are very similar to my Twitter Musings of the Day, but open to a smaller, more focused audience without the noise or bots of Twitter.
I hope that is a fair and equitable solution to my dilemma of not wanting to compromise my objectivity and still wanting to provide relevant content that is accessible to everyone while also offering something of value to those who have upgraded to Paid Subs.
Thank you ALL for your kind support!
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