notes, learnings and reflections for future self reference
https://behavioralvalueinvestor.com/blog/2017/8/27/what-do-the-best-investors-do-that-the-rest-dont
Every Libra token that gets created is backed by a reserve of real assets. Close examination of partner balance sheet figures shows approximately USD148 billion dollars of cash and equivalent available for deployment right out the gates.
One of Libra’s goals is to provide banking access to segments of the world’s population that don’t. Close examination of partners’ reach to this segment of the world shows 7.9million people. This is not including the 204 million African Internet Users on Facebook.
US treasury and Federal Reserve are non-political entities
During the period of Dec 2019, the SPY index ranged between
The steep decline in share price can be attributed to the ongoing trade war wage by the Trump administration and the expected Federal Reserve rate hike. The decline attributions are as follows:
During the period of May and June 2019, the SPY index ranged between
The steep decline in share price can be attributed to the two front trade war wage by the Trump administration which caused a 6.61% price decline
Of the recovery that occurred after 3rd June 2019, the following parties could be attributed
While both the Government administration and the Federal reserve have observed impact on the SnP index, it is observed the Federal reserve has a slightly higher level of impact.
This post talks in detail about the technical aspects of our exit strategy
This post documents how we identify negative macro downtown.
The central banks announced they stepped in to prop up the market if situation deteriorates with the ongoing trade war.
The Russell index observed to have started stabilization as recent as the 31st of May 2019
Down trend persisted for the Nasdaq well till 4th June 2019
Down trend persisted for the S&P 500 well till 4th June 2019
The Nikkei Index closely mirrored the Russell 2000 index
The charts for the Asian markets closely mirror the SnP charts with Singapore being most responsive amongst
Below are a list of transactions on the short side of the market with the attempt to ride this negative macro trend.
Positions were picked based on occurrences of large dip scenarios in the prior few weeks.
This strategy under performed when compared against simply shorting the SnP index during the same period.