VOL11: The Anatomy of a Trade ft. Alex Gurevich

In this episode Hari is joined by Alex Gurevich, author, PhD in mathematics and founder of HonTe Investments, to discuss how he values bonds differently to many investors today, how to build a balanced portfolio, the many ways to loose money when buying an option (even if you are "kinda" right) as well as how he makes decisions as a trader, how to manage stress and keep a healthy lifestyle as a hedge fund manager and what the future of the global financial markets may look like.

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In this episode, we discuss:

• How different types of bonds are valuated
• The pattern in how many times the FED tends to move rates, once they begin
• Why Rate cycles are getting shorter (in time)
• Why Alex believes that the FED should not raise rates before reducing their balance sheet
• Alex playbook for the Ukrainian crisis: Oil could collapse to $40 and Rates could go back to zero
• How your performance can end up defining who you are (if you are not careful)
• The synchronisation of the central banks and how the future might look for the global financial market

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Episode TimeStamps:

00:00 - Intro

02:42 - Introduction to Alex and his background

07:20 - How Alex think about bonds

16:37 - Have bonds become more important since 2008?

18:15 - Making decisions as a trader, and handling victories and defeats

28:01 - Why did Alex go into dividend futures during Covid crisis?

33:41 - What Alex would have done if the FED had not stepped in during the Covid crisis

35:40 - How manager can feel that their performance defines who they are

41:27 - The synchronization of central banks and the affect on rates

48:59 - What’s going to happen with the FED going forward?

54:05 - Rounding off and overview of Alex’s books

59:38 - Thank you for listening

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