In the annals of central banking, few tools carry the weight of paradox quite like Quantitative Easing (QE). Born of crisis—first as an experimental ointment during the 2008 financial meltdown, then as a blunt instrument against the Covid-19 economic paralysis—QE has morphed from the emergency measure that it should be to a symbol of monetary […]
I’ve been busy of late, working on my Sigma platform (which is now in user testing), writing the draft of a book I’ve been working on for a while (100,000 words and still not done, going to need some editing!) and building positions for my core portfolio for the next 6 months. The last of […]
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2022 was a tough year for Investors. Rising inflation globally, subsequent Central Bank Monetary Policy tightening (despite protestations in Q1 that inflation was “transitory”!), Energy price rises, war in Ukraine, supply chain issues post Covid and the resulting tightening liquidity conditions of all of that are but a few of the Macroeconomic factors that kept […]
When embarking upon our journey into the wonderful world of financial markets, regardless of the age at which those first steps are taken, we are generally all consumed by the excitement of it all. Anticipation of profits are palpable, we will make money, we will beat the market. Statistics around the number of successful (and […]
Fractals in Price Action can be dangerous things. On their own they lack context and in trading context is generally key to decision making when we’re attempting to play probabilities looking for an edge. While it’s absolutely true that there are patterns that repeat on all timeframes, including the Macro, we need to consider the […]
OK, that’s a rather (intentionally) controversial title. I apologise. 🙂 I think it’s fairly well accepted that Bitcoin has, since its inception, followed a 4 year cycle. The general view is that this cycle revolves around the halvings, when the block reward paid to miners on the network halves in line with the number of […]