Category: Research
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Poker & Investing: Lessons from a Professional Poker Player
A couple weeks ago I interviewed one of Macro Ops’ members, Macro Nakamoto (not his actual name). Macro is a professional poker player by trade. After finding success with the card game, Macro turned to another interest: trading and investing. My interview focused on Macro’s background as a poker player. Yet despite focusing on poker, the…
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Your Monday Dirty Dozen [CHART PACK] #12
You’d be surprised when you’re put right on the ball and you’ve got to do something and everybody’s looking at you going, OK, what’s going to happen? You put yourself there on the firing line — give me a blindfold and a last cigarette and let’s go. And you’d be surprised by how much comes…
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Podcast Transcript: Interview with Richard Howe
For those that don’t know, can you give everyone a background on how you got into investing? What led you to spin-offs? I am Boston born and raised, growing up I always loved investing. I was always one of those kids that was in the investment club in high-school and college. I was lucky, my parents…
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Musings: Great Empires, Trust in Economics, And Dr. Copper’s Prescription
Alex here with your latest Friday Macro Musings…As always, if you come across something cool during the week, shoot an email to alex@macro-ops.com and we’ll share it with the group.Latest Articles/Podcasts/Videos — Your Monday Dirty Dozen [CHART PACK] — I look at the near-term technical picture for the SPX and then we analyze the valuation…
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Media Investment Guides, MSG Spin-off and Yacktman’s Focused Fund
We’re two weeks away from Christmas. Wow.If you’re struggling to think of what to get your significant other for Christmas — get them a stock! Unlike flowers, a stock will (hopefully) last decades. Churning out fat dividends. Then, use those dividends for dinner dates.You can thank me later.Anyways, here’s what we got in store this…
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How To Take Advantage of Tax-Loss Selling
Tax-loss selling (or harvesting) sounds complicated. But in reality, it’s simple. You sell your biggest losers to shield the gains you’ve made in the rest of your account. It’s not only retail investors with adept accountants that do this. Financial advisors, hedge fund managers and institutions all join in on the game.Yet this tax strategy…
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Your Monday Dirty Dozen [CHART PACK] #11
He whom the ancients called an expert in battle gained victory where victory was easily gained. Thus the battle of the expert is never an exceptional victory, nor does it win him reputation for wisdom or credit for courage. His victories in battle are unerring. Unerring means that he acts where victory is certain, and…
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Media Investing, African Equities and Japanese Ideas
Can you believe we’re in the last month of 2019? Seems like yesterday Value Hive was born. Oh how time flies …Anyways, we’re deep in the throes of Holiday season. Lights are up, stockings hung. Here’s what’s in store this week: Media investment guides Thoughts on South African investing Warnings from Brookfield White-paper on Margin…
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Follow The Insiders: Why It Pays To Watch Insider Activity
Want to add an extra layer of protection and insight to your investment strategy? Consider monitoring insider activity.Buying when insiders buy doesn’t guarantee success, no strategy will. But investing alongside owners that have skin in the game improves your odds. The research backs this up. We’ll take a look at a few studies that prove…
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Hedge Funds Closing, Schwab Buying and Mexican Stocks
Before we dive into this week’s content, I want to let everyone know that this Friday, Nov. 29th MO is having a special Black Friday surprise for all Value Hive readers. I don’t want to spoil anything, but I will say that if you like to trade equity earnings announcements, you won’t want to miss…