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Kai Volatility founder: a meaningful crisis will be allowed to happen before June 2027
12 calls: why Washington's plan is "print money, buy stocks," how a $300T equity market became too big to fail, and the 4 building blocks he says…
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A two-day AI-stock rout left the SOXX down 33-40% from its highs — RiskReversal Pod
7 takeaways: why PEAK6 ran prediction markets 15 years before they had a name, why options still lock out small investors, and Musk's $500B hit
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I had a 20-second edge on Goldman Sachs, says Tock co-founder
6 takeaways: how a philosophy major built a 20-second trading edge on Goldman, then a 3-Michelin restaurant, then Tock
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Dumb Money Live founder on Amazon options: down $8M, up a net $11M
6 principles: how a corrupted Google Trends dataset burned him on Lululemon, why he's fine with 70% drawdowns, and what worries him more than killer…
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TJM strategist: Warsh would buy bonds only after a 35% Nasdaq drop and a 5.5% 10-year
14 predictions: why he doubts the 10-year runs much past 5.5%, why he sees disinflation by late 2027, and why zero-day options may make the stock market…
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Long-short indexing can harvest 20%–70% in tax losses a year, Creative Planning finds
16 lessons: why past winners tend to lag the market, why taxes stop most sellers, how a $10M charitable trust pays out $12M, and the three case studies…
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"We don't do sports": Public's co-CEO on prediction markets that move portfolios
11 takeaways: why Public's trading agents run as fixed code that cannot hallucinate, how a rate-hike probability can trigger a Treasury sale, and why…
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AllianceBernstein portfolio manager: buffer ETFs work as a guard against investor bias
9 takeaways: why AB's buffer ETFs reset every 3 months with a ratchet, how the 15% conservative buffer stacks up against T-bills, and a premium income…
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Almost 40–60% of ETF flows now come from model portfolios — FTSE Russell Convenes
7 insights: why institutions now hold ETFs for years, how 3,000-plus models compete for advisers, why options-based ETFs took off, and where private…
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62.5bps of Fed hikes priced for 2026 inverted the curve, Quadratic Capital's CIO finds
6 calls: Why the jump in rate volatility was the biggest since COVID and SVB, how her IVOL fund finally paid off, and why she says the market sees a Fed…
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A 1-year 10% buffer caps gains near 15% right now, Vest's CEO finds
6 lessons: Why he says diversified portfolios share one hidden risk, how Vest runs $75B across 100+ buffer funds, and who buys them instead of paying…
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"I said the 10-year note is the risk asset": Macro Risk Advisors CEO on hedging
12 insights: A 40-point gap between single-stock and index volatility, $860B of new federal debt in 4 months, and the hedge he wants left on until…
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