I was a Ron Paul loving, fed-obsessed teenager. Reading a ton about economics and finance is what got me here, plus the post-Trump vibe check

he had already left the industry by the time of the interview, but fair. second hand anecdotes should be treated as amusing fiction at best

Many/most reputable places that do this kind of trading have fixed whole market exposure, either long only or long/short (and a lot are long/short). The idea being that since it's mathematically impossible for the average hedge fund to beat the market in the long term by much (tbf, less so since the rise of index funds), they should at least be able to provide returns that aren't correlated to the stock market, as any idiot can get correlated returns.

Besides, everyone knows that just because things are getting worse doesn't mean number won't go up - you'd typically trade on the belief that number go up in some more sophisticated way, perhaps by predicting what the fed will do to make sure number go up, or how the books will be cooked to make sure number go up.

I think that's the guy, though I heard of him via interview in someone else's show. Can't remember which podcast it was.

I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:

• yewtu.be
• inv.nadeko.net
• yt.artemislena.eu
• piped.video

When something pops off in a city like NYC though there are enough people active that aren't even in orgs that they can make the police retreat, I have some hope for the future, a lot of young people got their first taste of a sort of action in 2020 and many are still down for the cause. The most serious revolutionaries aren't going to talk about it much.

Why do you say that?

Please don't, Silicon Valley is just the biggest fucking meme in this world