Bill Ackman Shorts Over $20BN In Credit To Hedge Next Crash

Discussion in 'Wall St. News' started by Banjo, Nov 11, 2020.

  1. zdreg

    zdreg

    In 1929 Professor Irving Fisher said that the stock market has reached a permanently high plateau. even you do you believe your statement?
     
    #11     Nov 11, 2020
  2. RedDuke

    RedDuke

    yes, we are beyond of point of no return, Fed must keep rates low otherwise house of cards will fall. And no one wants that.
     
    #12     Nov 11, 2020
  3. maxinger

    maxinger

    Luckily we don't read such news because it
    will contaminate our minds.
    We don't watch how other people trade.


    Out of 1000 traders who do counter trend
    trading, surely there will be one successful trader.


    We focus on our charts and do
    our own analysis.
     
    #13     Nov 11, 2020
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  4. I think rates will go negative before they start going up. Just bullish for stocks. Just give it a little bit guys.

    Of course this is not investment advice, and trade at your own risk.
     
    #14     Nov 11, 2020
  5. Relentless

    Relentless

    Hope you don't invest on this thesis.

    That is what the Fed is saying. They are flat out lying.
     
    #15     Nov 11, 2020
  6. his first trade was back in Feb (right before Corona virus hit US...) he now trades on the same idea. I don't think the trade is going to work out like it did in the first time. there have been many changes since then.... I wonder who was the guy sold him the insurance. probably it was Citi bank :)
     
    #16     Nov 11, 2020
  7. RedDuke

    RedDuke

    I do not, I am algo trader who trades futures. I just do not see them raising rates, too much debt out there. I would go even farther and say we will see negative rates if markets and economy tanks
     
    #17     Nov 12, 2020
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  8. He's buying CDS. You can roughly translate this trade as shorting corporate bonds and buying US treasuries. The position is duration neutral (*), there is nothing there to indicate his view on the US rates (or any other rate market, for that matter).

    * for those who are very anal, long CDS does have a tiny bit of sensitivity to the interest rates for various reasons so it's not 100% duration neutral
     
    #18     Nov 12, 2020
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  9. I'm just noticing as a "direction to perhaps lean".

    I don't care what anybody says about anything. Whatever is going to happen of significance is revealed in the price chart.... of anything and everything. Being "in tune" with that is golden.

    I learned long ago about trying to figure out "who or why?". I only care about what is being done (buying/selling).

    :)
     
    #19     Nov 12, 2020