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Sep 20, 2023·How Markets Work

Notes from RenTec CEO Peter Brown on the GS Podcast

A rare interview

Sep 16, 2023·How Markets Work

On Active Management and Private Investments

Cost/benefit of giving up liquidity and transprency

Sep 13, 2023·How Markets Work

Investing With Your Hands On The Wheel

Assessing the returns to investing effort

Sep 10, 2023·How Markets Work

The Pods On Top Of The Food Chain

Understanding multi-managers and pods

Aug 20, 2023·How Markets Work

Reflections On Getting Filled

What's the value of something you win at auction conditional on getting filled

Jun 5, 2023·Options Theory

The Beauty of Option Theory

On a talk I gave about the value of option thinking

May 8, 2023·Options Theory·Options and Volatility

You Think You’re Trading Vol...But Are You Even?

The implied volatility you think you're trading technically depends on your actual funding costs not the ones inherited from the marketplace.

Apr 30, 2023·How Markets Work·Options and Volatility·Options Theory

Battle Scars As A Call Option — The UNG Experience

A case study in oblique risk

Apr 16, 2023·How Markets Work·Options Theory·Risk and Edge

Insights From The Warrant Puzzle via Financial Hacking

Financial Hacking is one of the best books applying intuition to common problems in trading and investing

Mar 19, 2023·How Markets Work

Beating The SP500 > Winning The NBA Title

Consistent alpha or championships?

Mar 12, 2023·Options Theory

Mock Trading

A game inspired by mock trading

Mar 9, 2023·How Markets Work

If You Wait For All The Info You’ll Be Too Late

The necessity of acting with incomplete info

Mar 5, 2023·How Markets Work

Reasoning Through A Housing Trade Out Loud

Qualitative discretion

Feb 26, 2023·How Markets Work

It’s Not The Merit It’s The Price

The wrong price can ruin a great idea

Feb 20, 2023·Risk and Edge·Options and Volatility

Understanding Log Returns

The basics of log returns

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