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This entire thing feels like a clown show. You have these articles saying, “It’s not Wall Street’s fault. I mean, it is, but we’re gonna tell you it’s not because we’re all in bed together.” Little piggies who all eat slop from the same trough. We’ve seen this mess before.

Jon Stewart confronts Alan Greenspan and says, “So we don’t have a free market. We have a benevolent hand…” and Greenspan tells him not to think of it that way. I mean, yes, but also don’t think of it that way. You’re saying it the wrong way.

-my upcoming crossover podcast episode regarding Money for Nothing: Inside the Federal Reserve

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Understanding the Role of Hedge Funds in Investment Strategy

Hedge funds have always been somewhat enigmatic in the financial world. But what exactly are they, and how can they fit into your investment strategy? You might have heard about hedge funds as high-risk, high-reward ventures, but is that all there is to them? In this article, we’ll take a closer look at hedge funds, uncovering what they are, their benefits, risks, and how they can align with…

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The global stock market rally isn’t as narrow as you think: “If you assign equal weights to the MSCI Europe, Japan and the US indices, this is the best start to a year since 1998, Lapthorne notes. In dollar terms the Nikkei 225 is off to its best start since 1999.”

https://www.ft.com/content/06a485d9-c880-4097-bb99-02ab98697d1a

💵Federal Reserve signals determination to raise interest rates after June pause

Officials think more tightening is needed amid tight labour market and ‘upside risks’ to #inflation

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"Sophisticated" Investors Invest at the Peak of the Tech Bubble

"Much of that investment (in technology start-ups) poured in last year, as the valuations of private start-ups were hitting a peak. Hedge funds, private equity firms, sovereign wealth funds, corporate VCs, and mutual funds between them supplied two-thirds of all the money that went into venture investing globally last year, according to data provider PitchBook." While most of the literature on behavioral finance has focused on individual decisions, it appears that the most sophisticated investors are also prone to the biases and emotions that distort the decisions of the less-knowledgeable investors. https://www.ft.com/content/6395df7e-1bab-4ea1-a7ea-afaa71354fa0

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"The Children" (The Stories of John Cheever)

There's an ongoing discussion over whether there should be an American remake of "Parasite" with a very loud contingent stating that the movie should be left alone because it's just so unique and special. While I can see an American studio fucking the movie, I don't think that it's particularly unique since capitalism makes slaves of us all. Oh sure, as Americans, we might prefer the comforting fantasies of Daniel Craig outright calling the Elon Musk stand-in an idiot or Ralph Fiennes torturing and killing rich people as a famous chef in The Menu, but Parasite is really the better reflection of our lives in this system - sucking up to the billionaires and millionaires who made the country into their tax exempt playground, wanting to believe that philanthropy is automatically better than taxes going for basic services, enjoying the perks of museums and operas while walking past the Koch Family wing.

The family in Parasite is just a lot more blatant in their sucking up to the rich family. For just a few moments in the middle of the movie, they can pretend that they are living in luxury, but ultimately they have to fight for their position and lose it because everything is going to be stacked against them. And even when the wealthy family thinks that they are being kind, they are monsters. Trump may be gone, but Biden will still fuck over the railroad unions.

In that context, we have Victor MacKenzie, a man who actually believes in the American Dream, who believes in capitalism and actually thinks that he's found a place for himself. First, he's the "adpoted son" of a millionaire who keeps him in a privileged position. Frequently, the millionaire relies on Victor and even puts Victor in charge of giving his son a stipend.

Yet, nowhere in the story does Victor advance much farther in the company than gofer. Even when Victor has a chance of making his mark in the company with a presentation, his benafactor pushes him out of the room and does it himself.

So once that millionaire dies, Victor is fired by his children, since "you're like a son to me" is a poor substitute for an actual inheritance.

Later on Victor ends up being the house manager for a rich old woman who dotes on him. And as house manager he is fine, only he's not fine. The son hates him. He throws people off the lawn at the woman's insistence only to find out that they are friends of the family. And then the woman's awful daughter comes and accuses him of being rude.

So that's it for Victor's cushy job. Hell, this feels like my average temp job where I started out with everyone saying what a hard worker I was but months into it, I am suddenly the laziest worst employee ever, doing the exact same thing. Lois Peltz of Infovest21 was the worst in this regard. Before she hired me, I was perfect. But months into it, she started making a big deal out of small mistakes and then she insisted that I take a lunch. Or she would tell me that she was angry at me for not doing something that wasn't due for a couple of days - AT THE END OF THE DAY - when I just wanted to go home. At a certain point she didn't even want me listening to music. And she was the worst when she was smiling. Always with that smile that said she was pissed off. I remember this job well because it was the second time I was actually on the books of the place where i was working and the last time I worked in an office.

I don't miss it.

So Victor goes from the most important member of the house to "everyone has told me that you are awful and now I see you have been taking advantage of me" because a couple people told his boss that they didn't like him, and this silly old woman decided to pull the rug out from under Victor because she's easily influenced.

And the story ends with Victor latching onto another family. By this point, his daughter isn't talking to him and he seems too old to be sucking up to rich people, but there he is again. Just going from place to place being pathetic. Without much insight.

Oh and Infovest21 made money out of news about hedgefunds and pathetic seminars. I was in charge of spamming every potential attendee. Damn, I hope that place is gone. (looks like it changed its name to Peltz Intl. Seriously don't work for that place).

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