Entries by Peter Brandt

Brexit Exit Polling by Hedge Funds

The British government allows large hedge funds to conduct their own exit polling. They are not allowed to release their findings until 22:00 British Summer Time (BST) — there is no prohibition against their trading based on their own Brexit exit polling.

Properly sampled Brexit exit polling in UK voting is extremely accurate (usually within a +/- 1% error). Hedge funds will have a good indication on the Brexit vote by midday BST and will almost certainly have solid data by 18:00 BST. There is an embargo on publishing results until 22:00 BST. Thus, hedge funds will have a lead of many hours over the average market speculator.

Understanding global macro economics in 75 minutes

Do yourself a huge favor and watch the following three presentations on global macro economics.

The first two are by my friend Raoul Pal, co-founder of RealVisionTV. It is my honor to be associated with RealVisionTV.

The second is by Ray Dalio, CEO and founder of Bridgewater Associates.

First, link to Raoul’s intro into his view of global macro. This video is 2:35 long. CLICK VIDEO

 

https://www.youtube.com/embed/he3SYgTQh2o

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Natural Gas Rising

The dominant chart construction in Natural Gas is the completed 7- month H&S bottom on the daily graph (Oct contract). Note the appearance of a possible 6-day flag on the Oct chart.