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Schrödinger’s Portfolio

By Ben Hunt | August 3, 2013 | 0 Comments

“The world is given to me only once, not one existing and one perceived.” – Erwin Schrödinger “Quantum theory provides us with a striking illustration of…

The Framing of Macro Data

By Ben Hunt | July 31, 2013 | 0 Comments

A review of Narrative formation immediately after the July 31st release of Q2 US GDP data. epsilon-theory-the-framing-of-macro-data-july-31-2013.pdf (232Kb)

Rise of the Machines

By Ben Hunt | July 28, 2013 | 0 Comments

“Music, this complex and mysterious act, precise as algebra and vague as a dream, this art made out of mathematics and air, is simply the…

The Tao of Portfolio Management

By Ben Hunt | July 21, 2013 | 0 Comments

“Shape clay into a vessel; It is the space within that makes it useful. Cut doors and windows for a room; It is the holes…

The Market of Babel

By Ben Hunt | July 14, 2013 | 1 Comment

“But Achilles, weeping, quickly slipping away from his companions, sat on the shore of the gray salt sea, and looked out to the wine-dark sea.”…

The Music of the Spheres and the Alchemy of Finance

By Ben Hunt | July 7, 2013 | 4 Comments

“You say that we go round the sun. If we went round the moon it would not make a pennyworth of difference to me or…

How Gold Lost Its Luster, How the All-Weather Fund Got Wet, and Other Just-So Stories

By Ben Hunt | June 30, 2013 | 0 Comments

In some periods of history gold is money. In other periods of history gold is not. But gold is always something, and that something is defined by the Common Knowledge of the day.

Today our Common Knowledge is that gold is an insurance policy against central bank error.

The Matrix Reloaded — Seeing Markets as Informational Structures

By Ben Hunt | June 27, 2013 | 0 Comments

A review of current market informational structure one week post the June 19th FOMC announcement. epsilon-theory-matrix-reloaded-seeing-markets-as-informational-structures-june-27-2013.pdf (295KB)

2 Fast 2 Furious

By Ben Hunt | June 23, 2013 | 0 Comments

We are all impaled on the crook of conditioning. – James Dean (1931 – 1955) This note is a sequel to my letter from two weeks…

The Narrative Battle is Joined

By Ben Hunt | June 21, 2013 | 0 Comments

A review of Narrative formation efforts on June 21st to support the market. epsilon-theory-the-narrative-battle-is-joined-june-21-2013.pdf (227KB)