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Hey Spike

By Ben Hunt | October 9, 2014 | 0 Comments

The strong do what they can, while the weak suffer what they must. — Thucydides, “The History of the Peloponnesian War” (395 BC) Global growth…

Going Gray

By Ben Hunt | October 1, 2014 | 0 Comments

Everything under the sun is in chaos. The situation is excellent. – Mao Zedong (1893 – 1976) Forget it, Jake. It’s Chinatown. – Chinatown (1974)…

Best of List

By Ben Hunt | September 26, 2014 | 0 Comments

I’ll have a new full-length Epsilon Theory note out early next week (“Going Gray”), but wanted to pass along two background points. First, a replay…

Finest Worksong

By Ben Hunt | September 15, 2014 | 0 Comments

Take your instinct by the reinsYou’d better best to rearrangeWhat we want and what we needHas been confused, been confused– REM, “Finest Worksong” (1987) The…

The Game of Thrones and the Game of Markets

By Ben Hunt | September 11, 2014 | 0 Comments

Two items for the mid-week. First, an invitation to attend a Salient Webinar I’ll be presenting next Thursday, September 18th at 2pm ET, titled: “The Game…

The Ministry of Markets

By Ben Hunt | September 8, 2014 | 0 Comments

– Actual conversation as I left a client meeting with a Salient colleague last Friday and we checked our phones… Colleague: Wow, looks like the…

The Name of the Rose

By Ben Hunt | September 1, 2014 | 0 Comments

If names be not correct, language is not in accordance with the truth of things.  ― Confucius, “The Analects of Confucius” (551 – 479 BC)…

An Ice Bucket Dilemma

By Ben Hunt | August 25, 2014 | 0 Comments

Something on the lighter side from Epsilon Theory today, as summer winds downs here in the last week of August. Most of us have seen videos galore…

One Little Old Russian Convoy

By Ben Hunt | August 15, 2014 | 0 Comments

You know what I’ve noticed? Nobody panics when things go “according to plan”. Even if the plan is horrifying. If, tomorrow, I tell the press…

Here We Go Again

By Ben Hunt | August 8, 2014 | 0 Comments

From an Epsilon Theory perspective, the scariest, most market risk-creating event of the past 48 hours had nothing to do with Iraq, nothing to do…