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Moontower #314

In this issue: smart vs wise adverse selection when landing a senior role cost of carry as a conviction hurdle…

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appreciating diversification

This week, I hosted class #4 of the Investment Beginnings for local kids aged 12+. The series’ materials are here: https://notion.moontowermeta.com/investment-beginnings-course This…

1 week ago

Moontower #313

In this issue: The “three pitches” rule and a lazy man’s framework for getting in shape Things that popped from…

1 week ago

how a high implied vol can be cheap

EWY, the South Korea ETF, was an interesting source of disagreement in our Discord about whether the vol was expensive…

1 week ago

hard earned trading wisdom

Euan Sinclair needs no introduction from me. I’ll cut straight to the gold. He’s been a repeat guest on Erik’s…

2 weeks ago

options policework

A moontower user sent this [paraphrased] message in our Discord the morning of Jan 9th: NLR [VanEck Uranium and Nuclear ETF] had…

2 weeks ago

Positive delta puts in the wild: Avis stock (CAR)

Remember that chart of CAR last week. (Matt Levine wrote about the fundamentals of the squeeze on 4/15) So this was Thursday:…

2 weeks ago

“broken window theory” only applies to blue-collar crime

At least once a day, I think about how the staunchest supporters of “broken window theory” must think it only…

2 weeks ago

the “obvious error” rule

From @buccocapital on Anthropic CEO’s insistence that AI is going to wipe out 50% of jobs. Bingo. The “we gave you our…

2 weeks ago

Moontower #312

In this issue: obvious error rule broken window theory why home prices aren’t going to crash put options on CAR…

2 weeks ago