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Fed Up! : Success, Excess and Crisis Through the Eyes of a Hedge Fund Macro Trader / Colin Lancaster.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lancaster, Colin, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hedge funds.
- Stockbrokers--Biography.
- Stockbrokers.
- Foreign exchange market.
- Financial crises.
- COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2023--Economic aspects.
- COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2023.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (178 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Petersfield, Hampshire, England : Harriman House Ltd, 2021.
- Summary:
- Fed Up! tells the story of a global macro trader working amidst the greatest market panic we have seen since the Great Depression. As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads across the world, readers are taken through the late-stage decadence of an exuberant market bubble to the depths of the market crash and into the early innings of a recovery. It provides readers with a front row seat on trading activity, allowing them to experience the heartbeat of the markets.It's also about money and opportunity. It's about the moral dilemma of a man who is struggling as he reaches his own peak. Readers will experience the frenetic pace of life as a trader and will connect with the protagonist, experiencing his struggle to balance his personal values with the compromised values of the world around him. It shines a light on the largest policy issues confronting the U.S., while offering an entertaining and humorous look at the guys and gals who are the new market operators.This riveting account of the 2020 market crash from inside the mind of a global macro trader will serve as an exciting, nail-biting record of current times. It is about making fortunes while the world slips into misfortune.Will he beat the markets or will the markets beat him?
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Part 1: The Late Stages of a Bubble
- Chapter 1
- Sushi, Sake and a Breakdown in the repo markets
- October 2019
- Chapter 2
- Viva Las Vegas
- November 2019
- Chapter 3
- The Star Tavern and Life in Knightsbridge
- December 2019
- Part 2: The Crash
- Chapter 4
- The Virus Spreads
- January 2020
- Chapter 5
- Risk Management and an Inflection Point
- February 2020
- Chapter 6
- Market Crash
- March 2020
- Part 3: The Aftermath
- Chapter 7
- QE Dreaming
- April 2020
- Chapter 8
- Economic Data Worse than the Great Depression
- May 2020
- Chapter 9
- Lessons from the Gilded Age
- Back to Market Highs
- June 2020
- About the author
- Acknowledgments
- Publishing Details.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 9780857198938
- 0857198939
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