Episode 53
James Aitken On Stock Vigilantes, Yield Curve Control and Inflation Paths
Macro Hive Conversations With Bilal Hafeez · Bilal Hafeez
March 5, 20211h 26m
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Show Notes
This episode is sponsored by Masterworks.
James Aitken is the Founder and Managing Partner of Aitken Advisors, a research boutique for institutional investors which he started in 2009. Before that, James worked for UBS, AIG, JPMorgan and Macqaurie. In this podcast, we discuss:
- The real meaning of macro investing.
- The market has right tails as well as left tails.
- How to view recent rates market volatility.
- Why would Fed do yield curve control?
- Biden and the finance sector.
- How to hedge your portfolio.
- The importance of stock vigilantes.
- The different channels of inflation.
- The unexpected impact of US fiscal on wages.
- Books that influenced James: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Doyle), Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes (Konnikova), Market Wizards: Interviews with Top Traders (Schwager), A Man for All Markets: Beating the Odds, from Las Vegas to Wall Street (Thorpe), An Engine, Not a Camera: How Financial Models Shape Markets (Mackenzie)