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The Intentional Investor #23: Kevin Muir

By Harper Hunt | February 19, 2025 | 1 Comment

Kevin Muir, author of the Macro Tourist newsletter and a seasoned trader, joins The Intentional Investor for a fascinating conversation that weaves together trading, life lessons, and Canadian culture. From his early days mastering Monopoly statistics to pioneering computer-driven trading strategies at RBC in the 1990s, Kevin shares candid stories about finding his path in finance.
Kevin discusses growing up as the older brother of a professional hockey player, his journey from discount brokerage manager to institutional trading desk, and how becoming a father changed his perspective on risk and career. He offers unique insights into market psychology, friendship, and the importance of finding work you genuinely love.

It Was Never Going To Be Me

By Ben Hunt | February 18, 2025 | 20 Comments

The Road to Serfdom is not an endless road, but its path and duration, what I call the Great Ravine, is not up to us to choose. While we walk this road the only thing we can save is our souls, and we do it with one simple sentence: It was never going to be me.

I’ve Seen This Movie Before

By Ben Hunt | February 13, 2025 | 0 Comments

Some quick thoughts on the inflation data out this week, along with the unusual market reaction to same.

DeepSeek Semantic Signature Tracker

By Ben Hunt | February 9, 2025 | 0 Comments

On February 2nd we published DeepFreak, an analysis of DeepSeek narratives in global news media. For Epsilon Theory Professional subscribers only, we are publishing a…

The Intentional Investor #22: Eric Markowitz

By Harper Hunt | February 5, 2025 | 12 Comments

In this engaging episode of The Intentional Investor, host Matt Ziegler interviews Eric Markowitz, exploring his fascinating journey from investigative journalism to investment research. The conversation weaves through Eric’s formative years, professional evolution, and life-changing experiences, offering valuable insights into the intersection of media, investing, and personal growth.

Semantic Factorization Demo for Epsilon Theory Professional

By Harper Hunt | February 4, 2025 | 0 Comments

Background and demonstration of Second Foundation Partners’ new semantic factorization technology, where we identify at scale and speed the underlying themes, stories and Narrative archetypes of news media.

Fast and Furious

By Ben Hunt | February 3, 2025 | 0 Comments

We’ve analyzed DeepSeek narratives in global news media over the past week to evaluate how they’re evolving. What started as a dominant narrative focused on “AI tech fundamentals” went quickly to “impact on Nvidia” and over the last few days has started to transition to “national security threat”.

DeepFreak

By Rusty Guinn | February 2, 2025 | 18 Comments

In seven days, a narrative about AI tech technology became a narrative about what it meant for chip manufacturers, which because a narrative about national security.

One-Shot

By Ben Hunt | January 26, 2025 | 0 Comments

In Meme-world and videogames and pop culture, you ‘one-shot’ an opponent when you kill him with a single, devastating attack. Everyone is all set for an epic, protracted battle and then WHAM! … you decapitate the monster with one swing of your vorpal blade.

DeepSeek one-shotted the entire mega-tech world this week, and I figure compressed S&P 500 multiples by … 3 or 4 turns?

The Intentional Investor #21: Corey Hoffstein

By Harper Hunt | January 21, 2025 | 2 Comments

Join Matt Zeigler as he sits down with Corey Hoffstein, a successful entrepreneur and financial innovator, for a candid conversation about his remarkable journey from video game programmer to financial pioneer. In this wide-ranging discussion, Corey shares the story of his career trajectory – from teaching himself programming at age 12 to founding Newfound Research and developing groundbreaking investment strategies.