For the godzillionth time, please stop linking record high margin debt with a S&P 500 $SPX crash.
As a % of total market cap, it remains well below prior peaks.
Margin debt tends to rise with stock prices as institutions frequently employ leverage. Not a sign of speculation.
long space $SPCX
long robotics $BOT
long degeneracy solana:So11111111111111111111111111111111111111112
long finance $HYPE
long internet culture solana:9cRCn9rGT8V2imeM2BaKs13yhMEais3ruM3rPvTGpump
Mark Zuckerberg reveals he's feeding his cows beer and macadamia nuts
โOn the ranch, one of my projects is I'm trying to create the highest quality beef in the worldโ
โIt's very low stakes, Iโm not selling it but I'm very into the genetics of the cattle. We're trying to figure out how do you make it so that you basically can deliver the highest density diet to themโ
โWe started growing macadamia trees because that kind of nut is extremely dense and they will eat a lot so they will put on weight and become fat quicker and become deliciousโ
โThe macadamia nuts have a lot of oil so you need to actually roast that. So now we need to design this whole process to roast the nuts so that way you can give them to the cowsโ
โYou want them to eat more. So then it's like how do you get them to eat more? Well it turns out alcohol is great for that because alcohol induces appetiteโ
โThat's actually why very high-end beef, they're fed beer. But okay, what's the right balance of beer versus water? I don't know. Let's let them choose. They get either as much cold beer as they want or as much room temperature waterโ
โSo now we're brewing all this beer and we're putting it outโ
Here's my current view on HYPE. Been working on it for a month or so now and still have more questions than answers. Always learning.
My view is HYPE price is a function of
1. growth in global trading volumes in general =V
Which is composed of
crypto volume growth =VC
Trad FI volume growth = VT
2. Share of trading volume = S and correspondingly SC and ST
Given the HYPE protocol it's pretty easy to make a bull case for say $400 based on both V and S growth.
At $400 further upside seems highly limited in that Hyperliquid would have so much share that further upside is impossible (something like 100x of current revenues) yet the price increase would result in basically flat net coins outstanding or a deflationary inflationary equilibrium.
So I get the bull case.
As of today my assessment is
VC growth expectations are radically too high.
VT growth is boring
Hyper liquid share of SC is pretty darn big already
Hyper liquid share or ST is almost nonexistent so does represents real opportunity.
However ST currently is NOT in anyway relevant to tradfi in any meaningful way and is basically for crypto native tradfi tourists and bucket shop customers wanting high leverage and non regular trading hours trading.
I see no chance that the bucket shop customer base is durable and sustainable nor is it a sizable when compared to the overall market volumes and never will be.
I see high barriers and competitive and regulatory headwinds for ST during regular trading hours AND willingness from existing tradfi vested interest to evolve and meet after trading hours trading volumes so I am very very bearish relative to expectations of real ST market share growth for hyper liquid
At mid 70's I think HYPE is a call option. If none of the ST gains are made the existing volumes support a 30 price. This is where I wanted to buy PURR and missed it.
So it's a call option trading for 40 that could be worth 330 or zero. (Meaning it falls from 70's to 30's if is a dud).
Is that a good buy? Risk forty to make 330. Meh. Would I short it. Nah it's not crazy. I'd love to buy at 35 in the next bear market or short at 100 in a blow off top speculative frenzy even if that occurs in a long term bull trend to 400. For now no position.
Continuing to get smarter (still mostly dumb as I'm sure I will be told as soon as I press send). Innovative disruptive things are worth watching regardless of their future. So I am doing that
@the_green_lark what are the best etfs to express this trade and simple heuristic for allocation % & rebalancing?
sorry I am not a kwant so simpler the better
Lloyd Blankfein, former CEO of Goldman Sachs, broke down his entire personal trading setup:
portfolio: 98% risky assets. 75-90% single stocks. mostly big tech hyperscalers plus "second tier" names slightly below blue chip.
"i invest in risky assets. that's what's fun for me."
"do you have a team? oh, just me."
hardware: no computer. an iPad and a phone.
information source: texting and calling people.
"somebody will text me. i'll text them. then i'll get tired of tapping things out because of my fat fingers. so i just call people up."
frequency: trades every single day. multiple times.
"it's taking a lot of discipline not to look at my screen while i'm talking to you right now."
"some people listen to music. to me, the market is like music. it's out there. it's going on."
has he outperformed the market? "yes, i have for a while. it's because of where i focused, tech, energy, and financial services. i know a lot about financial services having been in financial services."
the former CEO of Goldman Sachs. manages his own money. on an iPad. alone. focused on three sectors he actually knows. and beats the market.
sometimes the edge isn't the model. it's 40 years of pattern recognition and a phone full of the right contacts.