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Taaffeite Capital Management (TCM) Global Index Fund

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How global markets swing from optimism to pessimism

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Interesting because we grew up learning we would overpopulate ourself into oblivion.
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Geo-economics since birth-of-Christ

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"Near zero interest rates and low inflation... what could possible go wrong..."
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Everyone dreams of high return strategies that are Long Vol. But with Vol almost at record lows recently it's almost a dirty word.

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More than 85% of Yale's assets are invested in alternatives
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Passive indexing is expected by some to give returns of 2-5% for next 20 years (https://t.co/vokC0WcFNp) but you have to be prepared to weather the drawdowns https://t.co/vokC0WcFNp

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Year 1900... the height of European colonization. I dare say China is likely to be a major influential force of next 100 years.

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"Markets are decidedly late-cycle" when asset prices have peaked and "volatility should rise as the business cycle matures".
- JP Morgan, "2019 Guide to Alternatives"

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