#93 Thomas Thornton (The past, present and future of Hedge Funds)
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 Published On Jun 2, 2021

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00:00:30 Thomas’ experience at Wall Street (including running his own hedge fund and an insider trading investigation while working with Steve Cohen) and why he started his latest firm Hedge Fund Telemetry?
00:18:40 How Thomas selects themes and timeframes for his daily newsletter?
00:24:25 What Thomas thinks of the crypto bubble?
00:35:44 Is deflation or inflation the bigger issue right now? Should low income jobs be made redundant?
00:46:32 What it means to be a hedge fund manager? Should we aspire to become a Hedge Fund managers? How hedge funds prop up nascent ‘strategy managers’?
01:05:02 Why and how should retail investors be exposed to as many financial instruments as possible?
01:08:02 What fund managers does Thomas admire?
01:14:02 What character types does the financial industry attract?
01:29:38 Why are negative (or extremely low) yielding bonds of interest to investors?
01:36:22 Thomas’ secret love for the Grand Tour/ Top Gear shows.

Thomas Thornton is a former portfolio manager, senior trader, and technical analyst with Level Global Investors and Galileo Capital. Thomas is writing a daily investment newsletter at Hedge Fund Telemetry.

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