EVENTS:   Best Equity Short Ideas Conference Call 12 - Zach Shannon/Corto Capital Advisors & Craig Huber/Huber Research Partners & Thomas Beevers /Forensic Alpha & Ed Steele/Iron Blue Financials & Bill Campbell/Paragon Intel - 12 Nov 25   Will AI Deflate the World? Macro Lessons from Three Industrial Revolutions and China - Manoj Pradhan/Talking Heads Macro - 13 Nov 25     ROADSHOWS: Forest Products Sector Equity and Commodity Research With Expertise in Distressed Debt - Kevin Mason /ERA Research   •   London   12 - 14 Nov 25       Buyside to Buyside Forum and Expert Calls across TMT, Consumer, Healthcare and Fintech - Andrew Peters /Revelare Partners   •   London   17 - 19 Nov 25       Fundamental US Healthcare Short Ideas - Dr Elliot Favus /Favus Institutional Research   •   London   17 - 19 Nov 25      

Jens Nordvig & Larry McDonald - Top Ideas for 2nd half 2023

The Bear Traps Report

MarketReader

The Lansdowne Club, 9 Fitzmaurice Pl, London W1J 5JD

Tue 01 Aug 2023 - 12:30 BST

Summary

Jens introduced the cutting edge MarketReader technology which identifies significant volatility in various asset classes including single stocks and algorithmically pinpoints the most plausible explanation of why the asset is moving. MarketReader provides real-time, AI-generated, easily digestible summaries of the drivers of asset volatility.

Larry discussed the prevailing belief that the market is positioned for a deflationary regime. Trillions of dollars have been misallocated with labour union power and ESG suppressing capital investment. He highlighted the potential for value to massively outperform growth as well as the tight correlation between technology stocks outperformance and extreme market conditions. Larry analysed market breadth, the sustainability of inflation, and wage growth. He sees potential for a surge in value for precious metals like silver and uranium, also exploring opportunities and challenges in the energy sector, particularly in oil and gas, touching on M&A activity, supply constraints, and hurricane risks. The discussion also covered government spending, the debt ceiling, and potential government shutdown scenarios.

Topics

Larry McDonald and Jens Nordvig will share their Top Ideas for second half of 2023 using the Bear Traps’ proprietary risk indicators and risk management toolbox and MarketReader - state of the art market analytics' company. MarketReader leverages AI technology to provide real-time explanations of market movements

Larry ran a $500 million proprietary trading book at Lehman Brothers and was consistently one of the most profitable traders. He was formerly Head of US Macro Strategy at Societe Generale. Jens was previously MD at Goldmans, Senior Investment Associate at Bridgewater and Head of Fixed Income at Nomura Securities. He founded ExanteData in 2016 and MarketReader in 2021.