The past five days have been unique as we have seen something that no one would have imagined before. A mob of retail traders (aka “WallStreetBets”), interacting on social media platforms like Reddit, and willing to “exterminate” hedge funds by
“What more can I do?” In 1990, this mere question asked by to David Evans (aka “The Edge”) to Larry Mullen Jr almost led to the split of U2, one the most famous rock bands of the past forty years.
Dear readers, Above all, I wish everyone a happy new year 2021. After ten months of pandemic, curfews, and lockdowns, I am sure that we all want our lives back soon. Hopefully, vaccines may drive a form of “return to
2020 is about to end. And it has been a year that we will never forget. Whoever you are, whatever your job or personal situation, this pandemic is very likely to have impacted your life. Fortunately, the dramatic sanitary situation
Many people do worry about the impact of quantitative easing and infinite bailouts policies. But many of them believe that authorities do not really have the choice. “Is there any alternative?” That is the right question. As already explained in
A few days ago, Jim Cramer said: “It’s the most speculative market I’ve ever seen. You can’t lose in that market. It’s like a slot machine that always pays out. I’ve not seen this in my career.” And Jim is
A few days ago, we learnt that Joe Biden and his team were considering Janet Yellen as a serious candidate for the next Secretary of the Treasury position. According to betting markets, Lael Brainard may be also well-positioned for the
The readers of this blog may be more more or less familiar with the log-periodicity power law singularity (LPPLS) model, that anticipated a rupture of the Nasdaq bubble on September 2nd, and that also suggested that the short-term rebound of
I am not American. And I am not willing to play any role in the political debate between Democrats and Republicans. But it is fascinating to see how elections in so-called democracies like the United States or France can drive
The concept of fractal is fascinating. But it is also pretty abstract. If you read papers or books written by French mathematician Benoit Mandelbrot (aka the father of fractals), you may find meaningful things about nature, geometrical properties and even