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Trader of the Year Hedge Fund: Conversant Capital’s David Alfred

The TRADE

When Mike called me about the opportunity to join Conversant, he emphasised the firm’s long-term, buy-and-hold strategy, akin to private equity. There’s been a reopening in capital markets. It’s been busy. There’s a very healthy dialogue at all times at both the portfolio-level and the position-level.

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Investing Principles: Lessons Learned from 20 Years of Wins, Losses, and Strikeouts

Mergers and Inquisitions

Being in your country’s top ~5% of earners will make a FAR bigger difference than fancy strategies, day trading, or finding the occasional meme coin that goes up by 100x. Clearly, that was a mistake because the S&P 500 roughly doubled over that period.

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Buffer ETFs keep booming, and Wall Street is now betting investors want more options

CNBC: Investing

Through June, the category was outpacing last year's flows and on track for another record year, even with a recent slowdown amid the stock market comeback. The basic version of a buffer fund looks like this: a fund gains exposure to a broad index, like the S & P 500 , using a combination of long-term options.

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An options trade that bets on consumer stocks rebounding — while hedging risk

CNBC: Investing

economy's heavy reliance on consumer activity, which accounts for approximately 70% of gross domestic product, it's notable that the discretionary sector has significantly underperformed. It's more than 6% below its 2024 highs. Given the U.S. Given the U.S. 17 and April 8 — has yet to recover fully.

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Financial advisors are turning to this asset class for diversification and stability as uncertainty rocks markets

CNBC: Investing

The results arrive as investors grapple with an S & P 500 that's up just 2% this year, and volatile movements in Treasury yields, as well as escalating conflict between Israel and Iran. "We aren't reinventing the wheel, but instead we're trying to smooth out people's results," he said.

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The political tide in Brazil is changing again. How to trade it

CNBC: Investing

How to trade it Published Thu, Jun 12 2025 10:30 AM EDT Michael Khouw @Michael_Khouw WATCH LIVE Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's influence in Brazil has shown signs of weakening recently, as indicated by polling data, political challenges, and public sentiment. Lula's foreign policy stances (e.g.,

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Apple may be due for an imminent jump, according to the charts

CNBC: Investing

"We see a short-term trade with upside," said Worth on CNBC's "Fast Money" this week. Worth was right on the money back in the summer of 2022 when he said "sell it all" in a controversial call on Apple. AAPL.GSPT mountain 2022-08-01 Apple has been greatly outperformed by S & P Tech.

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