drs
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Hey, its Drs.
I came here from margaret's kind invitation.
Early retiree taking an active approach to investment using a combination of quantitative models and macro approaches.
While I tend to be squirrely about my IRL identity, I'm a single dad in my 50's of 3 living in South Florida. I've been a Floridian for many years (and have the scars to prove it). My first career was at one of the large 3 investment banks where I was on the option desk. I left that to get a doctorate in ... something very different and generally had a great life doing it until an early retirement.
I'm completely boring and do boring things in real life. Sorry. We can't all be fascinating.
I focus on : CEF's, preferreds, some bonds, commodities and equity ETF trend following, as well as selected individual names with what I feel are catalysts. As well as geopolitical macro events, which in 2025 we have plenty of. I mostly trade in my qualified accounts, but sometimes take futures and options trades in a taxable one (which I would really prefer to just leave in munis).
I am a conservative (not talking about politics) aggressive investor focused on capital preservation, and am praying for a world where I can buy 30 year treasuries at 8% with a positive real yield and just forget about all this silliness to focus on my other interests. But we're not there, are we?
Most people should not trade the way I do, and I do lose money. Frequently. Nothing I ever post should be construed as investment or trading advice as I am unqualified to offer such.
Everyone is therefore instructed to consult with their own tax, legal, and investment advisors before reading or thinking about or acting on my posts, which are written mostly for my own benefit and just reflect what I am doing and thinking now, subject to change at a moment's notice. I may or may not communicate those changes, and I am under no obligation to do so. For entertainment purposes only, right?
I came here from margaret's kind invitation.
Early retiree taking an active approach to investment using a combination of quantitative models and macro approaches.
While I tend to be squirrely about my IRL identity, I'm a single dad in my 50's of 3 living in South Florida. I've been a Floridian for many years (and have the scars to prove it). My first career was at one of the large 3 investment banks where I was on the option desk. I left that to get a doctorate in ... something very different and generally had a great life doing it until an early retirement.
I'm completely boring and do boring things in real life. Sorry. We can't all be fascinating.
I focus on : CEF's, preferreds, some bonds, commodities and equity ETF trend following, as well as selected individual names with what I feel are catalysts. As well as geopolitical macro events, which in 2025 we have plenty of. I mostly trade in my qualified accounts, but sometimes take futures and options trades in a taxable one (which I would really prefer to just leave in munis).
I am a conservative (not talking about politics) aggressive investor focused on capital preservation, and am praying for a world where I can buy 30 year treasuries at 8% with a positive real yield and just forget about all this silliness to focus on my other interests. But we're not there, are we?
Most people should not trade the way I do, and I do lose money. Frequently. Nothing I ever post should be construed as investment or trading advice as I am unqualified to offer such.
Everyone is therefore instructed to consult with their own tax, legal, and investment advisors before reading or thinking about or acting on my posts, which are written mostly for my own benefit and just reflect what I am doing and thinking now, subject to change at a moment's notice. I may or may not communicate those changes, and I am under no obligation to do so. For entertainment purposes only, right?
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