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Quantitative Analysis of Precious Metals and Macroeconomic Risks: Gold at Nine-Week Lows Amidst Elevated Yields and Rate Hike Prospects
Quantitative Analysis of Precious Metals and Macroeconomic Risks: Gold at Nine-Week Lows Amidst Elevated Yields and Rate Hike Prospects
October 8, 2026·Google Doc
Spot gold retreats to nine-week lows as long-dated Treasury yields surge and the Warsh Federal Reserve maintains a hawkish stance. An empirical analysis of real yields, central bank accumulation versus ETF outflows, and small-cap refinancing risks.
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The Cross-Currency Basis Squeeze: Plumbing, Yield Hurdles, and Systemic Reflexivity in Global Macro
The Cross-Currency Basis Squeeze: Plumbing, Yield Hurdles, and Systemic Reflexivity in Global Macro
October 8, 2026·Google Doc
Post-2008 banking regulations fractured Covered Interest Parity into a structural cross-currency basis wedge. Explore the mechanics of FX basis swaps, the 2026 Japanese ESR regulatory shock, and how yen carry unwinds trigger cross-asset margin cascades.
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Equity Quantitative Research and Strategist FunctionsOptions
Equity Quantitative Research and Strategist Functions
October 8, 2026·Google Doc
Inside top quant desks: P vs Q measures, arbitrage-free SVI surfaces, stochastic local volatility, XVA pricing, and AAD-driven differential deep learning.
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The Convergence of Private Equity and Quantitative Research
The Convergence of Private Equity and Quantitative Research
October 5, 2026·Google Doc
From algorithmic deal sourcing to econometric return unsmoothing, quantitative methods and AI are dismantling private equity's relationship-driven playbook.
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Foundations of Quantitative Finance Research: Alpha Creation and the Quant EcosystemVideo
Foundations of Quantitative Finance Research: Alpha Creation and the Quant Ecosystem
October 2, 2026·Google Doc·YouTube
How systematic hedge funds build institutional alpha: the shift from human intuition to 120,000-field alternative data pipelines and global crowdsourced quants.
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Strategic Wealth Considerations: Tax Mechanics, Asset Location, and Behavioral FinanceVideo
Strategic Wealth Considerations: Tax Mechanics, Asset Location, and Behavioral Finance
September 29, 2026·Google Doc·YouTube
The tax traps most wealth plans miss: the municipal bond de minimis rule, the Free Dividend Fallacy, TIPS phantom income, and precision charitable giving.
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Systematic Options Backtesting Architecture and Market Microstructure RealitiesVideoOptions
Systematic Options Backtesting Architecture and Market Microstructure Realities
September 26, 2026·Google Doc·YouTube
Mid-price fills manufacture +16% phantom alpha — inside the six-stage options backtesting pipeline, natural execution slippage, surface calibration, and pin risk that derails live strategies.
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The Cloud Capex Dilemma: Quantitative ROIC Decay in Hyperscaler AI InfrastructureVideo
The Cloud Capex Dilemma: Quantitative ROIC Decay in Hyperscaler AI Infrastructure
September 24, 2026·Google Doc·YouTube·Podcast
Hyperscalers face a $725B capex surge as ROIC decays, server depreciation masks a $176B earnings contraction, and reverse DCFs demand $4.36T in 2036 cash flows.
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The Stop-and-Go Monetary Trap: Modeling the Fed's 2026 Re-Tightening and Bear Flattening DynamicsVideo
The Stop-and-Go Monetary Trap: Modeling the Fed's 2026 Re-Tightening and Bear Flattening Dynamics
September 21, 2026·Google Doc·YouTube
Inside the Fed's surprise rate hike: how sticky 3.4% CPI triggered a bear flattening trap, the NSS-AFNS curve shock, and the MBS negative convexity spiral.
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Strategic Analysis of Gamma Scalping: Mechanics, Execution, and Risk ControlVideoOptions
Strategic Analysis of Gamma Scalping: Mechanics, Execution, and Risk Control
September 18, 2026·Google Doc·YouTube
Turning market movement into systematic yield: inside delta-neutral gamma scalping, the Leland friction band, peak expiration Greeks, and pin risk control.
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The MOVE-VIX Disconnect: Cross-Asset Volatility Spillover and the Fed's Hawkish RepricingVideoOptions
The MOVE-VIX Disconnect: Cross-Asset Volatility Spillover and the Fed's Hawkish Repricing
September 15, 2026·Google Doc·YouTube
Treasury volatility is exploding while the VIX sleeps: inside the 0DTE gamma trap, cross-asset spillover math, and the systemic risk of a hawkish Fed shock.
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Advanced Dynamics of Counterparty Credit RiskVideo
Advanced Dynamics of Counterparty Credit Risk
September 12, 2026·Google Doc·YouTube
Why MtM declines drive two-thirds of crisis losses: deconstructing CVA spikes during the 10-day MPoR window, the xVA framework, and Basel III SA-CVA rules.
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