Ep. 346: Alex Gurevich on US Return to Zero Rates, AI Productivity, and Managing Portfolio Paralysis
Episode Description
Alex Gurevich is the founder of HonTe Investments. After earning a PhD in mathematics from the University of Chicago, he leveraged his passion for strategic gaming into a lucrative Wall Street career. He has been hailed by The Wall Street Journal as the star trader of J.P. Morgan, where he served as Managing Director in charge of global macro trading and, in 2020, was leading HonTe's macro strategy when he ranked second by net return according to BarclayHedge. Alex is the bestselling author of The Next Perfect Trade and The Trades of March 2020. In this podcast, we discuss:
- The 10-Year "Test of Time" Retrospective
- The "Swim with the Tide" Framework
- Rethinking "Tight Stops" in Risk Management
- Strategies to Overcome Portfolio Paralysis
- Betting on the "Necessary" vs. "Sufficient"
- Japan's Search for the "Perfect Trade"
- The Case for the Fed Returning to 0%
- AI-Driven Technological Displacement
- Energy as the "Bottleneck" for AI Growth
- Evolving Views on Option Usage