From time to time people "dox" or send me very awkward, not-so-nice messages. I'm not really hiding but I find flexing one's background to be obnoxious. Even the most accomplished person can be wrong and the facts should just stand or not stand by themselves. Also, I want to remind everyone that the fact I do not do what I used to in my background makes me a retail investor, albeit with Institutional training. If it's that big a deal, here's my background in a longer format, which hopefully once and for all will sort this out. I worked at $GS & $MS. At $MS, I worked in the Barra division (the algo biz) and also supported the data vendor implementation area of $MSCI Barra before these areas were spun out as $MSCI. I worked at an $8bln hedge fund (NOT Citadel) with direct P&L responsibility for constructing hedges via what the kids today call a quantimental strategy. This portfolio did engage in shorting stock for the purposes of hedging and I did it into the Lehman debacle. That plus the fact that a sliver of my role at $GS involved getting large asset managers & pensions to sign the hypothecation agreement is why my background includes a fairly extensive knowledge of the operational aspects and history of shorting stock. Ultimately, I settled into a final role at an outsourced boutique firm that provided a host of financial services to all of Asset Management (Hedge Funds, Pension Funds, Asset Managers, and to a lesser extent Insurance firms with fund-related components). These services included hedge construction, risk and marketing analytics, and more classic biz strategy-related activities. In other words, I did nearly everything other than Fund Administration and return stream generation while at that company. That said, we did do return stream optimization for some hedge funds, asset managers, and pensions. My path on Wall Street was not straightforward, which I recognize makes it very hard for people to understand what training I've received. I ended up doing all the painfully hard jobs no one wanted. This meant that unlike those that walk into a fully created role I have done the following: 1) Built out an infrastructure to support hedging or proper monitoring of multi-portfolio, multi-asset class strategies for myself and for many fund's risk reporting infrastructures. 2) DD'd large data sets and out-of-the-box algo's and then built was needed around this. 3) Conducted, recommended, or vetted a fund at the component level both single and multi-asset class. 4) Analyzed nearly every single type of liquid and semi-liquid asset. 5) Had a need to understand nearly every type of industry and review financial statements at a basic enough level to help play referee between the risk and research teams on behalf of the CIO. 6) Worked with the C-Level folks at large Asset Managers and Pension funds to address their biz strategy concerns 7) Built out the supporting teams needed for ongoing operations of the above. After resigning I have done projects that involve: 1) Winding down an unsuccessful company & identifying, readying for sale, and selling off any potentially salvageable parts 2) Helping write business plans and white papers 3) Assessing the viability of various NFT & crypto biz 4) Teach. I'm a Professor of Data Science for a Midwest Uni, though I do not yet have a doctorate or PhD. 5) Help assess acquisition targets This is why my stuff likely does not sound like other people who work in a single vertical of finance such as research, trading, investment banking, or private equity. I post actively on X for 2 reasons. a) I get bored during the day. b) I had someone suggest I lacked credibility because my follower count was too low on social media. I find item (b) annoying since anyone with a real resume SHOULD be complianced from posting by the SEC until they retire. The few that can comment are typically still working 80 hours a day vs posting on social media. And then there are a few fund managers that do it for marketing purposes. Regardless, this is the social construct of what's up in modern times, and if that's the game, then fine. Until I get my count to what people need for "acceptability", I will answer any finance question that folks post and tag me on. I have been told I should just tap my personal contacts to follow me. Most are not on social media (aka compliance issues), plus I'd rather do it organically by adding value. If I don't answer your tag on a question, don't take it personally. From time to time, I have other projects that take me away from Social Media, or I'm traveling or spending time with my aging parents and family. Since this is about me getting in front of being doxed, I'm sure one day this will come & I'll get criticized for it, so here's a fun fact: I read astrology. It's not a passing fancy. I am very good at it, really enjoy doing it, and have done over 1000 people's charts quite a few of which are C-level execs at companies with well over 500 employees and some are also famous actors and actresses here in NYC. I'll remind you of JP Morgan's Quote: "Millionaires don't use Astrology, billionaires do." But to be very clear, I am not a billionaire and loads of people are wealthier and more successful than I am if you use money as the major metric. Whether you agree or disagree with me, I very much wish you the best. Good luck with life in general & your trades. Thank you for your interest in mine, even those of you who had ill feelings and wanted to dox me in anger.

J.P. Morgan: The increase in the undocumented immigrant population may "be ramping up housing demand more than figures suggest, resulting in a greater shortage of stock"

The Associated Press has a key role in the US elections. They were were the first news Agency to Call the Election in favor of Trump even when others like CNN waited much longer. @X is not allowing me to write a note, so here are the links.

The Associated Press has a key role in the US elections. They were were the first news Agency to Call the Election in favor of Trump even when others like CNN waited much longer. @X is not allowing me to write a note, so here are the links.