Asset Allocation | FX | Monetary Policy & Inflation | US
Ep. 156: Jim Leitner on Creating a Macro Edge, Trading Options and Carry Trades
- By Bilal Hafeez
- 1 min read
This episode is sponsored by Amber Group
Jim Leitner serves as President of Falcon Management Corporation and CIO of Falcon Family L.P., a family office. Previously, he worked as a foreign exchange trader at Morgan Guaranty, as Chief Dealer at Bank of America International, as Vice President for proprietary trading at Shearson Lehman and as Managing Director in the Global Trading Department at Bankers Trust. Jim was a member of the Yale Investment Committee from 2004 through 2010. In this podcast we discuss:
- The world is getting more multi-polar and how to trade it
- Why inflation could be more persistent
- End of high profit margins and equity view
- Thoughts on bank crises
- Owning rather than using options
- Why not to sell options
- Trading gamma and using cash markets
- How to improve Carry trades
- Importance of curiosity
- Books mentioned: The Socratic Method: A Practitioner’s Handbook (Farnsworth), The Alignment Problem (Christian)
You can contact Jim here.
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