Buffets return is a cagr. Medallions are arithmetic. The fund returns significant amounts of capital to its investors in order to keep its size small. Comparing the two is the institutional equivalent of comparing a successful elitetrader to SAC.
In more simple terms, the basis would only represent a deviation from the theoretical price. That would result from program trading, efp trades, futures rolls, etc. it would not be related to dealer gamma.
Are you saying you are seeing a noticeable change in the basis and you are attributing this to dealers hedging their gamma? If so, what about index arb and program trading?
I think it would be impossible without caps on the varswaps. I asked a private bank to quote me 5 year variance (when it was trading over 32) and they wouldn’t do it without a cap (and that made the whole deal prohibitive).
But their interests are generally 100percent aligned with the shareholders.
Further private companies can do things public companies can’t. And so you see situations where CEO’s want to take their companies private.
These analysts spend their entire days studying these things. They talk to scientists and read research papers. They might even buy a Tesla and dissect it.
They will subscribe to research services, but no retail investor will be able to afford them.
Trump Supporters are such tools. Doublethink everywhere.
Where’s your post about class and respect when trump didn’t shake Pelosi’s hand?
Where’s your post about class and respect when trump got bored during the national anthem and decided to play “conductor.”
And that was just this week!
Why don’t people see the obvious?
A bank’s whole business is based on confidence that the employees will conduct their fiduciary responsibilities with integrity.
Why would they ever publicly tolerate an employee stealing?
And from a real politik perspective, especially when that individual is...