macro managers
3 statements across 3 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Jul 17, 2017 by Adam Blitz · across every show →
Everything said about macro managers, oldest first
Jul 17, 2017 positive
Blitz: Trade structuring is a more sustainable edge than directional macro calls
“Something like the ability to structure trades very well, or, you know, say, hey, here's my macro view, but I'm going to position myself in such a way that if I'm right, you know, I'm going to do really well, and if I'm wrong, I'm going to, you know, lose a li…”
Jun 25, 2018 negative
Micromanaging Institutional Clients Prevent Macro Managers from Taking Necessary Risk
“You need the right clients. You can't have clients who ring you up every Friday saying, what have you done this week? That is just no way to manage money. But I'm afraid that's tended to go hand in hand with a lot of the institutional allocations that macro ma…”
May 29, 2023 neutral
Blitz: SVB crisis triggered a violent two-year Treasury squeeze via illiquidity
“You saw in March of this year where you had a pretty violent move in the two-year bond, one of the most liquid assets in the world. Many macro managers were positioned in that bond. They had to get out of that position when the Silicon Valley Bank news hit. Mo…”