Michael Kao

Michael Kao

@UrbanKaoboy

GS Commodities Trader➡Canyon Cvt/Cap Arb➡Akanthos Multi-Arb/Distressed➡Kao Family Office🏦Globetrotter✈ Headbanger🤘Star Wars Fan🌌 Mixologist🍸Diver🤿

Los Angeles, CA t.co Joined Mar 2009
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Michael Kao

Musings of the Day, 12/3/22: GS this AM cites risk of UNDERTIGHTENING -- for good reason given the extremely strong jobs data. Also, on FCI: "FOMC have already unwound 28% of th...

Michael Kao

Musings of the Day, 12/2/22: We are still in this topsy turvy "Good Is Bad" / "Bad Is Good" dynamic, and today is definitely the former with this insane jobs beat. However, this c...

Michael Kao

Musings of the Day, 12/1/22: Seems apropos to recycle this thought: https://t.co/di8IcqyL3q

Michael Kao

I absolutely loved this podcast with Todd Howard and @lexfridman. As someone who once aspired to be a video game designer and as an avid gamer to this day, this made me nostalgic...

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Musings of the Day, 11/30/22: Boys and girls, your first assignment today is to study this chart while listening to "When Doves Cry": https://t.co/ndCF2dCFQo

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Musings of the Day, 11/29/22: Amazing. I remember having a huge convert arb position in $AMZN in late 90's. We called them the "Ama-No-Gamma's" given how busted they were (~40c)....

Michael Kao

Musings of the Day, 11/28/22: I am sure the reason why $VIX is waking up is because of the new Metallica song out today. Harbinger of KAOS? 🤘 https://t.co/Ro5QZqosuW

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Musings of the Day, 11/26/22: My thesis that we haven't seen the cyclical peak in the USD Wrecking Ball rests upon the US economy holding up better than RoW. @BobEUnlimited raise...

Michael Kao

Halfway into “Andor.” It really is very good. First Disney Star Wars content not written for 1st graders and best since “Rogue One.”

Michael Kao

Musings of the Day, 11/24/22: Happy Thanksgiving FinTwit! 🦃 Now for a serious question: what are the best gizmos y’all are shopping for on Black Friday? 😎

Michael Kao

Musings of the Day, 11/23/22: When you consider what would've happened to thousands of businesses here w/o gov assistance during COVID and the fact that similar assistance is NOT...

Michael Kao

Musings of the Day, 11/22/22: Floating-rate debt is a key reason why I promulgated my Bear Steepener thesis as an ALTERNATIVE to taking FFR to the point of creating CREDIT CONTAGI...