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Editor's Note: Shah recently published some research here showing where U.S. and global markets needed to hold to stave off even steeper losses. His findings also revealed that there's nothing whatsoever holding these markets up. So he's recommending that our readers make these simple moves ahead of the sell-off that's all but inevitable now…
Most investors look at the stock market in a very conventional way: Bull markets are good. Bear markets are bad. You make money when stocks rise. You lose money when they fall.
As a tech investor friend of mine has said, that's a "binary" view of the financial markets. With a perspective like that, you can't help but be frightened of what's coming just around the corner.
But I'm different. I'm a trader. I believe there's always a place to make money, so I look for opportunities – wherever they are.
About the Author
Shah Gilani boasts a financial pedigree unlike any other. He ran his first hedge fund in 1982 from his seat on the floor of the Chicago Board of Options Exchange. When options on the Standard & Poor's 100 began trading on March 11, 1983, Shah worked in "the pit" as a market maker.
The work he did laid the foundation for what would later become the VIX - to this day one of the most widely used indicators worldwide. After leaving Chicago to run the futures and options division of the British banking giant Lloyd's TSB, Shah moved up to Roosevelt & Cross Inc., an old-line New York boutique firm. There he originated and ran a packaged fixed-income trading desk, and established that company's "listed" and OTC trading desks.
Shah founded a second hedge fund in 1999, which he ran until 2003.
Shah's vast network of contacts includes the biggest players on Wall Street and in international finance. These contacts give him the real story - when others only get what the investment banks want them to see.
Today, as editor of Hyperdrive Portfolio, Shah presents his legion of subscribers with massive profit opportunities that result from paradigm shifts in the way we work, play, and live.
Shah is a frequent guest on CNBC, Forbes, and MarketWatch, and you can catch him every week on Fox Business's Varney & Co.
I am short in my IRA w/o a margin account. I have SDS at the moment which is a 2x inverse of the S&P. Might want to let your readers know they can short their IRA accounts. Best.
allways a pleasure to read your insights and indictments
Thank You
Birger Bro
Shah: Your presentation literally gave me chill bumps. Wonderful! I would join in a heartbeat if my health, Great!