Asian Hedge Fund Manager, Long Short Equity, Macro

David Mudd

Asian Hedge Fund manager based in HK/SG with over 20 years of experience managing Asian Long/Short Equity funds. Macroeconomic top-down analysis generates thematic investments that are further researched from the bottom-up. Research is supplemented with advanced technical analysis. 
Previous experience includes M&A with Morgan Stanley and CPA with Deloitte in NYC. Wharton MBA.

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Cross Asset Strategy

Multiple Countries / Cross Asset Strategy

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<li>Our most prominent theme over the last year has been to BUY HK/China markets. We are still very bullish on these SECULAR BULL markets.</li>
<li>We have been Bullish on gold and discussed the asymmetry of its price movements given the global tightening starting in 2021/22. Gold will continues to benefit from negative real rates.</li>
<li>We have been Bearish on Japan since publishing <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/technically-speaking-japan-meets-resistance-and-hong-kong-finally-breaks-downtrend" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:135575" rel="noopener">Technically Speaking: Japan Meets Resistance and Hong Kong Finally Breaks Downtrend</a> on April 2, 2024. We also remain bearish on India.</li>
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Our most prominent theme over the last year has been to BUY HK/China markets. We are still very bullish on these SECULAR BULL markets.
We have been Bullish on gold and discussed the asymmetry of its price movements given the global tightening starting in 2021/22. Gold will continues to benefit from negative real rates.
We have been Bearish on Japan since publishing Technically Speaking: Japan Meets Resistance and Hong Kong Finally Breaks Downtrend on April 2, 2024. We also remain bearish on India.


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