| If you’ve participated in private placements, you’ve probably ended up with warrants as a "sweetener" - and if you listened to the conventional wisdom, you probably sold the stock and sat on the warrants, or ignored them entirely. While most investors treat warrants as throwaway assets or confuse them with complex options strategies, John argues they are actually the "Venture Capital" of the public markets. They offer the kind of asymmetric upside that is usually reserved for Silicon Valley insiders, but with one major difference: anyone with a brokerage account can buy them. I honestly had never met a dedicated warrants trader before John Pangere. We get into the weeds on why the "efficient market hypothesis" completely fails here. Because these assets are too small for the massive hedge funds to touch, they leave a wide-open opportunity for individual investors who know where to look. If you are tired of the complexity of options but want more upside than plain vanilla stocks, you need to hear John’s take. 📥 Get John’s "Beginner's Guide to Warrants" (Free Report): https://www.riskhedge.com/go/RH185R012/YTB Sign up for the Global Macro Update newsletter: https://www.mauldineconomics.com/global-macro-update?utm_source=SYTB&utm_medium=GM&utm_campaign=jm-563&utm_term=260218-john-pangere&utm_content=JM563GM40093 00:00 - Introduction 01:24 - Where do warrants come from? 03:06 - Warrants vs. Options: Why they are simpler 05:08 - Portfolio Strategy: The "Speculative Bucket" 06:19 - How to pick a winner: The T.U.V. System 08:45 - The Upside: Anatomy of a 136% Average Return 10:17 - The Retail Edge: Why Hedge Funds can't touch this 11:33 - Case Study: A 300% Gain in 2 Weeks (Valaris) 17:00 - The New Macro Regime: Why Commodities are next 20:09 - From Banker to Trader 21:34 - Risk Management: The #1 rule for entry 24:13 - Conclusion & Free Report |
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