The ACID Capitalist Podcast

Hugh Hendry
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May 17, 2021 • 49min

Confessions XIX: Is Bitcoin Lehman? (March 2005)

Send us a textMacro Hedge Fund Manager offers more global insights and delivers a shellacking of Elon Musk, Tesla, and their incestuous menage-à-trois with Bitcoin. Comparing the ESG mood to the anti-bank sentiment in the 1930s, he compares Bitcoin with Lehman Brothers; is one as incongruous as the other? He takes us from a critique of dirty bitcoin to a deep dive into the Chinese steel industry - showing why the moribund steel sector could be poised to enter a bull market.Hedge Fund pirate Hugh Hendry and co-host Chris Sweeney chronicle the inner workings of the uncorrelated and legendary Eclectica Fund using its monthly client letters as a Hedge Fund boot camp to reveal what he was thinking and why he made the decisions he did, in real time. No new Hedge Fund wannabee can afford to miss the journey to the present day where Hugh reveals and expounds upon his latest macro insights.Support the show⬇️ Subscribe on Patreon or Substack for full episodes ⬇️https://www.patreon.com/HughHendryhttps://hughhendry.substack.comhttps://www.instagram.com/hughhendryofficialhttps://blancbleustbarts.comhttps://www.instagram.com/blancbleuofficial⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Leave a five star review and comment on Apple Podcasts!🧢 Hats & Merch 📸 Instagram 🐦 Twitter / X📩 Substack👂Listen and 🔥 Subscribe📺 YouTube🎧 ...
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May 7, 2021 • 1h 46min

Confessions XVIII: I Believe (Feb 2005)

Send us a textHugh goes back to the future to zero in on the hydroelectric income trust, Innergex, in the Canadian province of Quebec. Having invested back in 2005 he re-examines the business today, 16 years later. He also empties the tank on his disdain for fellows in suits and moustaches, the zeitgeist of impending inflation and what the big US banks are telling us. He even treats us to another spin of The Hendry Chart Rotator., this time reviewing the largest European stocks. And Hugh explains why the "sophistication" for market neutral strategies can creates absurdities and opportunities. He suggests that the fallen tech giant ,Nokia, could be set to crawl out from its shallow grave.Hedge Fund pirate Hugh Hendry and co-host Chris Sweeney chronicle the inner workings of the uncorrelated and legendary Eclectica Fund. The boys use Hugh's monthly client letters as a Hedge Fund boot camp to reveal what he was thinking and why he made the decisions he did, in real time. No new Hedge Fund wannabee can afford to miss the journey to the present day where Hugh reveals and expounds upon his latest macro insights. This week, Elton John, Phil Collins and Run DMC pop up in the weekly song choice. Walk This Way people.Support the show⬇️ Subscribe on Patreon or Substack for full episodes ⬇️https://www.patreon.com/HughHendryhttps://hughhendry.substack.comhttps://www.instagram.com/hughhendryofficialhttps://blancbleustbarts.comhttps://www.instagram.com/blancbleuofficial⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Leave a five star review and comment on Apple Podcasts!🧢 Hats & Merch 📸 Instagram 🐦 Twitter / X📩 Substack👂Listen and 🔥 Subscribe📺 YouTube🎧 ...
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Apr 30, 2021 • 1h 35min

Confessions XVII: Porno (Q1 2005)

Send us a textHugh gets X-rated unveiling his version of hardcore pornography - The Hendry Chart Rotator. He offers a lesson from what can be gleaned from chart patterns.  We discuss the shocking failure of Europe - youth unemployment - and why the banks are the cork in the bottle right now and an analysis of Sony recording their biggest ever annual net profit. Hugh even gets in an almighty fangle and confuses Hitachi for Toshiba. We've kept it not to spare his blushes. Hedge Fund pirate Hugh Hendry and co-host Chris Sweeney chronicle the inner workings of the uncorrelated and legendary Eclectica Fund. They use Hugh's monthly client letters as a Hedge Fund boot camp to reveal what he was thinking and why he made the decisions he did, in real time. No new Hedge Fund wannabee can afford to miss the journey to the present day where Hugh reveals and expounds upon his latest macro insights. There's also mention of Tesla, Elon Musk and Hugh goes all millennial by delving into social media phenomenon, Only Fans. Plus, we squabble over being from Scotland's biggest city, Glasgow - one of us was born and bred there, the other fled.Support the show⬇️ Subscribe on Patreon or Substack for full episodes ⬇️https://www.patreon.com/HughHendryhttps://hughhendry.substack.comhttps://www.instagram.com/hughhendryofficialhttps://blancbleustbarts.comhttps://www.instagram.com/blancbleuofficial⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Leave a five star review and comment on Apple Podcasts!🧢 Hats & Merch 📸 Instagram 🐦 Twitter / X📩 Substack👂Listen and 🔥 Subscribe📺 YouTube🎧 ...
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Apr 23, 2021 • 1h 7min

Confessions XVI: Dickcoin (Q4 2004)

Send us a textMick Jagger's Swagger warns us to be wary of BitcoinHugh lifts the lid on how the pressures of working side by side with Crispin Odey drove him to seek refuge on Mustique, where he rented a house next door to Sir Mick Jagger and near Bryan Adams, He talks about how a drop in commodity prices in late 2004 hit him hard, but how he battled with the searing Caribbean heat (minus air-conditioning) to end the year +8%. Hedge Fund pirate Hugh Hendry and co-host Chris Sweeney chronicle the inner workings of the uncorrelated and legendary Eclectica Fund. The boys use Hugh's monthly client letters as a Hedge Fund boot camp to reveal what he was thinking and why he made the decisions he did, in real time. No new Hedge Fund wannabee can afford to miss the journey to the present day where Hugh reveals and expounds upon his latest macro insights. This week there's also a look at the fall in Bitcoin, what a gap in a price chart signifies and Hugh reveals that he no longer knows where the Chinese currency should trade.Support the show⬇️ Subscribe on Patreon or Substack for full episodes ⬇️https://www.patreon.com/HughHendryhttps://hughhendry.substack.comhttps://www.instagram.com/hughhendryofficialhttps://blancbleustbarts.comhttps://www.instagram.com/blancbleuofficial⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Leave a five star review and comment on Apple Podcasts!🧢 Hats & Merch 📸 Instagram 🐦 Twitter / X📩 Substack👂Listen and 🔥 Subscribe📺 YouTube🎧 ...
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Apr 16, 2021 • 1h 22min

Confessions XV: Bubbles (Summer 2004)

Send us a textHugh laments on the things he didn't see as clearly in 2004, as he does now. There's a warning from someone who's experienced it - if you're anointed an investment god, don't get too high on your own supply. And an article from The Financial Times is eviscerated for forewarning the coming power of digital currency.Hedge Fund pirate Hugh Hendry and co-host Chris Sweeney chronicle the inner workings of the uncorrelated and legendary Eclectica Fund. The boys use Hugh's monthly client letters as a Hedge Fund boot camp to reveal what he was thinking and why he made the decisions he did, in real time. No new Hedge Fund wannabee can afford to miss the journey to the present day where Hugh reveals and expounds upon his latest macro insights. This week there's also chats about The Beastie Boys, Swedish discount retailer Axfood, the power of a third, how price-to-sales works as a value metric and how one of Hugh's former colleagues fled Iran stitched inside a sofa.Support the show⬇️ Subscribe on Patreon or Substack for full episodes ⬇️https://www.patreon.com/HughHendryhttps://hughhendry.substack.comhttps://www.instagram.com/hughhendryofficialhttps://blancbleustbarts.comhttps://www.instagram.com/blancbleuofficial⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Leave a five star review and comment on Apple Podcasts!🧢 Hats & Merch 📸 Instagram 🐦 Twitter / X📩 Substack👂Listen and 🔥 Subscribe📺 YouTube🎧 ...
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Apr 9, 2021 • 1h 46min

Confessions XIV: Doom Loop (March 2004)

Send us a textThe narrative continues as we jump from uranium into the oil market, and we get filthy, maybe even dirty... Why did the scorpion kill the frog? Hey hedge Fund managers gotta make money. There's also a look at China, could it be about to turn Japanese? Too early to say conclusively but the Princes of the Yuan are stirring?Hedge Fund pirate Hugh Hendry and his co-host Chris Sweeney chronicle the inner workings of the uncorrelated and legendary Eclectica Fund. The boys use Hugh's monthly client letters as a Hedge Fund boot camp to reveal what he was thinking and why he made the decisions he did, in real time. No new Hedge Fund wannabee can afford to miss the journey to the present day where Hugh reveals and expounds upon his latest macro insights. This week they discuss his journey into 2004, why he told his clients to "bury their money in the backyard" and what he makes of the $1.8 billion purchase of London skyscraper 100 Bishopsgate. Sadly, there's no orgasms this time but Hugh's maybe contemplating a return and refuses to let the episode end as the trade ideas keep flowing and he delivers an extended masterclass. Even Iggy Pop gets a mention. Use the chapter headings and the closed caption service to skip to the nitty gritty.Support the show⬇️ Subscribe on Patreon or Substack for full episodes ⬇️https://www.patreon.com/HughHendryhttps://hughhendry.substack.comhttps://www.instagram.com/hughhendryofficialhttps://blancbleustbarts.comhttps://www.instagram.com/blancbleuofficial⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Leave a five star review and comment on Apple Podcasts!🧢 Hats & Merch 📸 Instagram 🐦 Twitter / X📩 Substack👂Listen and 🔥 Subscribe📺 YouTube🎧 ...
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Apr 2, 2021 • 1h 32min

Confessions XIII: Nuclear (Q1 2004)

Send us a textDeep dive into the uranium sector and the Archegos scandal. Plus, how Hugh was almost tossed out of a plane by Robert Mugabe’s money men during a trip to Africa.Hedge Fund pirate Hugh Hendry and his co-host Chris Sweeney chronicle the inner workings of the uncorrelated and legendary Eclectica Fund The boys use Hugh's monthly client letters as a hedge fund boot camp to reveal what he was thinking and why he made the decisions he did, in real time. No new Hedge Fund wannabee can afford to miss the journey to the present day where Hugh reveals and expounds upon his latest macro insights. This week they discuss his bright start to 2004 and why genius is buying anything at the bottom of a bear market. Having shorted chip stocks in 2004, Hugh explains why the electricity of everything means chips with everything. What killed the previous uranium bull market and why the charts are so orgasmic.Support the show⬇️ Subscribe on Patreon or Substack for full episodes ⬇️https://www.patreon.com/HughHendryhttps://hughhendry.substack.comhttps://www.instagram.com/hughhendryofficialhttps://blancbleustbarts.comhttps://www.instagram.com/blancbleuofficial⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Leave a five star review and comment on Apple Podcasts!🧢 Hats & Merch 📸 Instagram 🐦 Twitter / X📩 Substack👂Listen and 🔥 Subscribe📺 YouTube🎧 ...
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Mar 26, 2021 • 1h 25min

Confessions XII: Loud! (4th Quarter 2003)

Send us a textConfessions XII 4thQ 2003 - Goldfinger, Putin, travelling supersonic and finding EU carbon credit equities.Hedge Fund pirate Hugh Hendry and his co-host Chris Sweeney chronicle the inner workings of the uncorrelated and legendary Eclectica FundThe boys use Hugh's monthly client letters as a hedge fund boot camp to reveal what he was thinking and why he made the decisions he did, in real time. No new Hedge Fund wannabee can afford to miss the journey to the present day where Hugh reveals and expounds upon his latest macro insights.This week they discuss his sparkling 50 percent annual return for 2003, what is probably Vladimir Putin's personal quoted oil company and how the climate change agenda is permeating through to the equity market. Support the show⬇️ Subscribe on Patreon or Substack for full episodes ⬇️https://www.patreon.com/HughHendryhttps://hughhendry.substack.comhttps://www.instagram.com/hughhendryofficialhttps://blancbleustbarts.comhttps://www.instagram.com/blancbleuofficial⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Leave a five star review and comment on Apple Podcasts!🧢 Hats & Merch 📸 Instagram 🐦 Twitter / X📩 Substack👂Listen and 🔥 Subscribe📺 YouTube🎧 ...
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Mar 19, 2021 • 1h 8min

Confessions XI: Rebel Rebel (September 2003)

Send us a textHedge Fund pirate Hugh Hendry and his co-host Chris Sweeney chronicle the inner workings of the uncorrelated and legendary Eclectica Fund's 15-years of operation, from 2002 to 2017.The boys are using Hugh's monthly letters to clients as a basis to take the audience on a journey into what he was thinking and why he made the decisions he did, in real time. It's the financial equivalent of a gripping true crime adventure. It's also an exclusive look behind the curtain of a Hedge Fund with nothing off-limits.This week they discuss how Hugh drove home his epic gold trade and why if he still ran a hedge fund, he'd be going big on carbon trading. But be warned, Hugh is in a bad mood this episode, even though he just celebrated his birthday in St Barts! Poor, poor Chris.Support the show⬇️ Subscribe on Patreon or Substack for full episodes ⬇️https://www.patreon.com/HughHendryhttps://hughhendry.substack.comhttps://www.instagram.com/hughhendryofficialhttps://blancbleustbarts.comhttps://www.instagram.com/blancbleuofficial⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Leave a five star review and comment on Apple Podcasts!🧢 Hats & Merch 📸 Instagram 🐦 Twitter / X📩 Substack👂Listen and 🔥 Subscribe📺 YouTube🎧 ...
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Mar 12, 2021 • 1h 26min

Confessions X: The Shamen (Jul/Aug 2003)

Send us a textConfessions X July/Aug 2003 - Hugh's shorting Lehman Bros and reveals all about his Mercedes luxury mobile office/cinema that his wife drove!Hedge Fund pirate Hugh Hendry and his co-host Chris Sweeney chronicle the inner workings of the uncorrelated and legendary Eclectica Fund The boys are using Hugh's monthly letters to clients as a basis to take the audience on a journey into what he was thinking and why he made the decisions he did, in real time. It's the financial equivalent of a gripping true crime adventure. It's also an exclusive look behind the curtain of a Hedge Fund with nothing off-limits.This week they discuss Hugh's insight into how you can be too early, why gold may be about to repeat the moves of 2003 and his love of Madonna's debut album. Chris also bizarrely spends the episode stuck in 2005.Support the show⬇️ Subscribe on Patreon or Substack for full episodes ⬇️https://www.patreon.com/HughHendryhttps://hughhendry.substack.comhttps://www.instagram.com/hughhendryofficialhttps://blancbleustbarts.comhttps://www.instagram.com/blancbleuofficial⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Leave a five star review and comment on Apple Podcasts!🧢 Hats & Merch 📸 Instagram 🐦 Twitter / X📩 Substack👂Listen and 🔥 Subscribe📺 YouTube🎧 ...

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