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Prior to this role, Gayed served as a portfolio manager for a large international investment group, trading long/short investment ideas in an effort to capture excess returns. From 2004 to 2008, Gayed was a strategist at AmeriCap Advisers LLC, a registered investment advisory firm that managed equity portfolios for large institutional clients. In 2007, he launched his own long/short hedge fund, using various trading strategies focused on taking .ore advantage of stock market anomalies. Follow him on Twitter @pensionpartners and YouTube youtube.com/pensionpartners.Collapse

Its statements on QE could increase risk-taking and weaken the dollar.

A Gold Call Is a Rupee Call Real Money Pro($)

Any kind of major strength in India will likely cause gold to experience its own moment of strength.
Look for money rotating out of Treasuries and into emerging market sovereign debt.

Might Be the Return of Risk-On Real Money Pro($)

The dollar's uptrend seems broke -- so risk-on sentiment may suddenly have become real.

A Risk-Off Currency No More Real Money Pro($)

Investors fear a yen breakdown as Japan attempts to battle deflation, but that worry may be unjustified.
"Rock, Paper, Scissors, Shoot!"
the worldwide markets continue to behave in a corrective way.
Don't listen to pundits; listen to price.

India Conviction Waning? Real Money Pro($)

Small-caps began outperforming around mid-August during the rupee rally, which has since stalled.
If Japan is pushing on a string, could the U.S. be too?

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