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Ira Slomowitz

Ira Slomowitz has over 40 years experience in the capital markets in North America, Europe and Asia. On the side he writes about global and strategic policy issues for Angry Meta Traders and at his Substack: The Angry Demagogue.
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Behavioral Sentiment
Ira Slomowitz

Market Volatility: Structure, Geo-Politics and Culture

However, the current hedge fund environment is based on much more than picking the right stocks or bonds and all that goes with it. The current hedge fund system is a group of funds, many of multiple hundreds of millions or even billions of dollars that don’t make investments per se as they try to beat their competitors by the microsecond in order to profit a very small amount on a a large but extremely short term investment (we will speak of the money of unfree countries below).

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AMT Markets
Ira Slomowitz

U.S National Security, Part 3: Don’t Underemphasize Freedom

U.S National Security, Part 3: Don’t Underemphasize Freedom Opinion: The following article is commentary and its views are solely those of the author. This article was first published the 30th of December via The Angry Demagogue.   Conclusion The post-Cold War world that the Strategy Paper tries to figure out

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Behavioral Sentiment
Ira Slomowitz

U.S National Security, Part 2: Regional Alliances – Europe

U.S National Security, Part 2: Regional Alliances – Europe Opinion: The following article is commentary and its views are solely those of the author. This article was first published the 25th of December via The Angry Demagogue. As we continue our tour of the administration’s National Security Strategy we will

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AMT Markets
Ira Slomowitz

U.S National Security: USD Reserve Currency Importance

U.S National Security: USD Reserve Currency Importance Opinion: The following article is commentary and its views are solely those of the author. This article was first published the 23rd of December via The Angry Demagogue. We would like to start going through the U.S administration’s National Security Strategy released last

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Behavioral Sentiment
Ira Slomowitz

An Expanding Axis – Will Egypt and Pakistan Become Members?

An Expanding Axis – Will Egypt and Pakistan Become Members? Opinion: The following article is commentary and its views are solely those of the author. This article was first published the 26th of May via The Angry Demagogue. China seems to be taking advantage of the transition from the Obama-Biden

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Behavioral Sentiment
Ira Slomowitz

New Alternatives for Regional Alliances & Global Effects?

New Alternatives for Regional Alliances & Global Effects? Opinion: The following article is commentary and its views are solely those of the author. This article was first published the 14th of March, 2025 via The Angry Demagogue. There is so much going on that it really is difficult to keep

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Behavioral Sentiment
Ira Slomowitz

The Wigged and the Robed: All Hail the ICC in The Hague

The Wigged and the Robed: All Hail the ICC in The Hague Opinion: The following article is commentary and its views are solely those of the author. There is an old saying that extreme cases make bad law and that is mostly the case. Regarding policy though, sometimes it takes

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Ira Slomowitz

Make Common Sense Great Again: On Moving Away from Nuance

Make Common Sense Great Again: On Moving Away from Nuance Opinion: The following article is commentary and its views are solely those of the author. This article was first published the 23rd of July 2024 via The Angry Demagogue. Has there been a total breakdown of readiness in the West? When

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Behavioral Sentiment
Ira Slomowitz

Middle East is Proving to be a New Playground for the Axis

Middle East is Proving to be a New Playground for the Axis Opinion: The following article is commentary and its views are solely those of the author. This article was first published the 4th of July with an addendum on the 5th via The Angry Demagogue. Blinken Gets Pushed to

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Ira Slomowitz

The Oldest Hate: Why The Hague Needs to Convict Israel

The Oldest Hate: Why The Hague Needs to Convict Israel Opinion: The following article is commentary and its views are solely those of the author. This article was first published the 14th of June via The Angry Demagogue. The oldest hate is also the most frustrating hate – why is

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Behavioral Sentiment
Ira Slomowitz

Iran Front and Center: 60 Tons of Explosives Sent Towards Israel

Iran Front and Center: 60 Tons of Explosives Sent Towards Israel The Israel-Iran War is soon to enter its 7th month even though last night was the first face to face confrontation between the two countries. There was much less panic in the air on the “Israeli street” than one

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Business
Ira Slomowitz

An India-Israel Alliance: Prospects to Serve Global Freedom

An India-Israel Alliance: Prospects to Serve Global Freedom Opinion: The following article is commentary and its views are solely those of the author. We wrote a few weeks ago in response to Nassim Taleb’s claim that Israel was fragile due to its over-dependence on the United States, and we came

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