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Portfolio Manager at Newfound Research (@thinknewfound). Find our research at https://teapawt.net/t.co/KwqP4SeWOF .

Colorado, USA
Joined November 2017
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To beat the market, you must be different than the market. blog.thinknewfound.com/2016/…
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As a kid obsessed with physics I dreamed of a nuclear future But since the 1980s the regulatory environment made this impossible Also, as America outsourced its industrial base to China, our demand for power was stagnant Now there's a double why now: the AI build out + reshoring of manufacturing has made America hungry for power again Also, nuclear has become a bipartistan issue and the regulatory framework is rapidly improving Enter @isaiah_p_taylor with @valaratomics He is applying the Elon playbook to nuclear Find an industry that America used to be good at, but lost its way on: rockets, tunneling, manufacturing cars And then go build a simple unit, you can deliver quickly, to get on the exponential ramp in terms of real world feedback + early revenue + technological progress Then claw your way back to the prior state of the art, before pushing far beyond our prior limits I believe Isaiah is a generational founder and this is a generational company @sequoia is ecstatic to partner with him and the Valar team (Especially when we get to do it with our friends at Valar, Conviction, Atreides, and the early investors here) And massive thank you to @PalmerLuckey for giving me a tip regarding how special this company is
Announcing Valar Atomics' $1B series B led by Sequoia, with Valor Equity Partners, Atreides, Point72, Conviction, and others. Alongside the $1B equity, we have closed a $200m credit facility led by Erebor and JPM. I'm excited to welcome Shaun Maguire from Sequoia to our board.
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Quite awesome to witness this idea from its inception to reality!👏👏👏
Announcing Valar Atomics' $1B series B led by Sequoia, with Valor Equity Partners, Atreides, Point72, Conviction, and others. Alongside the $1B equity, we have closed a $200m credit facility led by Erebor and JPM. I'm excited to welcome Shaun Maguire from Sequoia to our board.
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Big congrats to @isaiah_p_taylor and the @valaratomics team! So much done in so little time.
Good morning. Last night at 8:51pm Mountain Time, the Valar Atomics Nuclear Operations team brought Ward 250 to 10kW thermal output. We held this power level throughout the night. This is another historic milestone from the Valar team, marking first nuclear power by a startup.
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Good morning. Last night at 8:51pm Mountain Time, the Valar Atomics Nuclear Operations team brought Ward 250 to 10kW thermal output. We held this power level throughout the night. This is another historic milestone from the Valar team, marking first nuclear power by a startup.
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Today, Valar Atomics became the first startup in history to split the atom. Announcing Project Nova, a series of zero power critical tests on Valar Atomics' Nova Core in collaboration with Los Alamos NCERC and NNSS. Nova went critical for the first time this morning at 11:45am.
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The reason to deliberately do hard things is so that when non-self-elected challenges arrive (& they will), you can tell yourself: “I don’t know how this is all going to turn out, but I am certain I can do hard things.” Don’t self injure. But doing hard things is always worthwhile.
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I can attest to the speed, ease of use, and simplicity here!
apropos of nothing i’ve made a lot of mistakes at Newfound over the last 14+ years but one thing I think I got really right was our backtesting engine design really quick explanation of the design
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Always my experience to the $, regardless of offer price relative to list.
Fun fact: when you get a mortgage against your house, the bank orders an appraiser to estimate how much the house is worth, since regulators like the loan to be less than 80% of the house value so the loan is safe. The appraisal values have a very curious distribution...
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If they can do this in #Sanibel by the end of the month, I'll be pretty impressed.
Construction on the Pine Island bridge has been completed today – just three days after construction began. Happy to have the state step in and help get our Pine Island residents back on their feet.
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Any way to get a @googlemaps street view camera to drive around #Sanibel to get some ground level views?
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Yesterday, many noticed that @squeezemetrics's GEX index hit an all-time low. Lowest reading ever. Since GEX measures gamma exposure, a low value implies the dealer's delta is less sensitive to index moves. However, why would this be a bullish signal? teapawt.net/SqueezeMetrics/status/…
Replying to @TheGodMarket
That GEX, in isolation, is definitely a temporary bullish signal. Path of least resistance is up. Much easier for volatility to realize to the upside.
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Some very good points for people considering MFE degrees!
1/ I constantly get questions from people looking to go into graduate financial engineering (“FE”) programs. I thought I’d compile my thoughts into a thread 🧵
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I’ve written hundreds of research articles on the Newfound blog throughout the years. I stopped writing last year (got burnt out), so my guess is a lot of new followers don’t even know they exist. Here are a few that I’m especially proud of ➡️
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Democrat States Follow The Science By Doing What Florida Did Back In May buff.ly/3o3XEiR
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Since I grew up near Cleveland and spent 4 years in the city...
The Cleveland Indians, in the interest of not offending anyone with their team name, will now just be called The Indians.
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The status of my county in Colorado got upgraded to "stay in Florida"
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Good day fighting COVID in FL. Pumpkin pie is the true vaccine.
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🤔 Very interesting, Twitter.
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A happy anniversary to this wonderful darling! We were supposed to be in New Zealand right now. After years of talking about going, we finally booked the trip last February. 1 week in Fiji and 2+ weeks in NZ.
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All booked with 50% off the airline miles... Covid changed that a bit. For now, FL will have to suffice. At least they let you in!
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