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Trident Fund LP May 2020 Commentary

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Jacob Wolinsky
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The Trident Fund LP returned +1.4 percent in May, and the fund is +3.8 percent net for 2021.

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Trident unearthed a unique source of return in May when it exploited market reaction to an aggressive Fed rather than merely following the trends. Through the Risk Regime model, Trident profited from the steep rally in short-term Treasuries that followed Fed Chairman Powell’s mid-month comments in front of Congress in which he pledged to keep rates at zero despite any short-term inflation.

The yield curve trade was the main source of return for the Risk Regime model, which earned +1.0 percent for the month. Meanwhile,...

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Jacob Wolinsky is the ex-Founder of Valuewalk.com (founded 2011, sold 2023). He is founder of HedgeFundAlpha (formerly ValueWalk Premium), a hedge fund focused intelligence service for institutional investors. Prior to founding Valuewalk, Jacob covered small caps, worked recruiting members for a large hedge fund community and freelance financial journalism. Jacob lives with his wife and five kids in Passaic Park NJ. - Email: jacob(at)hedgefundalpha.com. For confidential inquires email me for my Signal ID. Other methods of secure communication are also available. FD: Most of my portfolio is in I mostly purchase broad-based ETFs, mutual funds or individual bonds - I do this for performance reasons and to avoid any potential conflict of interest or occasional receipt of insider information. I will disclose if I have a stake in any company, but in general I have few stocks and I avoid any trading especially around topics I am covering.