March 29, 2016

The Bear Traps Report

The Bear Traps report is a weekly independent Investment Research Publication focusing on global political and systemic risk with actionable trade ideas. The service is tailored for asset managers, hedge funds, financial advisors, traders and more. Our report allows investors to spend a lot less time diving through research reports. We strive to get to the meat of what is moving markets.

Along with actionable trade ideas, we provide clients with a timely, first-hand look at global political market moving events. Our teams on the ground in New York, Toronto, Washington, Puerto Rico, Brussels, Dublin, Rio (Brazil) and Beijing (China) bring you closer to what is moving markets.

As governments and central banks drive markets, we turn these policy decisions into actionable trade ideas for clients around the world.

Credit and political risks have a lot more impact on central bank policy decisions than economic data. Today, there is nothing more important than staying on top of global political systemic risk, these factors are moving markets like never before.

Our independent investment research stems from an elite team of analysts and strategists with real trading floor experience. Bear Traps was founded by Lawrence McDonald, he has spent 30 years working on Wall Street. He was formerly a senior distressed debt trader at Lehman Brothers and was part of the team that made $2 billion betting against the U.S housing market.


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The Bear Traps trading ideas are centered around macro market moving events. Ideas stem from former Wall Street traders, and using a 7 factor model we score and rank stocks, ETF’s and sectors for the perfect opportunity to deploy capital.

The report will give you a complete view of the global markets, where to spot opportunities, and how to avoid risk. The letter is unique and unbiased, unlike any other research on Wall Street.

This enables our subscribers to spend more time on business development by having access to our analysts’ expert opinions and a more in-depth reach of political market moving events around the globe. Getting ahead of systemic risk coming at us from Asia, Europe and Latin America will help clients avoid substantial losses and generate above average returns.

Political Risk Events Moving Markets

  • Subprime Crisis 2007
  • Lehman, Bear Sterns & Fannie & Freddie 2008
  • Grexit Risk 2010
  • Debt Ceiling 2013
  • Russia 2014
  • Central Bank Divergence 2015
  • Asia 2016
  • Brexit 2016
  • Turkey Coup 2016
  • Elections 2016

Investing from the Beating Heart of Wall Street

The Bear Traps Report Team uncovers specific opportunities in a variety of investment sectors, as they understand and share with their subscribers how these macroeconomic forces affect different asset classes, which can often lead to excellent opportunities, but sometimes pinpoint a potential disaster long before it happens. This will help investors by gauging the risk vs reward and spot the opportune moment to deploy capital in:

  • US Credit – Full analysis of US Credit Markets. Treasuries & Corporate Bonds.
  • US Economy – In depth look at the economic conditions in the US.
  • US Housing – Review of where housing is headed, complete with trade ideas.
  • US Markets –  Examination of equity markets, packed with trades and warnings.
  • Europe – Political and credit analysis of the Eurozone.
  • Asia – Keeping a watchful eye on China and Japanese risks.
  • Emerging Markets – Always searching for the great buy signals, and risks.
  • Commodities – Tracking gold, oil and the mining markets.
  • Trading Ideas – See our positions, with asset allocations.

Our Team includes 22 analysts in New York, Washington D.C., Toronto, Dublin, Frankfurt, Beijing, Puerto Rico and Brazil.

Along with actionable trade ideas, we provide clients with a timely, first-hand look at global political market moving events. Our teams on the ground in New York, Toronto, Washington, Puerto Rico, Brussels, Dublin, Rio (Brazil) and Beijing (China) bring you closer to what is moving markets.


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