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Nick Gogerty has worked at a value based hedge fund, a quant forex desk and debt prop desks, various technology and marketing firms and a deep future science research labs.

He is researching high frequency asymetric trading and long term value investing.

Mr Gogerty has lived in 8 countries across 3 global regions.

Previously, Mr. Gogerty has developed commodity hedge fund portfolios and indexes, worked as a quantitative developer and trader on a proprietary foreign exchange desk in London. In addition, Mr. Gogerty has been a serial entrepreneur in convergence spaces between technology and media. He has also testified before the U.S. Senate on technology and counterparty financial risk with regard to the year 2000 transition.

Mr. Gogerty holds a Bachelor of Arts in cultural anthropology from the University of Iowa, an M.B.A. from the Ecole de Ponts et Chaussees in Paris and has lived in seven countries. He holds or has held Series 3, 7, 63 and FSA licenses. Nick holds the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) (http://www.caia.org/) designation. Mr. Gogerty lives in New York City with his wife Mercedes, where he enjoys reading about finance, technology, design, applied science and sustainable development in emerging economies.

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Nick Gogerty's Company

Fertilemind Capital Global macro portfolio manager.

I focus on Long/Short equities, forex and commodities using a value process and quant approaches. My background includes Forex, commodities and options. +19.8% for 2008 Sharpe 1.0.

Anthropologist by training and attitude. Always go to the field and listen to the natives, they have a lot to teach.

Experience started in the Chicago 10 t-note option pits as a runner, designed funds and optimized portfolio, flown a quant prop desk in London as a modeler/trader and worked in New York helping to manage a fund along with a few other roles here and there.

The role is simple.
1. Don't lose money.
2. Remember rule #1
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Nick Gogerty's Blog

Designing Better Futures Economics is about people and behavior. The blog focuses on risk, systemic risk and a few opinions from a global anthropologist finance technology perspective.
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Snapshot
  • Portfolio manager
  • Trading frequency: Not Trading
Interests:
  • Bonds
  • ETFs
  • Forex
  • Options
  • Stocks - long
  • Stocks - short
  • Tech Stocks