The stances below are c8alpha's editorial distillation of Jens Nordvig's public commentary — television, podcasts, and interviews — compiled by automated transcript analysis and dated to the episode they came from. They may lag the speaker's current view and may contain extraction errors. Text in quotation marks is verbatim from the episode; everything else is our paraphrase. Jens Nordvig is not affiliated with c8alpha and has not endorsed this page. Nothing here is investment advice.
Raw direction-aware returns on public statements — long calls credited when the price rose, shorts when it fell, shorts capped at −100% — in a rising market this mostly measures who was long, not who has skill. Returns run from the stance date; calls are rarely closed publicly, so fixed 90-day / 180-day / 1-year horizons are used. A horizon shows only once it has fully matured, and only at 5+ scored stances.
2025-07-26
USD
bearish
Forward Guidance · video
Structural asset allocation shift away from USD assets (independent of Fed/growth cycles) combines with improving global growth (Europe PMIs bouncing, ECB pausing, China turning) and likely Fed cuts in September to produce medium-term downside skew in the…
“the dollar still in a medium-term sense looks like we have downside skew”
90d -1.5% · 180d -2.1% · 1y -7.6%
The Dollar’s Structural Decline Has Begun
2025-07-25
USD
bearish
Forward Guidance · video
Five months of persistent structural shift in global asset allocation away from US equities, narrowing yield advantage as Fed is forced to cut, central bank reserve diversification, and Fed independence concerns all combine for a multi-year dollar downtrend…
“the dollar still in a medium-term sense looks like we have downside skew”
90d -2.7% · 180d -3.7% · 1y -8.8%
Threat to Fed Independence is Un-Anchoring Inflation Expectations | Jens Nordvig
2025-07-25
long USTS / short USTS
pair
Forward Guidance · video
Front-end yields should decline as Fed is eventually forced to cut with stalling real consumption and softening labor market (100+ bps plausible), while long-end faces persistent upward pressure from global supply increases in Japan, Germany, and UK, ongoing…
90d +0.0% · 180d +0.0% · 1y +0.0%
Threat to Fed Independence is Un-Anchoring Inflation Expectations | Jens Nordvig
2025-07-25
long TIPS / short 5YR BREAKEVEN INFLATION
pair
Forward Guidance · video
Short-end inflation breakevens overprice near-term Fed independence risk because Powell cannot easily be removed and the FOMC has 12 voting members acting as a buffer, while long-end breakevens meaningfully underprice the 5-10 year risk of Fed politicization…
“I would argue that should be a steepening of the break even curve”
Threat to Fed Independence is Un-Anchoring Inflation Expectations | Jens Nordvig
2025-07-25
long International Dev / short SPX
pair
Forward Guidance · video
Persistent five-month structural rotation in global equity flows away from extreme US dominance toward international markets, driven by prior overweight unwinding, changing dollar hedging dynamics, and US policy unpredictability — with large institutional…
“the dominance that you had for a multi-year period actually is not there anymore on a very persistent basis”
90d +0.4% · 180d +3.0% · 1y +2.5%
Threat to Fed Independence is Un-Anchoring Inflation Expectations | Jens Nordvig
2025-05-30
USD
bearish
The Compound · video
After a 10-year dollar bull run, the US's closest allies—Canadians, Europeans, UK—are structurally reducing dollar exposure due to tariff shock, policy unpredictability, 6-7% GDP fiscal deficits, and proposed Section 899 foreign capital taxes, with FX hedging…
“it is a structural theme that they want to get exposure reduced and this is new”
90d +0.2% · 180d -2.9% · 1y -4.6%
Why Initial Jobless Claims Could Blow Up the Stock Market | TCAF 194
2025-05-30
Long Dur Treasuries
bearish
The Compound · video
An unprecedented combination of allied portfolio reallocation away from US fixed income, unchecked fiscal deficits (6-7% of GDP), proposed Section 899 taxes on foreign capital, and geopolitical friction is structurally pressuring the long bond in a way not…
“questioned the safety of the long bond in the United States in a way that I don't believe we've seen before”
90d -2.2% · 180d -7.4% · 1y -4.0%
Why Initial Jobless Claims Could Blow Up the Stock Market | TCAF 194