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Posts from 11 August 2025

Every essay and update published on Valeon on 11 August 2025.

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  • The price gap between two venues drawn as a line between two dashed bands, running flat along a band where arbitrage trades, with one stretch highlighted in amber; a row of seven rings marks part 1.

    The Long Shadow of Markets: Understanding the Secondary Market Effect and Arbitrage

    One value priced in two places disagrees with itself, and arbitrage drags the two prices back together as far as costs, capital and rules allow. That's why some gaps last microseconds and others decades. With a worked arbitrage, the limits that keep gaps open, which venue leads a move, and bitcoin's 2018 Korean premium as a case study.

    SFSayed Hamid Fatimi
    19 min read
  • A silhouette of a man stands facing a sunset with a stylized, abstract landscape and two crescent shapes above, depicted in warm hues of orange and yellow.

    Three Vessels for a Working Life

    Most people are taught to work for money, but not to make it work for them. For new investors with modest means, building wealth is less about chasing quick wins and more about choosing the right tools — and avoiding their traps. This guide explores three key “vessels” for your financial journey: the mutual fund, the money market fund, and the index fund, including the “always up” nature of indices like the S&P 500, and how to use them wisely for long-term growth.

    SFSayed Hamid Fatimi
    5 min read