84 The Systematic Investor Series ft Robert Carver – April 20th, 2020

84 The Systematic Investor Series ft Robert Carver – April 20th, 2020

We’re joined today by Robert Carver to discuss why classical Trend Following strategies did well in the recent selloff, the risks in OTC trading, why it’s important to diversify across different managers, the varying recent returns of Renaissance Technologies and AHL, and how Robert Carver approaches volatility, scaling & portfolio construction during a crisis. Questions answered this week include: Are 20 markets enough for a diversified portfolio? Is pyramiding a bad strategy? Should I prioritise signals that […]

84 The Systematic Investor Series ft Robert Carver – April 20th, 20202021-05-26T07:09:04-04:00

83 The Systematic Investor Series

83 The Systematic Investor Series – April 13th, 2020

In this episode, we discuss how Trend Following strategies are able to cope with the extra volatility around huge world events,  Transtrend’s recent article on responsible investing and why that includes the ability to short a market, the current oil situation, and recent interview appearances by Ray Dalio and Danielle DiMartino Booth.  Questions answered this week include: Can Trend Following do well in a hyper inflationary environment? Have you discovered anything new from the 2020 Crash?

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83 The Systematic Investor Series2020-12-17T09:03:09-05:00

The story of slow and steady – how Buffett became the best investor

THE STORY OF SLOW AND STEADY – HOW BUFFETT BECAME THE BEST INVESTOR

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Warren Buffett was born in Omaha Nebraska in 1930, right in the midst of the great depression. His earlier life was quite gruesome as he suffered through these very trying times for the whole country but managed to come on top by his late twenties.

Almost every documentary we could watch about the man, each of them will talk about the natural skill he had from an early age to analyze […]

The story of slow and steady – how Buffett became the best investor2020-12-15T03:39:38-05:00

82 The Systematic Investor Series ft Harold de Boer – April 5th, 2020

82 The Systematic Investor Series ft Harold de Boer – April 5th, 2020

Special guest, Harold de Boer of Transtrend, joins us on the show today to discuss why the recent returns disparity among CTAs might be good for the industry, the benefits of investing in more than one Trend Following fund, if the term ‘machine learning’ should be considered as a marketing ploy, what makes a strategy robust, why unsupervised ‘black box’ strategies may be riskier than more traditional strategies, how much the markets […]

82 The Systematic Investor Series ft Harold de Boer – April 5th, 20202020-12-08T11:44:36-05:00

81 The Systematic Investor Series – March 29th, 2020

81 The Systematic Investor Series – March 29th, 2020

Today, we discuss the benefits of focusing on highly liquid markets, why Trend Following strategies are usually less risky & volatile in any market environment,  how simple ideas can often be more robust than complex ideas, whether there’s a place for discretion in trading systems, why a manager’s true aims may not be what you were are expecting, and how emotional intelligence disappears during times of stress.  Questions we answer include: Should I have fewer positions, […]

81 The Systematic Investor Series – March 29th, 20202020-12-08T11:23:03-05:00
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