77 The Systematic Investor Series – March 1st, 2020

77 The Systematic Investor Series – March 1st, 2020

After the quickest 10% correction straight from an all-time-high in stock market history last week, we discuss how human emotions & behaviours played their part, the threat of the coronavirus and its effect on world economies, why a week is too short a time to judge if CTAs are providing ‘crisis alpha’, and why short-term systems should have performed really well during the selloff. Questions we cover include: How […]

77 The Systematic Investor Series – March 1st, 20202020-12-08T10:00:25-05:00

76 The Systematic Investor Series – February 24th, 2020

76 The Systematic Investor Series – February 24th, 2020

In today’s episode, we discuss whether attempting to trade every market at the same time may hinder any conviction necessary for above-average returns, as well as debate the difference between a portfolio with plenty of trades across lots of different markets versus one with less positions among fewer markets.  We also cover the Hedge Fund Journal’s recent interview with Harold De Boer of Transtrend, the amount of truly uncorrelated markets available to trade, how much discretion […]

76 The Systematic Investor Series – February 24th, 20202020-12-08T07:47:16-05:00

75 The Systematic Investor Series – February 16th, 2020

75 The Systematic Investor Series – February 16th, 2020

On today’s show, we discuss Morgan Housel’s recent article on history & historians generally being a bad guide for the future, the popularity of negative predictions, social media as a gauge for current market conditions, the limits of trading indexes versus diversified individual stocks, why following price may be more important than just committing to a bullish or bearish position, and Meb Faber’s recent interview with Tim Hayes, who talked about the dangers of non-price-based indicators.

75 The Systematic Investor Series – February 16th, 20202020-12-08T07:44:08-05:00

74 The Systematic Investor Series – February 8th, 2020

74 The Systematic Investor Series – February 8th, 2020

This week, we discuss how Jerry approached his Tesla trade during last week’s parabolic move up, the value of sleeping well at night in comparison to chasing maximum returns, whether Trend Following models can be successfully tilted toward ESG (Sustainable) Investments, thoughts on Negative & Positive Skew, the perceived drawbacks of CTA diversification when stocks are going up, and we also compare Trend Following on stocks, to a fully diversified, Trend Following system.  Questions we answer […]

74 The Systematic Investor Series – February 8th, 20202020-12-08T07:39:37-05:00

73 The Systematic Investor Series – February 3rd, 2020

73 The Systematic Investor Series – February 3rd, 2020

On today’s show, we discuss when having lots of experience can sometimes work against you, why hard and fast rules can be better than making discretionary decisions, the importance of trading in appropriate position sizes, the amount of drawdown that will likely cause you to deviate from your system, the unpopularity of Trend Following strategies, creating an adaptive portfolio that can respond to market conditions, and why Trend Following should play a considerable part in your […]

73 The Systematic Investor Series – February 3rd, 20202020-12-08T07:21:20-05:00
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