78 The Systematic Investor Series – March 8th, 2020

78 The Systematic Investor Series – March 8th, 2020

This week, we discuss the potential benefits of investing in more than one systematic fund, Tom Basso’s research finding that Trend Following returns increase as market volatility increases, the process behind Moritz’s discretionary trade last week, sizing positions according to volatility, the historic rally in government bonds, and the importance of good risk management. Questions we answer include: What software do you use to manage and monitor your portfolios?  How much […]

78 The Systematic Investor Series – March 8th, 20202020-12-08T10:56:41-05:00

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
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