So much for smooth sailing for markets in 2024! After making a lot of money on the long side this year notably with hot AI trades like Nvidia, investors are battling through their worst stretch of turbulence in some time. Yahoo Finance Executive Editor Brian Sozzi sits down with AlphaSimplex chief research strategist Kathryn Kaminski. Kaminski has decades of experience in the markets, and doesn’t approach assessing stocks and asset classes in conventional ways. To Kaminski, when everyone is yelling fire in the crowded theater that could be a great time to find exciting buying opportunities. With markets having a volatile August that has caught many investors off guard, what should be one’s playbook for success entering the fall? Kaminski reveals her top strategies. 

Yahoo Finance's Opening Bid, brings you a high-octane take on the freshest analyst calls, wildest stock moves and shrewdest commentary in the business world. Executive Editor Brian Sozzi puts Wall Street's finest through their paces in this essential conversation for every investor - before the stock market opens.

Find this episode's transcripts and more episodes of Opening Bid at https://finance.yahoo.com/videos/series/opening-bid/.

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00:00-Kathryn Kaminski joins Opening Bid

05:00-Day in the life of an investor

07:20-Trend following as a strategy

11:00-Investor complacency

15:40-How do new investors build a portfolio in this environment?

16:30-Want to buy Nike...

18:40-Success of systematic investments

Yahoo Finance's Opening Bid is hosted by Brian Sozzi, and produced by Alexander Frangeskides and Rachael Lewis-Krisky.

Kathryn Kaminski, PhD, CAIA, is the Chief Research Strategist and Portfolio Manager at AlphaSimplex Group, focusing on quantitative and systematic futures trading. She is also the co-author of 'Trend Following with Managed Futures: The Search for Crisis Alpha.'

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