This week we're adding a different twist to our typical episode, and we're diving into WHY Commodities can be accretive in your portfolio with Tim Pickering (@AuspiceTim). Tim is the Founder, President, and CIO of Auspice Capital Advisors and leads the strategic decision-making and the vision for Auspice's diverse suite of award-winning rules-based quantitative investment strategies.

In this week's episode, Tim illustrates why the current environment could be very bullish commodities long-term, active tactical strategies, and dives into Trend following, non-correlation, CTAs ability to act as a return-enhancer, inflation protection, and much more!

Chapters:

00:00-01:52 = Intro

01:53-09:48 = Born from Canadian Commodity Country

09:49-20:08= Shell Oil and Tactical Active Strategies

20:09-29:19 = The Auspice Edge vs Buy and Hold Commodities

29:20-40:28 = The other 25%, an Agnostic approach & the Adaptive Volatility process

40:29-57:03 = Crisis Alpha Opportunities, Inflation hedges & Institutional products

Follow along with Tim Pickering on Twitter @AuspiceTim and Auspice @AuspiceCapital. And for more information on Auspice check out their website and research!

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