Robert Carver joins us to discuss the huge outperformance year-to-date of systematic funds vs discretionary funds, negative prices & their effects on market participants, systematising volatility strategies, whether there is a Holy Grail for eliminating risk completely, Newfound Research’s article on Options Straddles & Trend Following, and where we currently see the strongest trends in our portfolios.
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0:00 - Intro1:32 - Macro recap from Niels4:15 - Weekly review of returns1:07:37 - Question 1; Brian: Where do you see the strongest trends in your portfolio?1:08:34 - Performance recap
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