In this episode, Alan Dunne is joined by Chris Schelling, Chief Investment Strategist at Venturi Private Wealth and author of the book “Better Than Alpha”, to discuss asset allocation and how assets are managed in the private space vs institutional space, about disrupting the 60/40 model and formulating a new standard, the evolution of the industry over the years, the role of liquidity in asset allocation, the use of Alpha and Beta in investment, what it takes to be a skilled manager and the risk of manager selection.

In this episode, we discuss:

How are assets managed in the private space vs institutional space

Biases in asset allocation and how to overcome them.

Using Alpha, Beta and other investment strategies

Due diligence and things to avoid in the process

The risks of manager selection and what it takes to be a good manager.

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Today Rob Carver joins me to discuss how the Trend Following world is reacting to the aweful situation in Ukraine and how it affects markets and volatility, discussing the moral aspects of trend following in times of crises and we take lots of questions from our community regarding how to handle parabolic market moves, if trend following is over-crowded, who we believe is the next David Harding, how to allocate to different speeds of Momentum/Trend Following as well as thoughts on rebalancing assets and portfolios and much more.

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On today’s episode, Alan Dunne is joined by Alan Higgins, the CIO and Chief Market Strategise of Coutts UK, also known as the Queens Bank, to discuss sound ways to invest in today’s environment, Alan’s interest at an early age in how to earn a risk premium, being a 60/40 investor and how the strategy will evolve, asset management vs. wealth management, distressed debt investing, behavioural biases, inflation, equity and interest rates, as well as the Yale Approach finishing off with some book recommendations on asset allocation and investing.

In this episode, we discuss:

What the 60/40 portfolio will look like in the next decade

The surprise of markets ability to trend

The value of Risk Mitigation, but how it’s not enough

Insights to the inflationary period in the UK under Nigel Lawson

Why this time feels different

Lessons from the 1987 Crash

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Richard Brennan joins us today to discuss the power of Trend Following during periods of heightened uncertainty, Trend Following applied to the ESG space, how endogenous price shocks cause longer-term trends, the new Top Traders Monthly Trend Following report, shorter-term Trend Following versus longer-term, and how ‘buy the dip’ investors are likely unprepared for sustained underperformance in stocks.

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Alan Dunne is joined today by Elizabeth Burton to discuss managing a public fund versus a private fund, the challenges to those invested in the traditional 60 / 40 portfolio, the current outlook for inflation, performing above expectations, how to re-position a portfolio for higher expected inflation, fixed income versus real assets, categorising asset classes effectively, the limits of mean variance optimisation, using historical perspectives as an input into current decision-making, difficulties in the manager selection process, and how to simplify complex ideas in order to communicate more efficiently.

In this episode, we discuss:

The outlook for inflation

Achieving high performance consistently

How to re-allocate a portfolio accordingly

Mean variance optimisation

Whether this time is different

Selecting the right manager

Simplifying complexity for better understanding

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Mark Rzepczynski joins us today to discuss Trend Following versus Momentum strategies, the need to be humble about making economic forecasts, how Central Bank policies affect Trend Following performance, Cathie Wood and ARKK coming under pressure from the media, Trend Following on options, calculating a systems’ risk-to-stop, vetting new investors for their ability to handle risk, hard data versus stories, when to apply the ‘Moscow rules’.

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Alan Dunne is joined today by Sebastien Page to discuss how price shocks affect correlations, approaches to strategic asset allocation, how to position portfolios for the years ahead, the current outlook for equities their various sectors, investing in a rising interest rate environment, responding to unexpected regime shifts in the markets, defining and achieving utility maximisation, the merits and drawbacks of mean variance analysis, how to properly diversify a portfolio, the durability of treasury bonds, lessons from research on high performance individuals and teams, achieving a state of ‘flow’, and how to simplify complex financial topics.

In this episode, we discuss:

•Ever-changing market correlations

•Strategic asset allocation

•Responding to interest rate changes

•Achieving utility maximisation

•Mean variance analysis

•Portfolio diversification

•Treasury bonds

•High performance teams

•Simplifying complexity

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Today, Alan Dunne joins us to discuss how the change of tone from central banks can affect markets globally, Trend Following in a rising interest rate environment, the case for and against including carry trades in a Trend Following portfolio, how managed futures Trend Following can help investors throughout ever-changing markets, the future of the traditional 60 / 40 portfolio, some takeaways from Alan’s conversation with Phil Huber on this week’s new Top Traders Unplugged Allocator Series, and why we might be entering a great period for Trend Following strategies.

In this episode, we discuss:

•How central bank signalling affects risk appetite around the world

•How Trend Following might perform in a rising interest rate environment

•Including carry trades in a Trend Following portfolio

•How managed futures can help investor throughout ever-changing markets

•The viability of the 60 /40 portfolio going forward

•Why a new golden era for Trend Following might be emerging

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Alan Dunne is joined today by Phil Huber, in the first our new Allocator Series, to discuss the education gap that needs to be filled regarding efficient capital allocation, the typical clients and types of portfolios that Phil deals with, adjusting portfolios to accommodate for changing market cycles, defining ‘alternative investments’, the extent to which a portfolio should be actively managed, traditional versus alternative investments, the challenges of manager selection, cultivating a behavioural edge as an allocator, and how to manage difficult conversations with clients.

In this episode, we discuss:

•Better education around capital allocation

•Allocating capital throughout various market cycles

•How to define an ‘alternative investment’

•How actively we should manage a portfolio

•Traditional versus alternative investments

•The difficulties in the manager selection process

•Being a great behavioural investor as an allocator

•Difficult conversations with clients

•Advice for aspiring capital allocators

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Hari Krishnan is joined today by Cem Karsan, to discuss feedback loops across different markets, the decision to manage outside money, how institutions make trading decisions, the global macro effects from COVID-19, the importance of dealer flows in the markets, the feedback loop between options and their underlying assets, and approaches to delta hedging.

In this episode, we discuss:

•How market behaviour is often intertwined

•Why Cem chose to manage outside capital

•The thinking behind institutional market moves

•How the global pandemic affected markets

•Dealer flows

•Feedback loops

•Delta hedging

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