Alex Gurevich on Global Macro Investing Strategies
Masters in Business
Bloomberg
4.4 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 6 May 2022
⏱️ 91 minutes
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Bloomberg Radio host Barry Ritholtz speaks with Alex Gurevich, the founder and chief investment officer of San Francisco-based global macro investment firm HonTe Advisors. Gurevich, who has more than 20 years of trading experience, formerly ran global macro at J.P. Morgan; he earned his Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Chicago. His most recent book, "The Trades of March 2020: A Shield against Uncertainty," was published in paperback this year.
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| 0:51.0 | This week on the podcast, I have a fascinating guest. |
| 0:56.0 | His name is Alex Wueravitch. |
| 0:58.0 | He is a hedge fund manager and trader who has been involved in macro trading for decades since the late 90s. |
| 1:08.0 | And he's one of these folks that basically has managed to put together a fascinating trading history |
| 1:17.0 | and a great track record in 2020. |
| 1:22.0 | He was positioned in a very contrarian setup heading at the end of 2019 and into 2020. |
| 1:30.0 | He was anticipating a substantial decrease in interest rates when most of the rest of the world was positioned in the opposite way. |
| 1:40.0 | And when the pandemic hit and emergency Fed cuts came in, his fund did spectacularly well. |
| 1:48.0 | It was ranked second best performance of all hedge funds in 2020. |
| 1:53.0 | When you read his books and his most recent one is the trades of March 2020, |
| 1:59.0 | a shield against uncertainty. |
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