SI131: Winning Big During An Inflationary Environment ft. Moritz Seibert
Top Traders Unplugged
Niels Kaastrup-Larsen
4.8 • 712 Ratings
🗓️ 14 March 2021
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
Moritz Seibert returns to the show today to discuss the challenges of managing large amounts of cash in a high-inflationary environment, the importance of maintaining a healthy attitude during long winning-streaks, the resurgence & resilience of the GameStop short-squeeze, Bitcoin reaching $60,000, the importance of prioritising process over outcome, the new VIX ETFs for Bitcoin & Ethereum, and whether or not Gold is a safe long-term investment.
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In this episode, we discuss:
- Smart ways to manage cash during periods of high inflation
- Staying humble during long winning periods
- The GameStop short-squeeze
- New volatility-based ETFs for Cryptocurrencies
- Why analysing the outcome instead of the process may prove costly in the long run
- Can we still call Gold a 'safe-haven' asset?
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Episode TimeStamps:
00:00 - Intro
01:33 - Macro recap from Niels
04:45 - Weekly review of performance
32:56 - Q1; Daniel: How much do you risk per trade?
48:32 - Q2; Karl: When using moving average crossovers, how do you get back into a trade you were quickly stopped out of?
53:25 - Q3; Mark: Why should I place short trades if my backtest says long trades are more profitable? Have you looked at synthetic data, going back over 200 years?
01:02:58 - Benchmark performance update
01:03:52 - Recommended listening or reading this week: Macro Voices Podcast ft Diego Parilla
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | You're about to join Jerry Parker, Maritz Siebert, and Neil's Kostrup Larson on their |
| 0:06.3 | raw and honest journey into the world of systematic investing and learn about the most |
| 0:11.0 | dependable and consistent yet often overlooked investment strategy. |
| 0:15.1 | Welcome to the Systematic Investor podcast series. |
| 0:22.7 | Welcome or welcome back to this week's edition of the Systematic Investor series |
| 0:26.4 | with Moritz Siebert and I, Neil's Karser Larsen, where each week we take the pulse of |
| 0:30.6 | the global market through the lens of a rules-based investor. |
| 0:34.0 | If you are new to the show, let me start by saying welcome, with hope that today's |
| 0:38.3 | episode will trigger your curiosity and hunger for learning, enough to check out the back |
| 0:42.6 | catalog and listen to some of the past episodes that you may have missed, like last week's |
| 0:47.4 | super special episode with Jerry Parker and Robert Carver, which was the first time, actually, |
| 0:52.1 | that Jerry and Rob had a chance to discuss. |
| 0:54.4 | There are different approaches to trend following. |
| 0:57.1 | Morris, always great to be back with you this week. |
| 0:59.9 | How are you doing? How are things in Germany? |
| 1:02.8 | I'm doing really good. |
| 1:04.0 | How are you, Neil? Glad to be back on. |
| 1:05.9 | I, by the way, enjoyed the episode between or not between. |
| 1:09.6 | Between is right. |
| 1:10.5 | With. With Jerryerry you and rob last |
| 1:14.4 | week a lot i thought it was great and um i'm doing fine i can't wait to get out of these vaccine |
| 1:21.3 | lockdowns it's kind of like nagging me no skiing this year none of that stuff. Really disappointing. But let's hope it's |
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