SI153: Being Aware of Known & Unknown Risks ft. Mark Rzepczynski

Top Traders Unplugged

Niels Kaastrup-Larsen

Business, News, Business News, Investing

4.8 • 712 Ratings

🗓️ 14 August 2021

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

Mark Rzepczynski joins us on the show this week to discuss the importance of being aware of known and unknown risks, how economic data can contribute to a profitable system, the different types of liquidity, how futures markets are some of the most liquid markets in the world, the need for a rules-based approach to the markets, how fundamental trends usually cause price trends, why making market predictions based on Federal Reserve announcements can be a bad idea, how the constant debasement of purchasing power since the Bretton Woods agreement has made passive investing difficult over the years, some famous quotes that can be applied to investing, and how to integrate ESG investing with Trend Following.

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In this episode, we discuss:

Some famous quotes which apply to investing, such as Donald Rumsfeld's quote about the types of risks to be aware of
How macro data can contribute to a profitable trading system
The true definitions of liquidity
Futures markets as the most liquid in the world
Why a rules-based approach to the markets is so important
The 50th anniversary of the Bretton Woods agreement
Trend Following with markets that are ESG-friendly

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Episode TimeStamps:

00:00 – Intro

02:24 – A massive thank you to listeners of the show for leaving your 5-star reviews on iTunes

02:57 – Macro recap from Niels

04:37 – Weekly review of performance

09:16 – 'The black hole of Jackson Hole' and the 50th Anniversary of the Bretton Woods agreement

18:11 – The different types of liquidity

29:50 – How to measure a market’s true liquidity

01:01:37 – Integrating ESG into Trend Following

01:05:02 – Benchmark performance update

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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.
0:22.2	Welcome and welcome back to this week's edition of this systematic investor series with
0:26.1	Mark Ressenski and I, Neil's Castro-Larsen, where each week we take the polls of the global
0:30.9	market through the lens of a rules-based investor.
0:34.2	Now, for those of you who are regular listeners, our conversations are intended to give
0:38.2	you as much of the nurture and encouragement as the turtles got back in the 1980s, as Jerry
0:44.3	likes to put it. And if you're new to the show, we hope that today's episode will trigger
0:48.8	your curiosity to learn more by diving into the back catalog and listen to all the past
0:53.8	episodes that you
0:54.6	may have missed.
0:55.6	Like last week's episode with Jerry, where we among many things discussed a different aspect
1:02.2	of ESG when it comes to trend following firms and how some of the recent developments in
1:08.4	terms of new markets could cause an issue from an ESG perspective.
1:13.6	Quite an interesting conversation, I thought.
1:17.6	Mark, always fantastic to be with you. How are you doing? How are things where you are in the northeast?
1:23.6	It's hot and humid and so we're in the supposedly the doldrums of summer, but I was actually
1:31.8	looking at some numbers and it said that, well, I guess this actually can be a volatile month
1:36.9	in markets. So it's hot, humid, and potentially volatile. Sounds like a dangerous cocktail.
1:44.8	Now, I should say for all of you listening, that Mark and I are recording a day early,
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