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🗓️ 3 October 2021
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Rob Carver returns to the show today to discuss the varying performances among CTAs during the notable market moves of the last few weeks, how to decide whether one system is better or worse than another, spread betting as part of a diversified portfolio, raising initial capital when starting a new firm, some thoughts on the US debt ceiling & its proposed '1 trillion dollar' coin, and how to safely improve your system while still adhering to its rules.
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00:00 - Intro
01:11 - Feel free to share this podcast with like-minded friends using this link:
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and a big thank you to those who have left a rating or review on iTunes03:03 - Macro recap from Niels
05:43 - Weekly review of returns
12:49 - How different types of CTAs have performed during the market moves of the last few weeks
21:14 - How to decide whether a system is better or worse than another system
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0:00.0 | You're about to join Jerry Parker, Maritz Siebert, and Nealz Kostrup Larson on their raw and honest journey into the world of systematic investing and learn about the most dependable and consistent yet often overlooked investment strategy. |
0:15.1 | Welcome to the Systematic Investor podcast series. |
0:23.6 | Welcome and welcome back to this week's edition of the systematic investor series with |
0:27.6 | Rob Carver and I, Neil's Castrablastroblaston, where each week we take the pulse of the global |
0:32.2 | markets through the lens of a rules-based investor. |
0:35.0 | Now, if you're new to the show, let me start by saying welcome with hope that today's |
0:38.8 | episode will trigger your curiosity and hunger for learning, enough to check out the back |
0:43.4 | catalog and listen to past episodes that you may have missed. |
0:47.1 | Like my conversation with Rich last week, where we put the spotlight on some of the really |
0:52.4 | important statistics that is used to evaluate |
0:55.0 | trading strategies, but where frankly, it can become quite technical, so it was great to have |
1:01.2 | rich break them down in a very passionate way, I might add. So if you haven't listened to that |
1:07.2 | episode, I strongly invite you to go back and do so. Now, as you know, the aim of |
1:12.3 | the podcast is to democratize the hedge fund CTA quant investment world, whatever you want to call it. |
1:18.2 | And if you want to be part of our community and this journey, what we ask of you is that if you |
1:23.8 | can comment, if you can send us your questions, if you can share these episodes, |
1:28.3 | and not least, if you can rate and review them in iTunes, we would greatly appreciate it. |
1:33.0 | And that's really a way for us to see that you get some value from our time and dedication each |
1:37.7 | week to create these episodes. And as long as that continues, we will continue to do them. |
1:43.8 | And so with that, Rob, |
1:46.0 | fantastic to have you back this week. You've been taking a little bit of a break over the |
1:51.1 | summer, maybe even from the market. So how are you doing how things in the UK? |
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