SI179: A New Golden Era for Trend Followers ft. Alan Dunne

Top Traders Unplugged

Niels Kaastrup-Larsen

Business, Business News, Investing, News

4.8 • 712 Ratings

🗓️ 12 February 2022

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Today, Alan Dunne joins me 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.

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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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Episode TimeStamps:

00:00 - Intro

02:36 - Macro recap from Niels

05:29 - Weekly review of returns

09:55 - How the change of tone from central banks affects the markets

18:29 - Trend Following in rising interest rate environment

25:19 - Including carry trades in a Trend Following portfolio

36:12 - The future of the 60 / 40 portfolio

46:53 - Some takeaways from Alan’s conversation with Phil Huber on this week’s Allocator Series

52:43 - Why we might be entering a great period for Trend Following

01:01:56 - Benchmark performance update

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PLUS: Whenever you're ready... here are 3 ways I can help you in your investment Journey:

1. eBooks that cover key topics that you need to know about

In my eBooks, I put together some key discoveries and things I have learnt during the more than 3 decades I have worked in the Trend Following industry, which I hope you will find useful. Click Here

2. Daily Trend Barometer and Market Score

One of the things I’m really proud of, is the fact that I have managed to published the Trend Barometer and Market Score each day for more than a decade...as these tools are really good at describing the environment for trend following managers as well as giving insights into the general positioning of a trend following strategy! Click Here

3. Other Resources that can help you

And if you are hungry for more useful resources from the trend following world...check out some precious resources that I have found over the years to be really valuable. Click Here

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Transcript

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0:00.0	You're about to join Neil's Kostrup Larson on a raw and honest journey into the world of systematic investing and learn about the most dependable and consistent yet often overlooked investment strategy.
0:13.0	Welcome to the Systematic Investor Series.
0:26.4	Welcome and welcome back to this week's edition of the Systematic Investor Series with Alan Don and I, Neil's Castro-Larsen, where each week we take the pulse of the global market
0:30.9	through the lens of a rules-based investor.
0:34.6	If you're new to the show, I hope that today's episode will trigger your curiosity enough
0:38.6	to check out the back catalog and listen to the past episodes that you may have missed.
0:42.9	Like last week's episode with Jerry Parker, where we discussed the importance of hanging
0:47.3	on to your outlier winning trades, the value investing versus trend following, the optimal
0:53.9	numbers of entry and exit signals per trade
0:56.5	and how many investors today need to redefine what safe assets really are.
1:01.9	So if you miss that episode, I invite you to go back and check it out.
1:05.8	And while you're at it, do me a favor and check out the first episode in our new Allocatea series
1:10.2	where Alan talks to
1:11.6	CIOs of some of the world's largest investment firms.
1:16.5	As you may know, the aim of the podcast is to inspire you to become the best investor you can
1:22.0	become. And we want to be prerogative, but without being polarizing. We want to challenge consensus narratives and to advocate how to think critically about investing in an uncertain world
1:32.9	and to provide you with a framework and a mindset that we believe is truly robust.
1:39.8	And if you want to help us achieve our goals, what we ask of you is that if you can comment,
1:45.6	if you can continue to send us your questions, if you can share these episodes and not least
1:50.2	if you can rate and review them in iTunes and Spotify, we would greatly appreciate it as this
1:55.6	really is the best way for us to see that you get some value from our time and dedication each
2:00.0	week to create these episodes.
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