SI323: From Politics to Profits: How Regime Changes Affect Your Portfolio ft. Cem Karsan
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Niels Kaastrup-Larsen
4.8 • 712 Ratings
🗓️ 23 November 2024
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
Together with Cem Karsan we explore the current investment landscape, with a particular emphasis on the volatility and dispersion of market correlations as we approach the end of the year. We discuss how a compression of volatility at the index level can lead to increased idiosyncratic risk for individual stocks, creating opportunities for savvy investors. We explore the implications of regime shifts and how geopolitical factors, particularly related to the new U.S. administration, could influence market dynamics. The conversation also touches on the historical context of populism in politics and its potential impact on financial markets, suggesting that upcoming months may reveal significant volatility, particularly in fixed income and currency markets. With insights into sectors like gold and evolving trends in cryptocurrencies, we provide a comprehensive overview of what investors should keep an eye on as they navigate this complex environment.
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Episode TimeStamps:
02:22 - What has caught our attention recently?
05:50 - Industry performance update
07:58 - Q1, Adam: What are your thoughts about trading efficiency in VIX futures trading?
09:30 - How volatility compression evolves going into 2025
17:42 - How you take advantage of the volatility compression
26:14 - How Cem acurately forecasted this year's market rallys and his predictions for 2025
39:34 - When does Cem think the current populist period began?
48:22 - How inflation and interest rates have impacted the rise of populism
55:31 - How the gold market has evolved over the recent years
59:12 - Cem's outlook for Bitcoin and crypto currencies
01:03:59 - Is Donald Trump a threat to populism?
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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 |
| 0:06.7 | investing and learn about the most dependable and consistent yet often overlooked investment strategy. |
| 0:13.2 | Welcome to the Systematic Investor Series. |
| 0:33.0 | Welcome or welcome back to this week's edition of the Systematic Investor Series with Jim Kassang and I, Niels Kastro Blaston, where each week we take the pulse of the global market through the lens of a rules-based investor. |
| 0:37.6 | Jim, it is wonderful to be back with you this week. It's been a while. How are you doing? |
| 0:40.1 | Is Chicago all dressed up for Christmas? |
| 0:42.7 | Yeah, I got my flannel on here. |
| 0:45.5 | We got our first snow of the year last night. |
| 0:47.7 | So nothing that really stuck too much. |
| 0:52.3 | But it has been seasonably warm throughout the year. |
| 0:56.2 | And Chicago, you know, global warming is a thing. Like to Chicago you know it's been beautiful here but but no we got our first snow so we're |
| 1:02.6 | getting ready for the holidays family coming in all the good stuff well that sounds very |
| 1:06.7 | nice actually yeah you know it was actually snowing when I drove down to my office just a little while ago. |
| 1:13.3 | But I will say, I was in Singapore last week, and it is really interesting. They really go all in on Christmas. |
| 1:21.6 | I've never been there this time of year before, actually. And not only do they have all these decorations in the streets. |
| 1:27.8 | I mean, it's insane. |
| 1:29.5 | But they also play loud Christmas music in the streets. |
| 1:33.3 | And then you walk around, and as a European, of course, you're doing this while you're |
| 1:37.8 | sweating at 33 degrees Celsius and massive humidity, right? |
| 1:42.1 | So it's such an surreal experience. |
| 1:47.4 | I often go down to Arizona, to my in-laws for Christmas, |
| 1:52.0 | and it's like inflatable cactuses with like Santa Claus hats on. |
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