SI343: CTAs: The Unexpected Heroes of Market Crises ft. Yoav Git
Top Traders Unplugged
Niels Kaastrup-Larsen
4.8 • 670 Ratings
🗓️ 12 April 2025
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
Together with Yoav Git, we’ll explore how market conditions are shifting and what that means for investors, especially in light of recent bond market movements. It’s been a wild ride lately, with unexpected changes in correlations between stocks and bonds, and we’re here to break it all down. We’ll also touch on the implications for trend-following strategies and how they can adapt in these turbulent times. So, whether you’re a seasoned investor or just curious, hang tight as we unravel these complex topics together!
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Episode TimeStamps:
01:21 - What has caught our attention recently?
04:39 - Are there more to the Trump Tariffs than meets the eyes?
09:53 - What is actually a safe haven asset today?
11:50 - Industry performance update
15:15 - Git's trend following perspective on fixed income
17:25 - Trend following performance numbers
21:39 - What you can expect from trend following during a crisis period
30:31 - What we can learn from the current economic events
34:27 - Key insights to achieving diversification
40:40 - Achieving better performance through trend predictors
45:01 - How CTAs interpret diversification in a unique way
50:03 - Are we experiencing more dispersion today than previously?
57:57 - The symbiotic relation between time and price in a trend following...
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 |
| 0:07.2 | and learn about the most dependable and consistent yet often overlooked investment strategy. |
| 0:13.2 | Welcome to the Systematic Investor Series. |
| 0:26.1 | Welcome and welcome back to this week's edition of the Systematic Investor Series with Yoavkitt and I, Neil Castro-Larsen, where each week we take the pulse of the global market |
| 0:31.2 | through the lens of a rules-based investor. |
| 0:34.1 | You have great to be back with you this week. |
| 0:36.8 | How are you doing? |
| 0:38.3 | How are things where you are? Not too bad. Thank you. Great to be back on TTIU. I'm actually on holiday at the moment. We are getting ready for Passaversever. So Spring Clean is in full swing at the moment. We are hosting about 20 people for Saturday night. And of course, my in-laws, both sets of in-laws are here |
| 0:56.5 | with us for the weekend. So if you think there is stress in the market, I think, again, there's |
| 1:01.1 | much more stress around here. So that's my life at the moment. That's your life at the moment. |
| 1:05.9 | Fair enough. Yeah, no, absolutely. I think we'll have to talk a little bit about what's going |
| 1:10.4 | on at the moment |
| 1:11.8 | and we've got a great |
| 1:14.9 | lineup of some papers |
| 1:16.6 | we're going to be talking about as well that you brought along |
| 1:18.7 | so quite a lot to tackle this |
| 1:20.6 | this week |
| 1:22.1 | but of course before we do all of that |
| 1:24.6 | I'm always curious to hear |
| 1:26.3 | what people have been thinking about, |
| 1:28.8 | what's been kind of crossing their radar. So what's been on your radar the last couple of |
| 1:35.8 | weeks? So the market's being so quiet, I've taken the time to read a little bit about |
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