SI349: Navigating the Age of Uncertainty with Trend Following ft. Mark Rzepczynski

Top Traders Unplugged

Niels Kaastrup-Larsen

Business, Business News, Investing, News

4.8 • 670 Ratings

🗓️ 24 May 2025

⏱️ 66 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

In this episode, Niels and Mark Rzepczynski examine a market where the usual relationships have broken down. Bonds offer no shelter, volatility moves without conviction, and political intervention keeps distorting the signals investors rely on. What once served as protection now feels unreliable. Behind the headlines on tariffs, inflation, and eroding trust in institutions lies a deeper question about how to navigate when the frameworks built for one regime are carried into another. With a balance of macro insights, behavioral nuance, and hard-earned skepticism, this conversation looks at what really drives returns when narratives shift faster than the data.

-----

50 YEARS OF TREND FOLLOWING BOOK AND BEHIND-THE-SCENES VIDEO FOR ACCREDITED INVESTORS - CLICK HERE

-----

Follow Niels on Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube or via the TTU website.

IT’s TRUE ? – most CIO’s read 50+ books each year – get your FREE copy of the Ultimate Guide to the Best Investment Books ever written here.

And you can get a free copy of my latest book “Ten Reasons to Add Trend Following to Your Portfolio” here.

Learn more about the Trend Barometer here.

Send your questions to [email protected]

And please share this episode with a like-minded friend and leave an honest Rating & Review on iTunes or Spotify so more people can discover the podcast.

Follow Mark on Twitter.

Episode TimeStamps:

00:13 - What Caught our Attention

04:16 - The Impact of Supply Chains on Global Trade

08:51 - The Complexities of Trust in Economics

17:45 - Understanding Trend Following in Financial Markets

27:18 - The Age of Uncertainty

32:51 - Understanding Market Uncertainty

36:52 - More than One Type of Uncertainty

49:53 - The Fallout of Trend Following

01:01:22 - The Dynamics of Safe Assets

01:02:41 - Transitioning from Concepts to Practical Insights in Trend Following

----

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

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	You're about to join Neil's Kostrup Larson on a raw and honest journey into the world of
0:06.1	systematic investing and learn about the most dependable and consistent yet often overlooked
0:11.3	investment strategy. Welcome to the Systematic Investor Series. Welcome, welcome back to this week's edition of the Systematic Investors
0:26.0	series with Mark Resensky and I, Neil's Kasper Larsen, where each week we take the pulse
0:30.5	of the global markets through the lens of a rules-based investor.
0:34.2	Mark, it's great to finally be back with you.
0:36.9	I've missed you a couple of times. Alan has had the
0:39.4	distinct pleasure of talking to you. So how are you doing? I'd like to say I'm more than surviving,
0:46.6	but surviving might be the key word. I'm looking at you on our podcast and your listeners don't get to
0:53.6	see us, but I think you've got a few more gray hairs.
0:58.0	And I think I've lost a few hairs since the last time we talked, given all of the things that have been going on in markets in 2025.
1:06.1	That may well be true for sure.
1:09.6	Anyways, it is great to be back with you.
1:12.1	And we've got a great set of topics we're going to be tackling.
1:16.2	As always, you have a wealth of topics to talk about, given you a very successful blog.
1:24.8	Anyways, we're going to be tackling some of them.
1:29.3	But before we do that,
1:35.7	I have a few things on my radar. I don't know. I always want to offer the opportunity for you to go first. If there's anything that we haven't listed on our list of topics that you wanted
1:41.6	to bring up, that's been topical. Otherwise, I'm happy to dive into some of my mind.
1:46.9	Let's dive into what you're thinking because, you know, we haven't talked for a while,
1:51.1	so I need to hear what's on your mind.
1:54.2	Okay.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Niels Kaastrup-Larsen, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Niels Kaastrup-Larsen and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.