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Top Traders Unplugged

SI88: The Holy Grail for eliminating risk completely ft. Robert Carver

Top Traders Unplugged

Niels Kaastrup-Larsen

Business, Business News, Investing, News

4.8670 Ratings

🗓️ 17 May 2020

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

Robert Carver joins us to discuss the huge outperformance year-to-date of systematic funds vs discretionary funds, negative prices & their effects on market participants, systematising volatility strategies, whether there is a Holy Grail for eliminating risk completely, Newfound Research’s article on Options Straddles & Trend Following, and where we currently see the strongest trends in our portfolios. Article mentioned: Straddles & Trend Following by Newfound Research If you would like to leave us a voicemail to play on the show, you can do so here. Learn more about the Trend Barometer here. IT's TRUE - most CIO's read 50+ books each year - get your copy of the Ultimate Guide to the Best Investment Books ever written here. And you can get a free copy of my latest book "The Many Flavors of Trend Following" here. Send your questions to [email protected] Follow Niels, Jerry, Moritz & Rob on Twitter: @TopTradersLive, @RJparkerjr09, @MoritzSeibert and @InvestingIdiocy And please share this episode with a like-minded friend and leave an honest rating & review on iTunes so more people can discover the podcast. Episode Summary 0:00 - Intro1:32 - Macro recap from Niels4:15 - Weekly review of returns1:07:37 - Question 1; Brian: Where do you see the strongest trends in your portfolio?1:08:34 - Performance recap Subscribe on:

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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

0:07.3

journey into the world of systematic investing and learn about the most dependable and consistent

0:12.3

yet often overlooked investment strategy. Welcome to the Systematic Investor podcast series.

0:23.1

Welcome or welcome back to this week's edition of the systematic investor series with

0:26.9

Rob Carver, Moritz Siebert and I, Nealz Kastro Blasen, where each week we take the pulse

0:31.6

of the global market through the lens of a rules-based investor.

0:35.6

Now, for long-term investors or listeners, I was actually meant to

0:38.3

say, our conversations are intended to keep you focused and inspired to continue your trend

0:43.5

following journey. And for those who are new to the show, our hope is that today's episode

0:48.7

will trigger your curiosity to check out the back catalog of all the episodes you may have missed.

0:55.2

Rob Moritz, great to be back with you this week.

0:57.6

How are things? How are you doing?

0:59.2

Well, it's good to be back after a few weeks' break.

1:02.5

I was quite listening to last week's episode with Nick Leeson, who, you know, is pretty famous.

1:07.9

I mean, even my kids have heard of him, so that was pretty exciting.

1:10.7

So I hope I can match that my kids have heard of him. So that was pretty exciting.

1:13.8

So I hope I can match that this week.

1:15.0

Hey, Niels.

1:15.6

Hey, Rob.

1:16.2

How are you?

1:16.7

Doing fine.

1:17.8

Great to have you on.

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