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🗓️ 27 January 2023
⏱️ 74 minutes
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Today, we are joined by Kevin Cole, CEO and CIO at Campbell & Co, for a conversation on their approach to using trend following in their trading, with a focus on absolute return. We discuss their investment philosophy and the evolution of their expanded trading strategy, how they moved beyond pure trend using equities and how they use a multi-strat approach to stay diversified. We also discuss how they feel about being replicated and how they use their research process to keep an edge over their competitors, how they capture the underlying momentum factors of trend and how they implement ESG in their trading strategy. Lastly, we discuss how they approach risk management and position sizing, their view on capacity and fees in the industry and much more.
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Episode Timestamps:
02:07 - Introduction to Campbell & Co
03:53 - Their investment philosophy
06:07 - The objectives of their work
08:37 - Moving beyond trend following
12:27 - Their approach to trading equities
15:11 - Staying diversified
19:59 - Using constraints
21:54 - Thoughts on replication
26:45 - What is a good research process?
31:46 - Balancing the adaptability
36:23 - Trading more markets = better?
41:47 - Dealing with ESGs
47:02 -...
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0:00.0 | I think this last year has really shown that, you know, the change in the macro environment, |
0:12.0 | I think we believe that's going to continue to be front and center for the next, you know, |
0:18.0 | the inflation dynamics play out as, you know, the impact of |
0:23.1 | central bank tightening on economies plays out. And so, you know, we believe that this is a |
0:27.7 | really good environment for this strategy set. And we're excited, you know, about where it's |
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0:47.3 | the place where you can learn from the best hedge fund managers in the world so you can take your |
0:52.1 | manager due diligence or investment career to the |
0:54.8 | next level. Before we begin today's conversation, remember to keep two things in mind. All the |
1:00.2 | discussion we'll have about investment performance is about the past, and past performance does |
1:04.8 | not guarantee or even infer anything about future performance. Also understand that there's a significant |
1:10.3 | risk of financial loss |
1:11.5 | with all investment strategies, and you need to request and understand the specific risks from |
1:16.5 | the investment manager about their product before you make investment decisions. Here's your |
1:21.2 | host, veteran hedge fund manager, Nealz Kostrup Larson. |
1:29.8 | Hey everyone, and welcome to another edition of Top Traders Unplocked, where today Alan Don |
1:34.4 | and I are joined by Kevin Cole, CEO and CIO at Campbell & Company as part of our mini-series |
1:40.3 | focusing on the one investment strategy that beat everything else in 2022, namely |
1:45.1 | trend following and manage futures more broadly. First off, Kevin, it's great to have you on the |
1:50.1 | podcast. Thank you so much for joining us today. We have really been looking forward to our conversation. |
1:55.7 | How are you doing? I hope you had a good start to the new year. I did. Nils and Allen, |
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