Posts by Niels Kaastrup-Larsen
Best of TTU – The Problems with Smart Beta & is Filtering the Holy Grail?
Kathryn Kaminski and I had the opportunity to sit down with Nigol Koulajian, the founder of Quest Partners, in which he shared his deep insights in many areas of trading. During our conversation, there were a few short segments that I particularly enjoyed and I would love to share them with you here. Below you…
Best of TTU – Return Dispersion and How to Successfully Adapt
In today’s post, I would like to share with you some really great moments and unique takeaways from a conversation I had with Marty Bergin, the president and owner of DUNN Capital Management, where Marty shares his views on Return Dispersion and how those experiences, together with extensive research, has enabled them to produce a more robust trend following process for their clients. If you would like to hear the…
Market Trends for September 2018
As the FED delivered its anticipated rate hike during the last week of the month (the eighths since December 2015), the month of September was in many respect a relatively quiet month for most markets.
As “usual” the US stock markets made a new all-time high, and as “usual” European markets struggled to keep up with this trend.
Read Full PostMarket Trends for August 2018
…it may be worth remembering that in 2009 when Central Banks were trying to save the financial system…Emerging Markets were part of the solution…however today, I fear that they are part of the problem.
Read Full PostMarket Trends for July 2018
US indices are within striking distance of new highs and Apple moved within a whisker ($65bn to be precise) of being valued at $1,000,000,000,000.
So all is good you would think…right?
Well not if you were long Facebook and GAM Holding stocks, as both firms saw their shares tumble by 20%…in one day!
Does this “contradiction” reveal a bigger problem in financial markets?
Read Full PostMarket Trends for June 2018
Like in any major negotiation, there will be good days and bad days…and over here in Europe…the BREXIT negotiations seem like a perfect example of this.
When I look at the performance of CTA’s during the month of June, there were a lot of these good days and not so good days…but in the end the Bulls prevailed.
Read Full Post104 The Passive and The Active Investor with Harold de Boer of Transtrend – 2of2
“Are you invested in something that, whatever is going to happen, you can say, ‘okay, I’m invested in that for a good reason and I know that’s why i have it’?” – Harold de Boer (Tweet) Katy Kaminski and I continue our conversation with Harold de Boer, and discuss his philosophy behind pure trend and…
103 Trading In The Medium-Term Space with Harold de Boer of Transtrend – 1of2
Market Trends for May 2018
Mamma Mia…with record temperatures being recorded in many places in Europe during May…the Italian Bond market set its own records.
What started out as a bit of a rumble in emerging markets…has now moved much closer to the heart of Europe.
Read Full Post102 The State of Institutional Learning of Investing with Nigol Koulajian of Quest Partners – 2of2
“There’s more clarity gained not around the way the markets are, but the way people trade.” – Nigol Koulajian (Tweet) Katy Kaminski and I continue our conversation with Nigol Koulajian, and discuss if his strategies of working with, around, and doing the opposite of what many investors are doing, has given him any advantages? In…