Posts Tagged ‘2015’
74 2015 Predictions for Currencies, Gold, Oil and More with Mahendra Sharma of Financial Astrology – 2of2
“When disappointment rises drastically and excitement rises drastically, that’s what we call a volatile time.” – Mahendra Sharma (Tweet) In this second episode with Mahendra, he dives into his predictions for 2015 and the next few years, detailing his thoughts on markets from currencies, gold and silver to oil and real estate markets. He discusses…
70 Intervention in The Markets: The Effect on Trend Following with Marc Malek of Conquest Capital Group
“Investors confuse trend following strategies with long volatility strategies, which is really not the case.” – Marc Malek (Tweet) In this year-end review, Marc Malek explains why intervention in the markets affects trend following, but also why trend following strategies are not long volatility strategies. He discusses 2014 from the point of view of his…
68 Keep The Long Term View in Mind When Investing with Mike Dever of Brandywine Asset Management
“We learn all the time. I’ve continued to learn over the last few decades. You learn it’s never time to do a touchdown dance.” – Mike Dever (Tweet) On our next year-in-review, Mike Dever talks about how 2014 evolved for his firm and what they learned from the year. He discusses the changes they made…
66 Trade Innovation for 2015 with Luc van Hof of Capital Hedge
64 The Trader-less Hedge Fund with Dave Sanderson of KFL Capital Management
63 Every Assumption Should Be Questioned with Nigol Koulajian of Quest Partners
“Volatility remained very low, so for models that are trying to be more selective and to provide alpha I would say it wasn’t a good year.” – Nigol Koulajian (Tweet) In this year-end-review, we discuss the year for CTAs and short term traders, as well as the recent collapse of the Euro/Swiss Franc peg and…
62 Why Huge Market Shifts Are Great Reminders with Scot Billington of Covenant Capital Management
“If I was proud of something, it’s that we lost very little during the bad periods.” – Scot Billington (Tweet) In this Year End Review, we discuss the major events and unexpected market trends in 2014 as well as the major Swiss Franc move at the start of 2015. Scot Billington discusses his firm’s performance…
60 Understanding The Investor’s Perspective from 2014 with Anders Lindell of IPM
“I do believe that many institutional investors out there have started looking at hedge funds with a more positive view on the space as a whole.” – Anders Lindell (Tweet) How do clients understand a trading strategy so that they stick by the firm in hard times? How do investors make sense of when things…
59 The Return of Volatility in 2014 with Bastian Bolesta of Deep Field Capital
“It has been more important for us in 2014 to not lose money in certain markets than actually trying to perfectly capture new opportunities.” – Bastian Bolesta (Tweet) Bastian Bolesta reviews 2014 and details the ups and downs of the year for his firm and the managed futures industry as a whole. In this episode,…
