Posts Tagged ‘hedge fund’
Best of TTU – Behavioral Finance and & Crisis Alpha
When it comes to Behavioural Finance, a few people stand out in terms of their contribution to helping us all understand why and how it works. The intersection between Human Behaviour and Quantitative Investing can be difficult to understand for even the most sophisticated investors. Today, I want to share some really important insights from one…
Best of TTU – Un-Learning & The Legacy of AHL
It has been said that: ‘The biggest room of all, is the room for improvement’, and one thing that is clear to see in the amazing careers of today’s guests, is the continued hunger for learning in the quest for an improved investment process. This has led to an unprecedented success for this trio. Today, I…
Best of TTU – The Importance of Asset Allocation & Patience
In 1987, 3 scientists, 1 from Cambridge and 2 from Oxford, were brought together by their shared passion for the markets and for computers. Little did they know, that over the next 3 decades, this passion would lead them to build 3 world-leading multi-billion dollar Systematic Investment businesses. Today, I would like to share another…
Best of TTU – Reminiscences of 3 Trend Followers
One of the great Investment books of all time is Reminiscences of a Stock Operator, which is the fictionalized biography of perhaps the most famous Financial Speculator of all time: Jesse Livermore. There is no doubt that even today, 100 years later, we can all learn from of the experiences of successful Investors. In this…
Best of TTU – You Don’t Need To Be A Genius If You Can Stick To A Plan
In the previous Best of Top Traders Unplugged, we went back in time to re-visit some of the key lessons that many investors learned during the Financial Crisis of 2008. It was my way of reminding myself, and you, of something that we as investors must never forget. Today, Robert Carver goes much deeper into the…
Best of TTU – Trading for a Living
The financial crisis back in 2008 is slowly fading from the memories of investors. But for those of us who lived and traded through it, many important lessons were learned, and usually the hard way. For many investors, it was a period that can be best described as an Emotional Roller-Coaster, where billions of dollars were…
Best of TTU – How To Start & Grow A CTA Business
I get a lot of questions about ideas to help build the best Trading Model, and I understand why many aspiring managers feel that this is critical to their future success. There is though, a lot of truth in the saying: “Most people overvalue ideas and underestimate execution”. What I mean by that is, when you…
107 The Bright Future of Trend Following with Jean Jacques Duhot of Arctic Blue Capital – 2of2
“It’s all about learning and staying on the learning curve, that’s the best advice you can give to your children.” – Jean Jacques Duhot (Tweet) Moritz Seibert and I continue our conversation with Jean Jacques Duhot and further discuss his contrarian and multi-part model, how his management company has stayed lean, and how the due…
106 Implementing The Contrarian Model with Jean Jacques Duhot of Arctic Blue Capital – 1of2
“I thought that trend-following was an amazing part of the story, but maybe it could be complemented by some contrarian approach. And also, taking the trend by cutting it into parts.” – Jean Jacques Duhot (Tweet) Today on Top Traders Unplugged, I’m joined by my co-host Moritz Seibert to speak with Jean Jacques Duhot, the…
84 Being Authentic and Transparent with Your Investors with Natasha Reeve-Gray of Altis Partners – 2of2
“You don’t really know your investor and they don’t know you until you go through your first drawdown together.” – Natasha Reeve-Gray (Tweet) In this second part of our conversation, Natasha dives into the details of the trading model and portfolio of Altis Partners, her firm. We discuss how they approach risk management, and how…