Posts Tagged ‘volatility’
111 Alignment of Interest with Alan Sheen of Dalton Street Capital – 2of2
“We do two of the hardest styles of investing that I am aware of.” – Alan Sheen (Tweet) Today on Top Traders Unplugged, I continue our conversation with Alan Sheen, talking about how and why he designed Dalton Street Capital’s investment strategy the way he did, and how it has performed compared to the market…
110 The Opportunity of Volatility with Alan Sheen of Dalton Street Capital – 1of2
“I learned everything I ever needed to know about systematic and quantitative investing even before I set foot in the field because systematic and quantitative investing, at the end of the day, is about discipline.” – Alan Sheen (Tweet) Today on Top Traders Unplugged, I’m speaking with Alan Sheen, Founder and CIO of Dalton Street…
23 Top Traders Round Table with Chris Cole, Matthew Sargaison, and Dan Stone – 2of2
“This is where the populism intercedes with the market risks. I think people look at these risks as independent risks, so they’re not looking at them and how they interrelate with the ecosystem of financial products, as well.” – Chris Cole (Tweet) Welcome to Top Traders Round Table, a podcast series on managed futures…
22 Top Traders Round Table with Chris Cole, Matthew Sargaison, and Dan Stone – 1of2
“I think the idea is that the math of quantitative easing really matters. It’s all about the shift at the margin.” – Dan Stone (Tweet) Welcome to Top Traders Round Table, a podcast series on managed futures brought to you by CME Group and the Managed Funds Association. On today’s episode, which took place…
19 Top Traders Round Table with Andrew Lo and Sol Waksman – 2of2
“If someone wants a better return, they have no choice but to take additional risk, no matter how they feel about risk or how risk averse they may be.” – Sol Waksman (Tweet) Welcome to Top Traders Round Table, a podcast series on managed futures brought to you by CME Group, where host Niels Kaastrup-Larsen…
18 Top Traders Round Table with Andrew Lo and Sol Waksman – 1of2
“I was going through one of those inevitable losing streaks [early in my career] and I had a fundamental question. Does anyone make money trading the futures markets, or is it all a casino set up for the benefit of the exchanges?” – Sol Waksman (Tweet) Welcome to Top Traders Round Table, a podcast series…
17 Top Traders Round Table with James Koutolas, Tim McCourt, and Roy Niederhoffer – 2of2
“I would say that 90% of the people I’ve talked to that have made investments have actually used the term ‘picks and shovels’, and I’m starting to worry about whether the picks and shovels trade is the crowded trade, not the crypto trade.” – Roy Niederhoffer (Tweet) Welcome to Top Traders Round Table, a podcast…
16 Top Traders Round Table with James Koutolas, Tim McCourt, and Roy Niederhoffer – 1of2
“The reason that I’m so bullish on crypto is that it’s the first fixed supply asset that has ever existed in human history, with all of the characteristics of money, but without the vice of overcreation, which has happened 100% of the time in human history.” – Roy Niederhoffer (Tweet) Welcome to Top Traders Round…
31 Why Investors Should Not be Worried with Marc Malek of Conquest Capital Group – 1of2
“People are fond of saying: ‘we are 100% systematic.’ And when you say you’re 100% of anything, it tends to make people nervous.” – Marc Malek (Tweet) This guest had a different path that eventually led to owning a hedgefund in New York. Marc Malek got a grant from NASA to study how different armored…
17 Start Your Own Firm at 21 Years of Age? Russian CEO Tells All. with Peter Kambolin of Systematic Alpha Management – 1of2
“Sometimes it makes sense to have a ‘common sense’ guy next to a ‘PHD’ guy.” – Peter Kambolin (Tweet) Peter Kambolin is the common sense CEO behind Systematic Alpha Management, an Award Winning CTA Firm which has come through the tremendous market forces of the past 10 years. Their staying power is a testament to their success as…