Today, Alan Dunne joins me to discuss how the change of tone from central banks can affect markets globally, Trend Following in a rising interest rate environment, the case for and against including carry trades in a Trend Following portfolio, how managed futures Trend Following can help investors throughout ever-changing markets, the future of the traditional 60 / 40 portfolio, some takeaways from Alan’s conversation with Phil Huber on this week’s new Top Traders Unplugged Allocator Series, and why we might be entering a great period for Trend Following strategies.
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Episode TimeStamps:
00:00 - Intro
02:36 - Macro recap from Niels
05:29 - Weekly review of returns
09:55 - How the change of tone from central banks affects the markets
18:29 - Trend Following in rising interest rate environment
25:19 - Including carry trades in a Trend Following portfolio
36:12 - The future of the 60 / 40 portfolio
46:53 - Some takeaways from Alan’s conversation with Phil Huber on this week’s Allocator Series
52:43 - Why we might be entering a great period for Trend Following
01:01:56 - Benchmark performance update
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