Noodling on Ensembles, Trend, & Convexity with Newfound’s Corey Hoffstein on The Derivative

Our guest today is the Co-founder & CEO of Newfound Research, host of the popular podcast Flirting with Models, and FinTwit “influencer” – Corey Hoffstein. In this episode, we’re talking with Corey about the impact of “data”, the juvenile meaning behind Flirting with Models, 1000s of flavors of trend, hitting the gym, the founding of Newfound, suicides in Ithaca, sticking to your strategy through investor unrest, alts vs equities firm, the value of managed futures, implementing an ensemble approach, the mismatch between expected and market convexity, is trend actually dead, implementing AI and machine learning – in alts & the world, and Corey’s favorite Boston restaurants.

 

 

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And follow along with Corey on LinkedIn & Twitter. Check out Newfound Research’s website & blog, and listen to Corey on his podcast, Flirting with Models.

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