Gold, Gas, and Global Inflation with Diego Parrilla of Quadriga Asset Managers
2020 was ruled by global macro events – are we looking at the same fate in 2021? Our guest today can talk not only global macro, but also volatility, bond yields, correlation, oil, metals and more. To ring in the new year we’re joined by Diego Parrilla, Managing Partner at Quadriga Asset Managers and Author […]
Asset Class Scoreboard: December 2020
via GIPHY Whew – we made it through 2020. From the Red Wedding in March to somewhat unbelievable rallies across stock indices in the second half of the year, there was something for across 2020. Commodities notably ended the year pretty deep in the red, even with the major upswings in quarters 2, […]
10 Most Popular Blog Posts in 2020
In our annual blog piece, we’ve pulled the 10 most popular blog posts (& 1 whitepaper) that resonated with our readers this year. 2020 was quite literally the year to write home about. Between all-time high VIX numbers, to the corona-crash, we faithfully covered it all and brought you readers some important pieces to consume […]
Butler and Buck Back to Bookend 2020
We’ve already covered the first three months of 2020 with Part I of our 2020 review. We’re now heading into Part II with Jason Buck, CIO at Mutiny Fund and Adam Butler, CIO at ReSolve Asset Management discussing how the fall out of the first three months of 2020 dictated the ending 3/4 of the […]
10 Most Popular Episodes of The Derivative
There’s something like 1.5 million podcasts available out in the universe – so we were slightly aware of the undertaking of starting our podcast in 2020. But per usual, black swan events (aka coronavirus) kickflipped our in-person interviews to video calls and zoom meetings. Alas, we prevailed, and created a product we’re pretty darn proud […]
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