Sign up for OPIM’s Cap Intro event (April 12-16) here We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again – the opportunities in the Asian investment landscape are nuanced, emerging, and incredibly attractive. But on top of the excitement around the opportunities, there’s also gated access and a general list of unknowns that can […]
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Asset Class Scoreboard: March 2021
Commodities have been the biggest topic so far this year, but we saw a small dip in performance in March due to the (unforeseen) bullish report released by USDA. Commodities are expected to pick back up in the following months, and overall are still performing high with positive double-digit returns for the year. In other […]
eSports, ETFs, & Enormous Deals with the Sports Pomp, Joe Pompliano: The Derivative
The world of sports and finance have continually meshed together – and the Covid-19 pandemic has fast tracked that even further. Between the growth of analytics, to financiers making their way into the pro sports arena, I think we’re past a future where these two worlds will ever depart. Today’s guest is the culmination of […]
Making Market Music with Roy Niederhoffer
How many families have two brothers who’ve been in the hedge fund game for 30+ years, much less on polar opposites of the long vol/short vol spectrum. We’re talking with the volatility loving, positive skew seeking brother in our episode today, Roy Niederhoffer. Roy is the founder and President of the eponymous R. G. Niederhoffer […]
How 54 Markets Have Performed Since the March 2020 Covid Lows
One year ago – where were you? Doing cool zoom backgrounds. Stacking a pile of books to act as your at home standing desk. Home schooling!! Trying to understand what a VIX of 80 means? We were all trying to get a handle on just what the new normal would be, and if our economies […]
Taming the Tails with LongTail Alpha’s Vineer Bhansali on The Derivative
Forget fat tails, left tails, even tall tales. We’re going into extracting value from long tails of the distribution on the pod in this episode. Vineer Bhansali is a 29-year industry veteran, previously at PIMCO, a Forbes columnist, author of four books on finance, and is currently the founder and CEO of longtail alpha. In […]
Why USD Trending = Happy Managed Futures
After days of pushing higher and higher, is the down trend in the US Dollar over? Trend following type managed futures strategies sure hope that isn’t the case. They love them some trending US Dollar. Most analysts, however, have looked for the dollar to remain under pressure after a steep slide last year, arguing that […]
Crazy Commodity Cycles (and cross-continent motorcycles) with Jim Rogers on The Derivative
The king of Commodities has entered The Derivative ring. You know his name, you’ve read his books, you’ve probably utilized his index, and now you’re listening to him in this most recent podcast episode. Jim Rogers is an American investor and financial commentator, and was there at the start of the Quantum Fund and Soros […]
Asset Class Scoreboard: February 2021
Last year it feels like all we talked about was the rough performance of commodities and now we’re reading headline after headline of a 2021 commodity supercycle “driven by stimulus spending and a weaker US dollar” (SP Global). Up 15% for the year already, I think we’ll be talking about commodity performance for a good […]
The VOLvengers: Wayne Himelsein (Iron Man) & Mike Green (Captain America) on The Derivative
Get more information on the funds at Logica Capital Advisers. We’re bringing out the cake & ice cream for this pod because it’s The Derivative’s 1 year anniversary! If you’ve been with us since the beginning – you may fondly remember our inaugural episode The Human Behind The Hedge Fund with Wayne Himelsein. So, […]