Artificial Intelligence is a hot topic in every walk of life, and perhaps no more so than in the world of hedge funds and alternative investments. Howard Siow, Founding Principal and CEO at Taaffeite Capital, joins The Derivative to discuss how AI is used in the hedge fund world, and how everyone wants AI to […]
Category: Markets
11
Jun
2021
Asset Class Scoreboard: May 2021
Not much to report on with the old asset class scoreboard if you like change. All of the asset classes we track put up positive returns in May, for the 2nd straight month, meaning it was more of the same in terms of the year – with all the risk on assets: commodities, real estate, […]
10
Jun
2021
Carefully Constructing a Cockroach (Portfolio) with Mutiny Funds Jason Buck and Taylor Pearson
Who in their right mind would name an investment strategy after cockroaches? Well, probably the guys who view themselves as staging a mutiny against traditional portfolio construction and the investment business = Jason Buck and Taylor Pearson of Mutiny Funds. We’re digging in deep with the two wunderkids in this episode on what exactly the […]
27
May
2021
Blame it on the Bossa Nova with New Market Wizard Tom Basso
How do you get included in a Market Wizards book? How do you get a whole Michael Covel book written about you? You move from charting markets on graph paper to point and figure charts to running systematic models on an IBM computer in 1980, to running $600mm plus via Trendstat. We’re talking Havalinas and […]
27
May
2021
SEMI-ANNUAL MANAGED FUTURES RANKINGS (May 2021)
Semi-Annual Managed Futures Rankings : Our ranking of the best managed futures and commodity hedge funds ranks the top funds across 11 different categories, because no two investors are alike in what they are seeking out of an alternative investment. See the top manager from each category below and download the full whitepaper to […]
20
May
2021
WTF ^%$# is Happening With Crypto??
We’re talking with two ‘in the crypto weeds’ traders/asset managers, Ben and Gary, about crypto’s -30% one day drop, coinbase, the most surprising (& scariest) things about the recent crypto crash, size and action in futures, options, and non-futures, “what if” bitcoin had blown up, the right to a free market, bitcoin as beta?, new […]
14
May
2021
Allocating Assets and Attracting Allocators with Ted Seides
From actual capital allocator to branding his book and podcast “Capital Allocator,” Ted Seides has one of the biggest banks of knowledge in the capital allocation game. He’s a well-known author of two books, host of the podcast Capital Allocators, and in his “free time” invests his own money in some of the best and […]
07
May
2021
The NON-Wisdom of Crowds with Nigol Koulajian of Quest Partners
In through the nose – out through the mouth. In through the nose – out through the mouth. You’ve now joined a headspace where we think you’re prepped to focus in and become one with today’s guest. He’s a well known CTA, expert researcher, meditation and yoga practitioner, and Founder & CIO of $1.8 Billion […]
30
Apr
2021
Turning the Tables: Trading Pits and Dip Spits with RCM’s Jeff Malec
Today’s guest is one you’ve heard many times before if you’ve listened to The Derivative, but may not necessarily know all that well. He’s and alts/managed futures veteran, having started his career in Chicago’s famed trading pits, founded a futures investment firm, and continued on to become a partner at RCM Alternatives. ,And, of course, […]
28
Apr
2021
Where are the Lumber Trend Followers?
But one well worn internet trope we haven’t seen tied to the rise in lumber prices is the inevitable blaming of CTAs, aka managed futures, aka trend followers for the move. That game usually starts out with JP Morgan’s Marko Kolanovic or one of the Nomura quants putting out some statistics on where he […]
