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 […]
Category: Investing Insight
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Mar
2021
24
Mar
2021
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 […]
11
Mar
2021
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 […]
11
Mar
2021
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 […]
04
Mar
2021
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 […]
04
Mar
2021
RCM Alternatives Awarded 8th Consecutive Best Introducing Broker by HFM
2020 was a weird year where we hunkered down and socially distanced and where work from home became the new normal, all while still trying to innovate, educate, and sustain relationships with our clients (and build with new ones) in a constantly changing environment. With all the trials and tribulations at hand, we’re proud and […]
02
Mar
2021
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 […]
26
Feb
2021
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, […]
25
Feb
2021
Gold’s Not-So-Boring-Cousin: Silver
Just about 6 months ago we were talking about how Silver had rallied about 100% since the March lows, saying rather sarcastically: What’s going on – did Silver become a SAAS company in search of a ludicrous P/E multiple? No. This is overflow and unintended (or maybe intended) consequences of printing all that money for […]
19
Feb
2021
Playing like a Poker Pro in Life/Investments/Career with Chris Sparks on The Derivative
Talking this week with Poker Pro Chris Sparks on everything from game strategy to deciphering A.I. capabilities and catching bots. With Founder, CEO, and Performance Coach of The Forcing Function we’re taking it back to the beginning where we dive in with Chris about an interesting online alias “GoMuckYourself”, grabbing seats at poker tables in […]
