TTU100: Being Transparent With Your Clients ft. Robert Sinnott of AlphaSimplex – 2of2

In our continued conversation with Robert Sinnott, Katy Kaminski and I dive into why AlphaSimplex has been so successful, why Robert values transparency in his firm so highly, and what he advises for new and rising-star investors. He goes deep into what he is excited about and afraid of with managed futures, and what he’s looking forward to accomplishing with AlphaSimplex in the future.

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50 YEARS OF TREND FOLLOWING BOOK AND BEHIND-THE-SCENES VIDEO FOR ACCREDITED INVESTORS - CLICK HERE

In This Episode, You’ll Learn:

• Why AlphaSimplex maintains a pure trend program
• What problems in the trend following space Robert hopes to solve
• The challenges that AlphaSimplex deals with on a regular basis
• What factors have given AlphaSimplex its success
• Why Robert holds transparency in such high regard
• How the models Robert uses employ smart long-term and short-term assessment and why
• When your size as a firm hurts your performance
• What about managed futures makes Robert the most excited
• The things about managed futures that keep Robert up at night
• Why the models you are reading about are wrong
• Robert’s advice for young and rising star investors
• Why Robert believes the right question can often more important than the answer

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Resources & Links Mentioned in this Episode:

• Learn more about Joe Blitzstein’s “Introduction to Probability”
• Find out more about my co-host Katy Kaminski’s “Trend Following with Managed Futures: The Search for Crisis Alpha”

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