SI143: How Decentralised Is Bitcoin? ft. Eric Crittenden

Special guest Eric Crittenden returns to the show today to discuss the fallacies of the typical 60/40 portfolio, the Federal Reserve’s recent decision to begin tightening fiscal policy, Eric’s last appearance on the show which was at the March 2020 stock market bottom, different speeds of Trend Following, why stable returns doesn’t always equate to low risk, the difficulty in being comfortable with doing the opposite of what we’re wired to do, how managed futures can help investor’s portfolios, negative interest rates and flight out of fixed income, what could Trend Following bring to the crypto space, and changing the narrative around Trend Following.

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In this episode, we discuss:

• The misconceptions around the safety & profitability of a typical 60/40 portfolio
• The recent Federal Reserve decision to tighten fiscal policy
• Eric's last appearance on the show, which was at the exact bottom of the 2020 market crash
• The varying speeds of Trend Following
• Why low-volatility returns may not mean that a strategy isn't risky
• Overcoming behavioural biases
• Managed futures as a great benefit to investor's portfolios
• The flight out of fixed income
• Why crypto investors could benefit from Trend Following
• Changing the narrative around Trend Following

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Episode TimeStamps:

00:00 - Intro

01:59 - Macro recap from Niels

03:22 - Weekly review of returns

10:41 - What could Trend Following bring to the crypto space?

16:36 - How can CTAs change the narrative around investing so that they are included in the...