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

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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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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