RT23: Populism and Market Risks ft. Chris Cole, Matthew Sargaison & Dan Stone – 2of2

RT23: Populism and Market Risks ft. Chris Cole, Matthew Sargaison & Dan Stone – 2of2

Today guest host Chris Solarz continues his conversation with Chris Cole, the Founder and CIO of Artemis Capital Management, Matthew Sargaison, co-CEO at AHL at Man Investments, and Dan Stone, co-founder of Ionic Capital. Our guests today go over the changing markets and why despite trend following’s recent underperformance, their clients still look to it as protection for their portfolio. They will also continue their discussion on the intersection of populism, politics, and quantitative easing, as well as the relationship between corporate debt and GDP and its long term trends.

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In This Episode, You’ll Learn:

  • How the recent quantitative easing could be moving into quantitative tightening, and what that means for investors
  • The intersection of populism, politics, and quantitative easing
  • How opportunities in the markets are changing managers behavior
  • Why Matthew is happy with the current market environment
  • Which asset classes currently offer a cheap volatility
  • What the recent huge spikes in VIX meant for long vol and short vol traders
  • Who in the investing space is looking for the protection of hedging for their portfolio
  • Why trend following is still successful despite it’s recent difficulties in the market
  • The meaning of the recent change of Growth outperforming Value

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