SI291: Trend Following...What should it mean to Investors? ft. Richard Brennan

SI291: Trend Following...What should it mean to Investors? ft. Richard Brennan

In this episode, we are joined by Richard Brennan to discuss why now is the time to step up your trend following allocation. Rich challenges Andrew Beer’s conclusion that a 3% allocation to trend following is the sweet spot and explains why he believes the trend following industry should simplify its narrative and quit the fancy “jargon”. We also discuss what defines a trend follower and why we may be losing the incentive to keep improving as trend followers, new research on the impact of crises and much more.

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Episode TimeStamps:

02:08 - What has been on our radar recently?

08:33 - Industry performance update

16:02 - What is the optimal allocation to trend following?

24:02 - Do trend followers have fiduciary responsibility?

27:09 - Why is Andrew Beer having trouble with his trend following allocation?

31:30 - Are we moving too far away from the classic trend following?

37:21 - What does it take to call yourself a trend follower?

42:01 - Discussing Corey Hoffstein's approach

46:44 - What about the fees?

50:34 - Are we losing the incentive to improve?

58:45 - The impact of crises

01:07:11 - Sign up for our new newsletter

01:08:26 - What is up for next week?

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