OI17: The End of the Bull Market: What’s Next for Equities? ft. Asim Ghaffar

OI17: The End of the Bull Market: What’s Next for Equities? ft. Asim Ghaffar

In this episode, Moritz Seibert speaks with Asim Ghaffar, the founder and CIO of AG Capital, a Boston-based macro hedge fund. Asim explains why he believes insourcing rather than outsourcing the organizational processes of running a hedge fund business is critical and how it can add long-term value to the business. He also describes why sales and branding are key components to a successful investment management business, and how AG Capital connects with clients and prospective investors. In the second part of the conversation, Asam and Moritz speak about AG Capital’s style of trading, how they position size, why they take concentrated positions, how their methods differ from those of systematic trend following funds, and what their current long-term and short-term investment themes are, touching on gold, Bitcoin, copper, natural gas, and some other markets.

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Episode TimeStamps:

02:13 - Introduction to Asim Ghaffar and AG Capital

06:48 - What defines a great hedge fund?

12:13 - How do you find clients as a hedge fund?

18:32 - Creating world class in-house operations

25:32 - Ghaffar's framework for building portfolios

35:05 - How Ghaffar differs from a classical trend follower

39:16 - Why Ghaffar enforces a fixed number of positions

41:40 - What is so cool about stocks?

46:16 - Why Ghaffar sometimes decreases an exposure

51:36 - How Ghaffar approaches gold

54:05 - Why AG Capital stays away from Bitcoin

01:01:54 - Is China actually more democratic than the US?

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