SI179: A New Golden Era for Trend Followers ft. Alan Dunne

Today, Alan Dunne joins me to discuss how the change of tone from central banks can affect markets globally, Trend Following in a rising interest rate environment, the case for and against including carry trades in a Trend Following portfolio, how managed futures Trend Following can help investors throughout ever-changing markets, the future of the traditional 60 / 40 portfolio, some takeaways from Alan’s conversation with Phil Huber on this week’s new Top Traders Unplugged Allocator Series, and why we might be entering a great period for Trend Following strategies.

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In this episode, we discuss:

• How central bank signalling affects risk appetite around the world
• How Trend Following might perform in a rising interest rate environment
• Including carry trades in a Trend Following portfolio
• How managed futures can help investor throughout ever-changing markets
• The viability of the 60 /40 portfolio going forward
• Why a new golden era for Trend Following might be emerging

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Episode TimeStamps:

00:00 - Intro

02:36 - Macro recap from Niels

05:29 - Weekly review of returns

09:55 - How the change of tone from central banks affects the markets

18:29 - Trend Following in rising interest rate environment

25:19 - Including carry trades in a Trend Following portfolio

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