By Justin Carbonneau (@jjcarbonneau) — There is a tendency to avoid looking at your finances and investments when things are bad, so I am guessing there isn’t going to be…
Tag: Trend Following
Talking Trend Following with Original Turtle Trader Jerry Parker
In this episode, we talk Trend Following with Chesapeake Capital founder Jerry Parker. We talk about his participation in Richard Dennis’ famous turtle trading program and what he learned from…
Constructing A Better Trend-Following Portfolio
While diversification has long been the name of the game in investing, exactly how to go about it has always been debated, especially in this year when the traditional 60%…
A Look at How a Variety of Risk Management Approaches Have Worked in 2022's Bear Market
By Jack Forehand, CFA, CFP® (@practicalquant) — For the last 40 years, managing risk for investors has been pretty easy. There have certainly been bear markets in the period, and some of them…
Navigating Bull and Bear Markets Using Trend Following
With the market in a significant drawdown, there has been a renewed interest from investors in trend following strategies. Given its ability to limit losses during drawdowns and reduce volatility,…
The Good, Bad and Ugly of Trend Following
By Justin Carbonneau (@jjcarbonneau) — Something has happened recently that hasn’t happened in quite some time – of the seven major market indices we apply our trend following model to…
Dual Momentum Investing with Gary Antonacci
In this episode, we speak with Gary Antonacci about his Dual Momentum investing approach. We look at both absolute and relative momentum individually, and the pros and cons of the…
A Detailed Look at All Weather Investing With Standpoint's Eric Crittenden (Ep. 83)
The last 40 years have been an exceptionally strong period for a portfolio of stocks and bonds. With stocks performing well and bonds benefitting from a tailwind of constantly falling…
An In Depth Look at Momentum Investing and Trend Following with Jack Vogel (Ep. 69)
There is perhaps no investment factor with more long-term data to support it than momentum. But despite that, its real world usage lags far behind other factors like value. Part…
Excess Returns, Ep. 12: The Pros and Cons of Trend Following
To say that the track record of market timers in general is dismal would be an understatement. There are so many factors that impact market returns that getting them all…