Alan Dunne is joined today by Sebastien Page to discuss how price shocks affect correlations, approaches to strategic asset allocation, how to position portfolios for the years ahead, the current outlook for equities their various sectors, investing in a rising interest rate environment, responding to unexpected regime shifts in the markets, defining and achieving utility maximisation, the merits and drawbacks of mean variance analysis, how to properly diversify a portfolio, the durability of treasury bonds, lessons from research on high performance individuals and teams, achieving a state of ‘flow’, and how to simplify complex financial topics.
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In this episode, we discuss:
Ever-changing market correlations
Strategic asset allocation
Responding to interest rate changes
Achieving utility maximisation
Mean variance analysis
Portfolio diversification
Treasury bonds
High performance teams
Simplifying complexity

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Episode TimeStamps:
00:00 - Intro
03:52 - Sebastien’s journey into the investment management industry
07:45 - How Sebastien’s book came about
09:39 - Current view on the markets
13:37 - How to position portfolios for the year ahead and beyond
18:41 - The current outlook for equities and the sectors within
19:43 - Investing in a rising interest rate environment
24:06 - Responding to unexpected regime shifts in the markets
27:04 - Approaches to strategic asset allocation
33:24 - Defining and achieving utility maximisation
37:48 - The merits and drawbacks of mean variance analysis
41:49 - Using scenario analysis
47:41 - Distributions during different market regimes
55:12 - How to properly diversify a portfolio
58:51 - The durability of treasury bonds
01:05:18 - Lessons from research on high performance individuals and teams
01:07:58 - Achieving a state of ‘flow’
01:10:58 - Simplifying complex financial topics
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