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TTU88: The Importance of Explaining the Why ft. Andrew Baxter of Cambridge Capital Management – 2of2

TTU88: The Importance of Explaining the Why ft. Andrew Baxter of Cambridge Capital Management – 2of2

FromTop Traders Unplugged


TTU88: The Importance of Explaining the Why ft. Andrew Baxter of Cambridge Capital Management – 2of2

FromTop Traders Unplugged

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Length:
72 minutes
Released:
Nov 22, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In this episode, we dive into the models and processes that Cambridge Capital and Andrew Baxter use to manage risk, research new ideas, and grow their business. We also talk about the importance for managers to explain why they do what they do, rather than just what they do.Listen in to learn more about the future of the managed futures industry and how to be successful in it.-----EXCEPTIONAL RESOURCE: Find Out How to Build a Safer & Better Performing Portfolio using this FREE NEW Portfolio Builder ToolIn This Episode, You’ll Learn:How his forecast method worksHow he develops his basic modelsHow they come up with new ideas for models at Cambridge CapitalThe various short term and long term models that they employ and how they use themWhen they make interventions to the systemThe risk management they use and why they have a risk budgetWhy they are continuously adjusting their risk in the marketThe drawdowns that they expect to see in their program and the ones that they have been throughWhy he thinks CTA firms had significantly higher drawdowns in 2013 then they had ever had beforeHow their research cycles workHow to compare a life track record with a simulation of the current programWhy we should look at why managers do things more than what they doWhy raising assets is the biggest challenge his firm faces todayWhat it takes to become a great fund managerThe skill that he would pass onto his childrenThe challenges he sees for the CTA space-----ATTENTION TTU TRIBE : SIGN-UP for Rick Rule's Symposium: Once in a life-time natural resource insights from the BEST investors in the world via a first-class livestream or Live event!Resources & Links Mentioned in this Episode:Extraordinary Popular Delusions and The Madness of CrowdsThe Winner’s Cursebooks by Reinhold MessnerFollow Niels on Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube or via the TTU website.IT’s TRUE ? – most CIO’s read 50+ books each year – get your FREE copy of the Ultimate Guide to the Best Investment Books ever written here.And you can get a free copy of my latest book “The Many Flavors of Trend Following” here.Learn more about the Trend Barometer here.Send your questions to 
Released:
Nov 22, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode

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