Trend Setters: The Mechanics of Trend-Following
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The Diversification Benefits of Trend Following
This year really is a multi-asset story and maybe it's bifurcated in two pieces there's correcting the things that I own potentially bonds and then diversifying into the other asset classes. Trend following gets a lot of its performance from just being applied to a wide range of assets many you wouldn't be holding normally in a portfolio including currency crosses and commodities. This time around really short bonds and long commodities has been a big part of it but there have been other knock on effects of this inflation error time period as well for example the US Federal Reserve has started responding to the inflation a bit before other central banks.
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