Talk Your Book: Matching Longs with Shorts
Animal Spirits Podcast
Navigating Long-Short Investment Strategies
This chapter explores the complexities of managing long and short positions in small and mid-cap investments. It highlights the benefits of active management in under-researched markets and addresses issues of liquidity and transparency in investment vehicles like ETFs.
On this episode of Animal Spirits: Talk Your Book, Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson are joined by Mick Rasmussen, Portfolio Manager at Wasatch Global Investors, to discuss how to construct a long/short portfolio, factors that make a good long vs a good short, how often the portfolio turns over, stock picking within small cap growth, and much more!
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Michael Batnick’s The Irrelevant Investor
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