SI102: TESLA and the famous Tech Bubble ft. Moritz Seibert

Aug 23, 2020

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This week, we discuss Tesla’s meteoric stock price rise and its likely inclusion into the S&P 500, similarities between today’s parabolic moves in the stock market and the famous tech bubble, why the current outlook for markets necessitates a place for investing in Trend Following strategies, Germany’s move to tax investors on their gold ETF holdings, Volatility-focused trading strategies, and the differences in making adjustments to short term systems vs long term systems. Questions answered this week include: At what point do you decide that your system is no longer working? How do you adjust for ‘conviction’ when placing a trade?

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Episode TimeStamps:

00:00 – Intro

02:12 – Macro recap from Niels

17:53 – Weekly review of performance

22:52 – Discussion on how to safely own gold, and the German government’s move to tax investors on their Gold ETF holdings

31:56 – Q1 & Q2; Zaro: At what point do you decide that your model isn’t working? How do you account for ‘conviction’ when placing a trade?

51:05 – Benchmark performance update

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