TTU56: How to Educate Your Clients on Managed Futures ft. Karsten Schroeder of Amplitude Capital

Jan 13, 2015

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In this 2014 year-in-review, Karsten Shroeder looks at the CTA industry and give some advice on how to look at 2014 with a rational and objective eye. He also has insights into how 2015 will be for the CTA industry and how to educate more clients to the advantages of managed futures.

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In This Episode, You’ll Learn:

How the year evolved for Amplitude and it’s strategies.
How the CTA industry did in 2014 in Karsten’s opinion.
What models did well last year.
How hard it is to shape models and make guesses based on world events that affect the markets.
What Karsten learned from 2014.
How they have increased their research team.
Why his firm welcomes divergence in the markets.
Why educating clients is very important.
What diversification can do for clients in their portfolios.
Why not to use 2014 as a reference point and say that this markets new returns for CTAs.
What Karsten wishes for 2015.

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Resources & Links Mentioned in this Episode:

You can listen to 2 hour-long podcasts with Karsten here and here.

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