Alpha Exchange
Alpha Exchange 5 Year Anniversary Podcast, Part I
Dec 13, 2023
The podcast explores the origins of Alpha Exchange and its goals, focusing on risk management and identifying opportunities in financial markets. It also discusses the impact of hindsight bias on predicting future events and examines lessons from past crises. The podcast introduces a framework for categorizing uncertainty and volatility markets, and delves into the concept of the volatility risk premium and its impact on market risk events. It also explores the setup leading to the COVID crisis and the proliferation of short equity vol exposure.
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- Risk materializes through the unwinding of assumptions about the state of the world.
- Geopolitical risks originating from elections, wars, and tweets can have a significant impact on markets.
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Overview of the Alpha Exchange podcast
The Alpha Exchange podcast explores topics and financial markets related to managing risk, generating returns, and deploying capital in the alternative investment industry. The host, Dean Kurnutt, reflects on the podcast's five-year anniversary and its goal of adding value and engaging listeners by facilitating trade in ideas and sharing knowledge.
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