RT19: Who actually learned from the last financial crisis? ft. Andrew Lo & Sol Waksman – 2of2

Jan 23, 2019

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Today Niels Kaastrup-Larsen continues his conversation with Andrew Lo, the Charles E. and Susan T. Harris Professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management, and Sol Waksman, the Founder and President of BarclayHedge, Ltd. Listen in to learn the effects of politics in the financial markets and how trend following fits in, the state of cryptocurrency in the current market, and the advice our guests have for investors and their future.

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In This Episode, You’ll Learn:

Why relatively so few investors have added managed futures and trend following to their portfolio, despite all the evidence
The lessons different groups of people can still learn from the economic crisis of 2008
How political uncertainty affects where investors put their money
What Sol sees as the constant lesson we should be learning from these periodic economic events
Why investors have a hard time grasping the advantages of the liquidity that trend following brings to investments
The present and future impact of artificial intelligence on the finance industry
Why Andrew believes the centralization to one cryptocurrency is inevitable
The advice Andrew and Sol have for investors to prepare for the future

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