SI114: The importance of Short Sellers and Pfizer CEO selling stocks ft. Moritz Seibert

Published: Nov. 16, 2020, 8:21 p.m.

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This week, we discuss the importance of short sellers for well-functioning markets, the benefits of trading index futures versus cash equities, diversification in a robust Trend Following system, Pfizer\\u2019s CEO selling a majority of his stock holdings around the vaccine announcement, the differences between top independent discretionary traders & professional money managers, and the increasing use of Modern Monetary Theory (MMT).  Questions we answer this week include: Are shorter timeframes going to be more effective than longer timeframes in the future? What are your thoughts on trading less-liquid markets?

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Episode TimeStamps:

00:00 \\u2013 Intro

02:02 \\u2013 Macro recap from Niels

03:09 \\u2013 Weekly review of performance

28:30 \\u2013 Q1; James: Would your rules suit cash equities only?

38:54 \\u2013 Q2; Anti: Shorter-term strategies seem to have done well in the last 5 years, should we be looking to trade these shorter timeframes, instead of the longer-term timeframes?

46:54 \\u2013 Q3; Michael: What are your thoughts on trading in smaller markets such as butter, rough rice & oats?

01:00:18 \\u2013 Benchmark performance update

01:06:07 \\u2013 Recommended podcast listening this week: Stephanie Kelton on the Macro Voices Podcast & Chris Cole on the Grant Williams...'