42 The Systematic Investor Series ft Salem Abraham – July 1st, 2019

Today we’re joined on the show by Salem Abraham, a legendary Trend Following Trader, and President of Abraham Trading Company, based in Canadian, Texas.  We discuss if Bitcoin has any real value, how Jerry Parker influenced Salem early in his career (and how he later helped Jerry), why we don’t need to understand the reasons for a price going up, why not looking at your returns too often can help your performance, if Stanley Druckenmiller and David Harding are right about the effectiveness of Trend Following in today’s markets, and how being exposed to a variety of markets can reduce risk in a portfolio.  Questions answered include: what is Salem’s preferred timeframe to trade in?  Why is there such an increase in Return Dispersion among Trend Following funds today compared to a while ago? What are Salem’s thoughts on High-Frequency Trading, Electronic Trading, and Arbitrage?  Will Trend Following ever become too over-crowded?

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