Best of TTU – Track Records vs Simulations.. What’s Best?

For those of us who have been on the manager side for a while, you'll know that investors love to analyse decades of performance data before deciding which manager they are going to invest with, and that makes a lot of sense.  But we also come across investors who subsequently redeem based on just a year or two after they invested, which is usually just down to bad luck and unfortunate timing.  This does not seem logical, but it does relate to the short conversation I want to share with you today, where I discuss the role and importance of track-records & back-tests with Scot Billington.  We also ended up discussing an interesting twist to their research, which led them to abandon taking any Short Trades in their model.  So enjoy these unique insights from Scot, and if you would like to listen to the full conversation, just go to Top Traders Unplugged Episode 25 & Episode 26.