Why the Best Portfolios Are Built to Be Wrong ft. David Dredge & Richard Brennan

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Episode TimeStamps:



00:00 – Market review, July performance and introducing Dave Dredge08:01 – Why markets are complex adaptive systems18:49 – Price insensitive investors and the hidden drivers of markets26:03 – How market participants create fat tails and volatility31:38 – Where major market moves really come from39:05 – Ergodicity and why sequence matters in investing46:37 – The forest fire analogy for understanding financial risk51:15 – Why calm markets often hide the greatest dangers56:13 – Leverage, convexity and the source of market fragility01:00:53 – Why optimal portfolio construction can increase risk01:05:38 – Football, convexity and building resilient portfolios01:13:03 – Why the Sharpe ratio fails to measure real risk01:21:40 – Lessons for trend followers navigating complex markets
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