Alphien Auditorium - Episode 5

This week we have another 3 Podcasts for you to listen to. Do not hesitate to comment/debate on them in our forum

The Big Risk for Risk Parity

The balanced-portfolio strategy known as risk parity, which typically relies on investing in both stocks and bonds, needs to adapt as both asset classes come under pressure in a rising-rate environment, according to Max Gokhman, the chief investment officer at AlphaTrAI Inc. Gokhman joined the “What Goes Up” podcast to discuss this and other current market topics, as well as how his firm is applying artificial intelligence to investing.

Click here to listen - Estimated Time Needed: 45m

Rebecca Patterson on Global Macro Investing

Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz speaks with Rebecca Patterson, who serves as director of investment research at the world’s largest hedge fund, Bridgewater Associates. In addition to shaping the firm’s research agenda, Patterson is a member of the executive committee, investment committee, and commercial and business strategy committee, and helps lead the firm’s diversity and inclusion efforts. She previously served as chief investment officer at Bessemer Trust, where she oversaw $85 billion in client assets, and is currently a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Click here to listen - Estimated Time Needed: 1h26m

Andrew Lo: Finding the Perfect Portfolio–a 'Never-Ending Journey’

Our guest this week is Dr. Andrew Lo. Dr. Lo is the Charles E. & Susan T. Harris Professor, a professor of finance, and the director of the Laboratory for Financial Engineering at the MIT Sloan School of Management. His current research spans five areas, including evolutionary models of investor behavior and adaptive markets, systemic risk, and financial regulation, among others. Dr. Lo has published extensively in academic journals and authored a number of books including In Pursuit of the Perfect Portfolio, which he cowrote with Stephen Foerster. He has received numerous awards for his work and contributions to modern finance research throughout his career. He holds a bachelor’s in economics from Yale University and an AM and Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University.

Click here to listen - Estimated Time Needed: 45m