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Trend following and Risk Mitigation Strategies
May 2023 Alan Dunne joined Top Traders Unplugged to discuss global macro, building alts portfolios and using risk mitigation strategies.


Allocating to Alternatives in the New Era
April 2023. A more volatile macro back drop supports the case for considering liquid alternative investment strategies.


Bringing Back “Crisis Alpha”
Mar 2023 What is crisis alpha and how can CTAs deliver it? Here we share perspectives on crisis alpha from some of the leading CTAs.


The Market Impact of CTAs and Trend Followers
Mar 2023. Alan Dunne spoke on Top Traders Unplugged podcast about current macro themes and the positioning and market footprint of CTAs.


How Trend Following Can Enhance Your Portfolio
Feb 2023 Trend following can be a challenging investment but the strategy can boost returns and reduce drawdown in a multi-asset portfolio.


Are markets priced for perfection?
January 2023. Alan Dunne appeared on Top Traders Unplugged podcast to discuss current markets.


Long and variable lags
December 2022. As monetary tightening impacts with long and variable lags, expectations for a soft landing may be misplaced.


Hold back on inflated expectations for equities
Sept 2022. Rising stagflation risks and persistently hawkish centrals banks will continue to be headwinds equities in the coming months.


The Return of the Philips Curve
July 2022. The Fed may have to tolerate higher inflation as the trade-off between inflation and unemployment re-emerges.


Solving the Manager Selection Puzzle
May 2022
Five strategies for overcoming behavioural biases in manager selection.


Why Global Macro may be part of the solution as investors reassess the 60-40 portfolio
This article appeared in the FM Report on 29th April 2022.


Buckle up for quantitative tightening
This article appeared in the Sunday Times on 24th April 202


The Fed tightening cycle: is this the end of gradualism?
31st Jan 2022. The Fed may either have to raise rates or reduce the balance sheet more aggressively to tackle inflation.


Omicron and the Powell pivot
10th December 2021
Why the Powell pivot may be more important than the emergence of Omicron.


Inflation uncertainty: assessing the argument that inflation will eventually moderate
26th November 2021
Will inflation prove to be transitory or persistent?


Stagflation and supply bottlenecks: implications for asset allocation
28th October 2021
The possibility of a regime shift towards stagflation could have significant implications for asset allocation.
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