Nick Baltas returns to discuss single stock trend momentum dynamics and more. With his usual academic elegance, Nick dives into Portfolio Construction and Risk Management, Static vs. Dynamic positioning, how to apply each type in your trading, and why one is not “better” than the other, the key factors of portfolio construction and why the difference between cross-sectional and time-series momentum is important to understand. We also discuss trend following in single stocks and why it is a complicated matter, single stock factors trend as well CTA strategies inside ETF wrappers...the pros and cons and much more.

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Episode TimeStamps:

01:36 - What has caught Nick's attention recently?

06:28 - Industry performance update

07:28 - Dynamic vs. Static positioning

17:54 - Is one better than the other?

22:35 - The objective of Dynamic positioning

29:35 - Cross-Sectional and Time-Series Momentum: What Is the Difference?

43:57 - AQR paper on single stock factor trend

50:17 - CTA strategies inside and ETF wrapper...a good idea?

01:00:35 - Thanks for listening

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