In the second part of our conversation with Mike Coleman, we explore the different commodity markets and how RCMA trades them, and look back at the drawdowns that Mike has gone through and what he has learned from them. We discuss risk, idea generation, and what it takes to build a successful firm.

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In This Episode, You’ll Learn:

How correlation plays an important role in what Mike does.
What he thinks of the current oil market and the outlook for oil.
How they use relative value trading and what that is.
What process they have for getting an idea into an actual position.
How they have a different relationship between trader and analyst than other firms do.
How he defines risk and how he looks at risk management.
What he has learned from the drawdowns he has gone through.
How to get the investor’s confidence in the manager to a place where they don’t drop out at the worst time.
Why regulatory risk is something that keeps him up at night.
How his strategy has changed over time.
If it’s possible to backtest any part of his strategy.
What the typical investor in his firm looks like.
What location means for a business like Mike’s.

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