Whipsaws, Drawdowns, and Disbelief | Eric Crittenden on the Best Diversifier No One Buys
In this episode of Excess Returns, Matt Zeigler and Jason Buck sit down with Eric Crittenden, CIO of Standpoint Funds, for a wide-ranging and candid discussion about trend following, risk transfer markets, and what it takes to build a resilient investment strategy for uncertain futures. Eric shares decades of hard-won insights on investor behavior, portfolio construction, performance pain points, and why blending passive equities with systematic macro might just be the future of asset allocation.
🔍 Topics Covered:
The uncomfortable realities of trend following performance
Why many investors…
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