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The Derivative

RCM Alternatives

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Welcome to The Derivative by RCM Alternatives, where we dive into what makes alternative investments go, analyze the strategies of unique hedge fund managers, and chat with interesting guests from across the investment world. Hosted by RCM Managing Partner, Jeff Malec, join us to take a ride through the world of alternative investments.

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Episodes (239)

Unlocking the Equity Risk Premium with Dividend Futures

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Options give you Options with Scott Phillips of Lavaca Capital

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Feb 27, 202549:07pending

Unlocking the Commodity Risk Premium with Kurt Nelson of SummerHaven

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Feb 13, 20251:13:45pending

The State of AI, and AI in Alternative Investments with Mohammad Rasouli of AIx2

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Jan 30, 202558:28pending

A US state with a sovereign wealth fund? Utah’s new approach to old money with P...

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Jan 23, 20251:12:13pending

General George Cashington had a Dream of a Grand Financial System (a humorous pr...

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Jan 17, 202510:18pending

The Polymath Pod: Jason Buck and Zed Francis talk rates, vol, and cheeseburgers?...

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Nov 14, 20241:20:20pending

Retail to Institutional: How David Sun Scaled His ODTE Options Strategies

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Nov 7, 20241:07:18pending

Blending Insurance and Credit Expertise: How Obra Capital Finds Opportunities in...

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Oct 31, 20241:21:14pending

Carmika Partners Unpack the August Volatility Spike and Complexities of Options...

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Oct 17, 20241:33:31pending

Is there Alpha in boring old Muni-Bonds, with Riverbend Capital

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Oct 3, 20241:01:00pending

Trend, Prop, and Being Allergic to Optimization with Bill Gebhardt of 10Dynamics

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Aug 29, 20241:05:09pending

China Tech, Carbon, and Option Overlays in ETFs? Yep, with James Maund of KraneS...

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Aug 22, 202458:01pending

Unpacking the Sell-Off! Awesome Insights from discretionary macro trader Asim Gh...

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Aug 8, 20241:14:22pending

Hedge Fund Quants Unlock the Power of Dispersion: Versor's Unique Cross-Sectiona...

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Jul 25, 20241:10:51pending

Volatility Vultures: Hunting for Options Talent with Gary Selz of Zero Delta

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Jun 27, 202457:01pending

Carry On: Demystifying the Carry Trade with Rodrigo Gordillo & Adam Butler of Re...

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Jun 26, 20241:04:54pending

Surviving Adversity, Building Resilience, and Evolving a Quantitative Investment...

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May 2, 20241:06:19pending

50 Charts showing the Current State of Volatility, with Jeremie Holdom and Colin...

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Apr 25, 20241:15:27pending

Finding Alpha in Unexpected Places: Doug Greenig on Trend Following Beyond Devel...

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Mar 28, 20241:06:59pending

Optimizing the Supply Chain: Private Equity, Automation, and Economic Indicators...

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Mar 14, 202451:10pending

Constructing A Systematic Oil Trader: Fueling growth at Cayler Capital

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Mar 7, 202447:33pending

Miami Hedge Fund week Panel 2024 Part II: Increasing Accessibility of Alternativ...

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Feb 29, 20241:08:01pending

Set Phasers to Stocks+Discretionary Global Macro – with Dynamic Alpha

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Feb 22, 20241:02:50pending

Miami Hedge Fund week panel 2024 - Commodities: Outlook on Prices, Volatility, a...

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Feb 15, 20241:00:22pending

Advanced Hedge Fund Replication with the Top Down – riding diverse ETF modeling...

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Feb 8, 20241:27:26pending

Marrying Fundamental Factors into Commodity Quant with Patrik Safvenblad of VOLT...

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Nov 16, 20231:06:33pending

A brief history of Corn, food co valuations, GMO vs non GMO, and a guacable chip...

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Nov 9, 20231:06:03pending

Trend Following Asset Allocations with Jon Robinson of Blueprint

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Oct 26, 20231:08:24pending

Systematic Commodity Trading (without Trend) with Jae-Min Hyun of NWOne

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Oct 5, 20231:05:46pending

A Philly Alts Steak: Talking Commodities, Stacking, and Systematic with Auspice,...

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Sep 28, 20231:17:17pending

Opportunities in Option Mutual Funds with Russ Kellites

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Sep 21, 20231:05:31pending

Long/Short Commodities with Emil van Essen & Bryan Kiernan of Katonah/EVE

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Sep 14, 202350:34pending

Portfolios of Power Futures with AMPD ETF’s Tim Kramer

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Aug 31, 20231:00:42pending

Why Systematic? Why CTA? Why Now? A panel event with Mercer, Campbell, EMC Capit...

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Jul 27, 20231:11:06pending

Trend Following Plus Nothing with Jerry Parker

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Jul 20, 20231:03:29pending

The World of Equity Hedging, Part II with Jason Buck

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Jul 13, 202358:54pending

Volatility (LIVE IN VEGAS) panel discussion

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Jun 29, 20231:27:13pending

Replicating Babies, Trend Following, Hedge Funds, and Warren Buffet with Corey H...

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Jun 15, 20231:19:21pending

Global EQD ’23 Breakdown with Jason Buck (part 1)

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Jun 8, 202359:29pending

The Current state of Commercial Real Estate: Armageddon or Overblown? Setting th...

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Jun 1, 20231:11:06pending

Adding Spreads and Options to Trend Following, with Moritz Seibert

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May 11, 20231:17:01pending

AI isn’t coming…it’s already here, with Adam Butler and Taylor Pearson

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May 4, 20231:30:50pending

Alt (Digital) Trend Following with Sarah Schroeder of Coinbase Asset Mgmt.

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Apr 27, 20231:44:57pending

Stories for Traders: A Trend followers’ journey through it all with Andrew Stras...

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Apr 13, 20231:46:25pending

What are the Options for tech employee Options, With Bryce Emo of Sidecar Financ...

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Apr 6, 20231:08:09pending

Searching for Volatile Macro Environments with Alfonso Peccatiello, The Macro Co...

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Mar 30, 20231:02:48pending

The Conscientious Culture behind Risk Control with Kapil Rastogi of PlusPlus

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Mar 23, 20231:18:41pending

Setting the record straight – Trend following: the proof is in the track record...

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Mar 16, 20231:03:51pending

WTF?! Will 0DTE Cause Gammageddon? With Mike Green and Craig Peterson

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