Small Bets, Huge Payoffs

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[00:02:07] – (First Question) – Chris is asked about the somewhat morbid and interesting concept of a “Tikker”

[00:03:17] – A look at volatility and convexity as Chris sees it, and what we do in our everyday lives that exposes us to these concepts

[00:08:03] – How does the same idea get used in investing and a portfolio

[00:10:02] – If convexity is the non-linear payoffs to change, why is value investing a short convexity strategy

[00:14:09] – Are there such things as positive Black Swans?

[00:15:51] – How does Chris see the world and markets looking through his lens of convexity

[00:20:39] – Why democracy may not survive the strategies in place to protect us

[00:23:20] – Why World War II helped the US economy get out of the depression

[00:24:24] – Have we pulled too much future returns into our current numbers and are our expectations for market productivity too high

[00:26:11] – Some of the strategy thinking that Artemis uses to build portfolios in this current market atmosphere

[00:30:40] – How does an average person access these strategies or do you have to be an institution to execute macro strategies like Artemis

[00:33:58] – What would it take convince Chris that he is wrong and the world financial markets are in better shape than perceived

[00:36:48] – Are we seeing above average fear in the market or are we setting up for a more horror-filled scenario where the workforce potential is decimated by technology

[00:42:53] – How do clients of Artemis perceive their negative outlook on the economy and society

[00:44:10] – Dennis Rodman and portfolio optimization

[00:44:16] – The unexpected lesson investors can learn from NBA great Dennis Rodman

[00:49:39] – Why and how has artwork become a major part of Chris’s work

[00:51:36] – What movie best exemplifies the long volatility strategy

[00:55:14] – Chris’s most memorable day in investing

[00:57:04] – The kindest thing that anyone has done for Chris

[00:57:52] – Chris’s important daily habits; exercise, meditation, and reading; and he goes about them.