About this episode

Alex Campbell discusses his experience in finance and data, covering topics like commodity diversification and systematic investing.

Alex has 20 years of experience at the intersection of finance and data. He has been a global macro investor at firms like Bridgewater Associates and a proprietary volatility trader at Lehman Brothers. Prior to his career as a data-driven speculator, Alex received an MBA from Stanford Business School, an MPhil in Economics (Game Theory) from the University of Oxford, and a BA (Hons) in Economics from McGill University. In this podcast, we discuss: Fantasy Baseball to Prop Trading Diversification as the "Free Lunch" Gold vs. The Chinese Credit Bubble Silver as the "Money that Generates Electricity" The "Long API, Short Slides" Thesis China's Sc eptical Data Copper vs. Iron Divergence The Future of Systematic Investing

People in this episode

Host: Bilal Hafeez

Guest: Alex Campbell

Topics covered

• Commodity Diversification
• AI strategies
• Moneyball Approach
• Systematic Investing
• Global Macro Investing
• Data-driven Speculation

Keywords

• Commodity Diversification
• AI strategies
• Moneyball Approach
• Global Macro Investing
• Data-driven Speculation
• Gold
• Silver
• China
• Copper
• Iron

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Bridgewater Associates, Lehman Brothers, Stanford Business School, University of Oxford, McGill University

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