About this episode

Rodrigo Gordillo discusses the Four Piston Portfolio, an investment framework designed to perform across various economic conditions.

What does it take to build a portfolio that can survive inflation shocks, growth booms, credit crises, and lost decades—without sacrificing long-term return potential? In this episode, Rodrigo Gordillo, President and Portfolio Manager at ReSolve Asset Management, joins Pierre Daillie to break down the Four Piston Portfolio: an All-Terrain investing framework designed to perform across a wide range of economic regimes. Drawing on principles of risk parity, managed futures, systematic macro, defensive leverage, and return stacking, Rodrigo explains why diversification—not prediction—is the foundation of resilient portfolio construction. Rodrigo's conviction was forged early. Growing up in Peru, he witnessed 7,200% hyperinflation wipe out his family's savings. A 55% Toronto housing crash followed, then the tech bust. These experiences shaped his belief that no single asset class should be trusted with your entire financial future. The result is a portfolio "engine" powered by four balanced return drivers: global equities, long-term bonds, gold, and systematic macro. By allocating risk rather than dollars, and using capital-efficient tools to scale diversification to equity-like…

People in this episode

Host: Pierre Daillie

Guest: Rodrigo Gordillo

Topics covered

• portfolio construction
• investment strategies
• risk management
• economic regimes
• diversification

Keywords

• Four Piston Portfolio
• risk parity
• managed futures
• systematic macro
• diversification
• long-term bonds
• global equities
• gold

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ReSolve Asset Management

Places: Peru, Toronto

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