Opto Sessions – Invest in the Next Big Idea

Adam Robinson - Outsmarting the market, The Importance of Systems & The Great Game (Repost)

February 24, 2022 Haydn Brain & Ed Gotham Season 1 Episode 104
Opto Sessions – Invest in the Next Big Idea
Adam Robinson - Outsmarting the market, The Importance of Systems & The Great Game (Repost)
Show Notes

Today, I have the delight of introducing Adam Robinson, someone I consider a mentor, an incredible thinker who has a unique but masterful way of looking at the market and how it operates.

Adam is the founder of Robinson Global Strategies where he conveys his wisdom on a global macro strategy to some of the most prominent hedge fund managers and family offices in the world. He uses a unique approach that combines game theory, systems thinking, Bayesian analysis, and behavioral economics to outsmart global markets.

He is also a chess master and entrepreneur, having founded the Princeton Review after graduating from Oxford University which helps students pass the tests that get them into their dream schools.

Key moments from the show (with timestamps)
* 5.40 – The importance of having a system
* 17.59 – Why I don’t use fundamental or technical analysis
* 26.20 – My approach to investing
* 28.58 – Be playful
* 31.40 – Why does price move?
* 36.32 – What is a trend?
* 47.08 – The notion of confirmation bias
* 53.46 – How do trends begin?
* 1.04.10 – Who is Adam Robinson?
* 1.14.04 – Become detached
* 1.20.56 – Two key things from chess that apply to markets
* 1.29.39 – When different groups of traders disagree about the future of the world…
* 1.38.20 – The inflation narrative of today (3 March 2021)
* 1.52.48 – What is The Great Game?

In this interview, we discuss market mechanics, how a trend is simply the dissemination of an idea, Copper/gold - the ratio that metal traders use to predict market trends & the great game...

Enjoy the show.

Twitter - @IAmAdamRobinson
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This is a repost of a previous episode.
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