Protecting Your Portfolio: Can Hedge Funds Help?

The video discusses the return of market volatility and the role of hedge funds in managing risk. It explains the risk parity trade and its unwinding, highlighting alternative strategies like CTA and direct lending that can protect investors during market sell-offs. The video also covers the importance of understanding volatility strategies and the challenges of portfolio diversification when correlations increase across asset classes.

Explain the significance of volatility in investment strategies as discussed in the text.

What lessons can be learned from the correlation breakdown experienced by pension funds in 2008?