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Roger Cohen, Portable Beta - ETFs and more!

Roger Cohen, Portable Beta - ETFs and more!

Released Thursday, 5th November 2020
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Roger Cohen, Portable Beta - ETFs and more!

Roger Cohen, Portable Beta - ETFs and more!

Roger Cohen, Portable Beta - ETFs and more!

Roger Cohen, Portable Beta - ETFs and more!

Thursday, 5th November 2020
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Roger Cohen, founder of Portable Beta is an investor, derivatives specialist and academic, and joins host Roy Zimmerhansl to discuss ETFs; geared, leveraged and bear funds; ESG and quantum theory.

You can follow Roger's work as follows:

Roger Cohen on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/portablebeta

Portable Beta: https://portablebeta.com.au/

Betashares (where Roger is an advisor): https://www.betashares.com.au/

Quantum Theory of Toilet Paper

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/portablebeta_the-quantum-theory-of-toilet-paper-activity-6657050516067061760-r2UJ

Show timeline

03:10 ETFs

06:45 Synthetic vs Physical ETFs

13:28 Involvement with BetaShares

16:00 ETF themes - adding value or chasing trends?

18:51 Geared, leveraged, short, bear funds

22:48 ESG including short selling

27:45 Bear Funds

30:00 Shorting in futures and cash markets

32:40 A securities lending analogy

36:54 A 'tweak' to retirement finances

43:30 Australia, Academia and big things from our childhood

45:47 Quantum Theory of Toilet Paper and 2020

48:35 Resilience and adaptation in 2020

52:10 Roy's wrap up

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