Manifold | Vineer Bhansali: Physics, Tail Risk Hedging, and 900% Coronavirus Returns - #43 @ManifoldPodcast | Uploaded April 2020 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
Steve and Corey talk with theoretical physicist turned hedge fund investor Vineer Bhansali. Bhansali describes his transition from physics to finance, his firm LongTail Alpha, and his recent outsize returns from the coronavirus financial crisis. Also discussed: derivatives pricing, random walks, helicopter money, and Modern Monetary Theory.
LongTail Alpha
longtailalpha.com
LongTail Alpha’s OneTail Hedgehog Fund II had 929% Return (Bloomberg)
bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-10/another-tail-risk-hedge-fund-had-eye-popping-returns-in-march
A New Anomaly Matching Condition? (1993)
arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/9211299
man·i·fold /ˈmanəˌfōld/ many and various.
In mathematics, a manifold is a topological space that locally resembles Euclidean space near each point.
Steve Hsu and Corey Washington have been friends for almost 30 years, and between them hold PhDs in Neuroscience, Philosophy, and Theoretical Physics. Join them for wide ranging and unfiltered conversations with leading writers, scientists, technologists, academics, entrepreneurs, investors, and more.
Steve and Corey talk with theoretical physicist turned hedge fund investor Vineer Bhansali. Bhansali describes his transition from physics to finance, his firm LongTail Alpha, and his recent outsize returns from the coronavirus financial crisis. Also discussed: derivatives pricing, random walks, helicopter money, and Modern Monetary Theory.
LongTail Alpha
longtailalpha.com
LongTail Alpha’s OneTail Hedgehog Fund II had 929% Return (Bloomberg)
bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-10/another-tail-risk-hedge-fund-had-eye-popping-returns-in-march
A New Anomaly Matching Condition? (1993)
arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/9211299
man·i·fold /ˈmanəˌfōld/ many and various.
In mathematics, a manifold is a topological space that locally resembles Euclidean space near each point.
Steve Hsu and Corey Washington have been friends for almost 30 years, and between them hold PhDs in Neuroscience, Philosophy, and Theoretical Physics. Join them for wide ranging and unfiltered conversations with leading writers, scientists, technologists, academics, entrepreneurs, investors, and more.
