57. Meme stocks, arbitrage and where to look for investing opportunities – Interview with Michael Robbins, CFA

57. Meme stocks, arbitrage and where to look for investing opportunities – Interview with Michael Robbins, CFA
In this episode I had the privilege of speaking with Michael Robbins, CFA.
Michael has been the Chief Investment Officer at 6 different investment firms over the past 37 years. He is also a professor at Columbia university, where he teaches quant investing including graduate classes in tactical asset allocation and ESG.
In this episode, we discussed:
- Is the meme stock mania over, or here to stay?
- What are the characteristics of markets where arbitrage may be possible
- How computers and chatGPT are changing investing
- Investing biases that can lead to bad investments
- What factor investing is, and the proper way to invest with factors
Buy Michael’s awesome book here:
https://www.amazon.ca/Quantitative-Asset-Management-Michael-Robbins/dp/1264258445
Readings/interviews/code from the book:
http://www.quantitativeassetmanagement.com/