Top Traders Unplugged Podcast
1) TTU138: Need for Speed in Trendfollowing ft. Matt Dorsten, Portfolio Manager at PIMCO
Today, we are joined by Matt Dorsten, Portfolio Manager within the Quantitative Strategies group at PIMCO, for a conversation how they manage 60 billion dollars through different quant strategies, of ...Show More
2) SI382: The End of Globalization, the Rise of Trends ft. Richard Brennan
The new year opens with a shift hiding in plain sight. As globalization recedes and the world fractures into spheres of influence, Rich argues this isn’t just a political story - it’s a structural shi...Show More
3) GM93: The Calm Before a Systemic Reckoning ft. William White
William White returns to assess a world edging closer to systemic stress. Drawing on decades advising central banks, he describes a macro regime defined not by temporary shocks, but by a deep reversal...Show More
4) SI381: Process Over Pain: Trend Following in an Unforgiving Market (Group Conversation Part 2)
In part two of our year-end roundtable, the Systematic Investor team goes beyond performance to ask harder questions about the path forward. Are today’s drawdowns a signal of structural change? - or j...Show More
5) IL44: From AI Hype to Transformative AGI ft. Aubrie Pagano
In this Ideas Lab episode, Kevin Coldiron speaks with venture capitalist and former founder Aubrie Pagano about what stands between today’s AI hype and a truly transformative AGI economy. Rather than ...Show More
6) SI380: Dispersion Is the Story This Year (Group Conversation Part 1)
Niels is joined by all 9 amazing co-hosts, to discuss a year that refused to behave. In part one of the annual "roundtable", Niels and the group map why 2025 produced such striking dispersion across t...Show More
7) OI20: Why Commodities Refuse to Trend Forever ft. Doug King
Moritz Siebert speaks with Doug King about what it really means to trade commodities through cycles, distortions, and stress. Drawing on decades at Cargill and more than twenty years running a commodi...Show More
8) SI379: The Illusion of Safety in a Fully Invested Market ft. Cem Karsan
Niels and Cem reflect on a year marked by concentration, confidence, and growing structural fragility beneath calm markets. They examine extreme positioning, record low cash levels, and the quiet domi...Show More
9) GM92: Politics in an Age of Hard Borders and Rising Hegemons ft. Gary Gerstle
In this conversation, the veneer of political continuity is stripped back to reveal a world drifting toward harder borders, sharper identities and a reshaping of power once thought unthinkable. Gary G...Show More
GM92: Politics in an Age of Hard Borders and Rising Hegemons ft. Gary Gerstle
1:10:02 | Dec 17th, 2025
10) SI378: When Prices Stop Making Sense ft. Mark Rzepczynski
This episode examines markets through the lens of uncertainty rather than prediction. As the Federal Reserve delivers a rate cut amid dissent and conflicting signals, Alan and Mark explore what it mea...Show More