TTU87: An Engineer Using Machine Learning to Trade ft. Andrew Baxter of Cambridge Capital Managment – 1of2
Andrew Baxter worked at British Aerospace as an engineer before joining the investment management world. He still considers himself an engineer.
Listen in to learn how he uses machine learning, why he keeps innovating, and how he started his own firm.
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In This Episode, You’ll Learn:
- Why Andrew considers himself an engineer
- How he went from engineer to investment management
- How he started his firm
- His philosophy on the investment management process
- Why he harvests risk premiums
- What he likes to do when he is not working
- How he works with machine learning
- The things they learned from their career history that helped them build Cambridge Capital Management
- Why it is important to stay ahead of the pack and keep innovating
- What they do in-house versus outsourcing
- The culture that he tries to cultivate at his company
- How he talks about track record to his investors
- How he evolved as the managed futures industry changed over the years
- What he does to manage risk
- The objective of his program from a top-down view
- The different markets that his program trades
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Resources & Links Mentioned in this Episode:
- Extraordinary Popular Delusions and The Madness of Crowds
- The Winner’s Curse
- books by Reinhold Messner
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