Cantab Capital: Tech Is Alpha

Tech Is Alpha by Cantab Capital

Cantab's Founding Partner and CTO, Erich Schlaikjer, explores the virtues and complexities of technology, and how good technology is ultimately what allows Cantab to create profits for our investors.

Tech Is Alpha - Introduction

When analysts enumerate the virtues of systematic funds, the first benefit in the list is usually the diversification that CTAs provide to your portfolio. Liquidity often comes next, followed by controlled volatility. Actual systematic features are discussed last if at all.(1) Indeed, the word "systems" is often used to mean "models", forgetting about the technological implementation. This is a big oversight in a world obsessed with software companies like Google and...