Macro Voices Spotlight

Erik Townsend welcomes Artem Milinchuck, Founder & CEO of FarmTogether and Scott Lynn, Founder & CEO of Masterworks.io to MacroVoices. Erik, Artem and Scott discuss:

• Democratizing Alternatives: What inspired the creation of Masterworks.io and FarmTogether.com
• Why these asset classes were previously reserved to the ultra-wealthy
• Profile of the typical farmland and fine art investor
• Outlook for fine art and farmland in a post-pandemic world
• The impact of low interest rates on farmland and fine art investing

      FarmTogether.com

      Masterworks.io

Erik Townsend welcomes Artem Milinchuck to MacroVoices. Erik and Artem discuss:

• The macro case for farmland: producing real returns in a low-yielding financial economy
• Performance and correlation analysis: Comparing farmland to other asset classes
• Risks and opportunities created by the COVID19 crisis
• Fractional farm ownership – how FarmTogether is making an asset class formerly open only to the super-rich available to all accredited investors

Supporting Materials for Download

FarmTogether Website - Invest in US Farmland 

FarmTogether - Live Offerings 

Introduction to Farmland Investing 

Tech-Powered Farmland Investment Platform - Driving Investment into a Vital $10T Asset Class 

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Erik Townsend Scott Lynn to MacroVoices. Erik and Scott discuss:

• Fine Art as an asset class: Why some of the biggest names in finance are diversifying into Fine Art collections
• Performance and correlation characteristics of Fine Art in Portfolio Construction
• Why “Blue Chip” Fine Art (most famous and well-known artists) delivers the best investment returns
• The Securitization Model: Fractional ownership of fine art masterpieces through securitized holding companies

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Erik Townsend welcomes Bob Coleman to MacroVoices Spotlight. Erik and Bob discuss:

• Most vaulting services for precious metals are owned and operated by banks or precious metals dealers! Conflicts of interest abound
• When investor Bob Coleman couldn’t find a private vaulting facility that met his standards of independence, he started his own
• Allocated, Unallocated and Segregated Storage: Understanding what the bullion banks are selling and where the pitfalls are
• Private vaulting facilities are not required to collect tax ID numbers (bullion banks are)
• Insurance and force majeure risks in precious metals storage
• Getting your metals OUT of the vault when you want them, and what can and has gone wrong with bullion banks

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Idaho Armored Vaults slide deck 

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Erik Townsend  welcomes Niels Kaastrup-Larsen to MacroVoices Spotlight. Erik and Niels discuss:

• Algorithmic trading: History, and who the players are including Statistical Arbitrage and HFT
• The Trend Following strategy and its history
• Richard Dennis’ “Turtles”
• Benefits of de-correlation and conditional correlation
• Performance of trend-following CTAs

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Niels Kaastrup-Larsen Slide Deck 

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