{"id":1328,"date":"2025-07-15T17:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T17:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/219dee3b-edc5-49e1-80a7-8f02f0d31e21"},"modified":"2025-07-15T17:30:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T17:30:00","slug":"how-to-add-trend-following-alpha-without-sacrificing-your-core-portfolio-with-rodrigo-gordillo","status":"publish","type":"episode","link":"https:\/\/advisoranalyst.com\/podcast\/episode\/how-to-add-trend-following-alpha-without-sacrificing-your-core-portfolio-with-rodrigo-gordillo\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Add Trend Following Alpha Without Sacrificing Your Core Portfolio with Rodrigo Gordillo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83c\udfaf What if you could protect your portfolio during market crashes, boost returns, and still keep your core investments intact? That\u2019s not a fantasy\u2014it\u2019s the power of trend following \/ managed futures via return stacking, and it&#8217;s finally accessible to everyday investors.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udf99\ufe0f&nbsp;In this episode of Raise Your Average, Pierre Daillie sits down with Rodrigo Gordillo, President of ReSolve Asset Management, co-creators of the Return Stacked ETFs suite, for a deep dive into one of investing\u2019s best-kept secrets: managed futures. Long embraced by institutions for their ability to deliver uncorrelated, crisis-resistant returns, managed futures are finally breaking into mainstream portfolios\u2014thanks to innovations in return stacking.<\/p>\n<p>Rodrigo breaks it all down: why trend following works, how behavioral biases create opportunities, and how stacking strategies like RSST and RSBT let you keep your equities and bonds while adding diversifiers like managed futures on top. It\u2019s a smarter way to use leverage, designed not to chase returns, but to smooth them out\u2014even in the roughest markets. Whether you&#8217;re trying to improve performance, reduce downside, or ease your clients\u2019 diversification anxiety, this episode gives you the tools to rethink how portfolios are built in the modern era.<\/p>\n<h4>\u2705 Key Takeaways:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Trend following works because human behavior is predictable\u2014anchoring, herding, and slow adjustments to new info create patterns to exploit.<\/li>\n<li>Managed futures offer rare benefits: real diversification, low correlation to stocks and bonds, and strong upside when markets tumble.<\/li>\n<li>Return stacking lets you \u201cstack\u201d strategies like managed futures on top of your core holdings, without having to sell your stocks or bonds.<\/li>\n<li>ETFs like RSST and RSBT make return stacking simple and accessible\u2014bringing institutional tools to retail investors.<\/li>\n<li>You can use them to amplify returns or solve behavioral roadblocks\u2014like line-item regret or clients abandoning good strategies at the wrong time.<\/li>\n<li>Leverage becomes your friend when applied to uncorrelated assets. Used correctly, it reduces drawdowns and improves compounding.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>\u23f1\ufe0f Chapters:<\/h4>\n<p>00:00 \u2013 Welcome &amp; What This Episode Is About01:00 \u2013 What Are Trend Following and Managed Futures?03:00 \u2013 Why Trend Works: Human Psychology &amp; Risk Dynamics04:30 \u2013 Managed Futures = Real Diversification06:00 \u2013 Crisis Alpha in Action: 2008 and 202208:00 \u2013 Why Retail Investors Missed Out (Until Now)10:00 \u2013 How Institutions Use Return Stacking12:00 \u2013 How RSST and RSBT Work (Mechanics Explained)15:00 \u2013 Portfolio Use Cases &amp; Applications17:00 \u2013 Why Return Stacking Beats Stock Picking20:00 \u2013 What Is \u201cDefensive Leverage\u201d?24:00 \u2013 Better Compounding Math with Low Correlation25:00 \u2013 Solving for Behavior: Make Diversification Easy to Hold27:00 \u2013 Hiding the Line Item: Reduce Regret Risk28:00 \u2013 What This Means for the Future of Portfolio Construction<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udff7\ufe0f #ReturnStacking #ManagedFutures #PortfolioDiversification #InvestSmarter #ETFStrategies<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 AdvisorAnalyst<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83c\udfaf What if you could protect your portfolio during market crashes, boost returns, and still keep your core investments intact? That\u2019s not a fantasy\u2014it\u2019s the power of trend following \/ managed futures via return stacking, and it&#8217;s finally accessible to everyday investors.nn<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udf99\ufe0f&nbsp;In this episode of Raise Your Average, Pierre Daillie sits down with Rodrigo Gordillo, President of ReSolve Asset Management, co-creators of the Return Stacked ETFs suite, for a deep dive into one of investing\u2019s best-kept secrets: managed futures. Long embraced by institutions for their ability to deliver uncorrelated, crisis-resistant returns, managed futures are finally breaking into mainstream portfolios\u2014thanks to innovations in return stacking.nn<\/p>\n<p>Rodrigo breaks it all down: why trend following works, how behavioral biases create opportunities, and how stacking strategies like RSST and RSBT let you keep your equities and bonds while adding diversifiers like managed futures on top. It\u2019s a smarter way to use leverage, designed not to chase returns, but to smooth them out\u2014even in the roughest markets. Whether you&#8217;re trying to improve performance, reduce downside, or ease your clients\u2019 diversification anxiety, this episode gives you the tools to rethink how portfolios are built in the modern era.n<\/p>\n<h4>\u2705 Key Takeaways:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Trend following works because human behavior is predictable\u2014anchoring, herding, and slow adjustments to new info create patterns to exploit.<\/li>\n<li>Managed futures offer rare benefits: real diversification, low correlation to stocks and bonds, and strong upside when markets tumble.<\/li>\n<li>Return stacking lets you \u201cstack\u201d strategies like managed futures on top of your core holdings, without having to sell your stocks or bonds.<\/li>\n<li>ETFs like RSST and RSBT make return stacking simple and accessible\u2014bringing institutional tools to retail investors.<\/li>\n<li>You can use them to amplify returns or solve behavioral roadblocks\u2014like line-item regret or clients abandoning good strategies at the wrong time.<\/li>\n<li>Leverage becomes your friend when applied to uncorrelated assets. Used correctly, it reduces drawdowns and improves compounding.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>\u23f1\ufe0f Chapters:<\/h4>\n<p>nn00:00 \u2013 Welcome &amp; What This Episode Is Aboutnn01:00 \u2013 What Are Trend Following and Managed Futures?nn03:00 \u2013 Why Trend Works: Human Psychology &amp; Risk Dynamicsnn04:30 \u2013 Managed Futures = Real Diversificationnn06:00 \u2013 Crisis Alpha in Action: 2008 and 2022nn08:00 \u2013 Why Retail Investors Missed Out (Until Now)nn10:00 \u2013 How Institutions Use Return Stackingnn12:00 \u2013 How RSST and RSBT Work (Mechanics Explained)nn15:00 \u2013 Portfolio Use Cases &amp; Applicationsnn17:00 \u2013 Why Return Stacking Beats Stock Pickingnn20:00 \u2013 What Is \u201cDefensive Leverage\u201d?nn24:00 \u2013 Better Compounding Math with Low Correlationnn25:00 \u2013 Solving for Behavior: Make Diversification Easy to Holdnn27:00 \u2013 Hiding the Line Item: Reduce Regret Risknn28:00 \u2013 What This Means for the Future of Portfolio Constructionnn<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udff7\ufe0f #ReturnStacking #ManagedFutures #PortfolioDiversification #InvestSmarter #ETFStrategies<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 AdvisorAnalyst<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"categories":[18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/advisoranalyst.com\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/episode\/1328"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/advisoranalyst.com\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/episode"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/advisoranalyst.com\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/episode"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/advisoranalyst.com\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/advisoranalyst.com\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1328"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/advisoranalyst.com\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/episode\/1328\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/advisoranalyst.com\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/advisoranalyst.com\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/advisoranalyst.com\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}