Show Us Your Portfolio | Andy Constan | How an Ex-Bridgewater Trader Builds HIs Personal Portfolio

In this episode of Show Us Your Portfolio, we speak with Damped Spring Advisors founder Andy Constan. Andy has spent his career working at some of the most successful firms in the asset management industry, including Bridgewater and Brevan Howard and he explains how the lessons he has learned throughout his career led to how he constructs his portfolio today. We discuss how he combines a risk parity approach with alpha seeking strategies to maximize long-term returns and minimize risk. We also cover Andy's current view on stocks and bonds, factor investing, international diversification and a lot more. 00:00 - Intro 02:46 - Andy's goals with his portfolio 04:44 - Andy's views on retirement 06:40 - Building a multi-asset portfolio 08:24 - An all weather portfolio strategy 12:04 - Adding an additional allocation to alpha generating assets 16:15 - The importance of knowing yourself 18:46 - The specifics of Andy's all weather strategy 24:50 - The challenge of compliance restrictions 27:04 - Andy's views on active management 29:53 - Andy's views on international exposure 33:43 - Prudently using leverage 41:15 - Andy's view of the current macro landscape 45:48 - Andy's view on leaving money to children 49:19 - Things Andy spends money on to increase his enjoyment of life 52:55 - The one lesson Andy would teach the average investor FOLLOW ANDY ON TWITTER   / dampedspring   SEE LATEST EPISODES https://www.validea.com/excess-return... FIND OUT MORE ABOUT VALIDEA https://www.validea.com FIND OUT MORE ABOUT VALIDEA CAPITAL https://www.valideacapital.com FOLLOW JACK Twitter:   / practicalquant   LinkedIn:   / jack-forehand-8015094   FOLLOW JUSTIN Twitter:   / jjcarbonneau   LinkedIn:   / jcarbonneau