In this episode of Strategic Investor Radio, host Charlie Wright interviews Guy Benstead of Cedar Ridge Partners, a Registered Investment Advisor (“RIA”) based in Greenwich, Connecticut. “We’re bond guys,” says Mr. Benstead, in reference to his firm.
Cedar Ridge specializes in unconstrained credit strategies. It operates private funds, separately managed accounts (“SMAs”), and one alternative mutual fund: the Cedar Ridge Unconstrained Credit Fund (MUTF:CRUMX) that make investment decisions based on the firm’s top-down macroeconomic analysis combined with its “deep dive credit work” on individual securities.
If Cedar Ridge’s funds were long only, then much of this in-depth research would be for naught, since research can turn up bad bonds just as easily as good ones. Therefore, Cedar Ridge’s funds operate with a long/short mandate, and with positions spread across about 100 securities, or so. Benstead points out, however, that this doesn’t mean the funds own bonds from up to 100 different issuers – the positions include several bonds from some of the same issuers (at different maturities).
The funds’ long portfolios consist primarily of corporate and municipal bonds, along with preferred stock. Their short portfolios are made up of corporate bonds thought to be “overpriced,” along with a “core Treasury ballast” to hedge against interest-rate sensitivity.
One thing that separates the Cedar Ridge long/short credit funds with others in the space is that Cedar Ridge doesn’t use derivatives. Benstead says that Cedar Ridge tends to own the same securities as typical bond investors, but the firm operates like a great chef, arranging the ingredients in a different way.
Private Money Lending - Zinc Income Fund - w/Todd Pigott
Investing in Private Companies - KingsCrowd.com - w/Chris Lustrino
Commodities Trading - Auspice Capital - w/Tim Pickering
Passive Investing in Agriculture and Agribusiness - HarvestReturns.com- w/Chris Rawley
Commodities and Futures Trading - BubbaTrading.com - w/Andrew Hecht
Avoiding Over Priced Stocks By Managing Risk Like Actuaries - New Age Alpha - w/Julian Koski
Investing in E-Sports and iGaming ETF's- Roundhill Investments - w/Mario Stefanidis
"Insider Monkey" - Following the Best Performing Hedge Funds - w/Dr. Ian Dogan
Futures Commodities Trading - Capital Trading Group - w/Nell Sloane
Why & How to Invest in Gold and Precious Metals - Sprott Asset Management - w/Ed Coyne
Stock Traders Almanac 2021 - w/Jeffrey Hirsch, Editor and Publisher
Tailored Portfolio Outcomes thru Options - Simplify.us - w/Paul Kim, CFA
"Exotic Alternative Investments" - Dr. Kevin Mirabile
Mortgage Note Investing - Bequest Funds w/Martin Saenz
Tactical Investing thru Index Funds - Blueprint Inv. Partners - w/Jon Robinson
Investing in Opportunity Zones - Nest Opportunity Fund - w/ Clint Edgington
Structured Outcome Investing - True Shares ETF's - w/Mike Loukas
The Current & Future Economy - w/Dr. Bob Dieli of the "No Spin Forecast"
Credit Investing - Verdad Capital - w/Greg Obenshain
An Economist's View of the Markets - w/Dr. Mira Farka
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
The Commercial Edge: Unleash the Power of People
The emPOWERed Half Hour
Aligned Money Show
Dubai Property Podcast
IBKR Podcasts
The Ramsey Show
The Clark Howard Podcast