Campbell Ramble

Campbell Ramble

Epilogue: How I Got Here

Being Early Is Expensive. Being Wrong Is Fatal.

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Alexander Campbell
Nov 03, 2025
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Contrary to what you might read in my replies online, I didn’t start off as a China hawk. When I left the big fund, China wasn’t even on my radar. My goal was simple: protect people from underappreciated macro risks by combining what I learned about systematic investing at Bridgewater with the derivatives work I did at Lehman.

My first project was actual…

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