A CIO shares the strategy behind ‘The Big Short’ garage hedge fund that flipped $110,000 to over $80 million — and explains how to use the same approach in today’s stock market

• More investors are allocating a portion of their portfolios to tail-risk strategies.
• Convex payouts are made by taking a bet against the odds in exchange for lofty returns.
• Kris Sidial breaks down his firm’s strategy and how they use options trading. 

Apocalyptic market crashes aren’t usually at the top of people’s minds. Yet, they are events that make it to the top of Hollywood’s blockbusters when they do occur.