Jeroen Blokland

About Jeroen Blokland

Jeroen Blokland is an investor at heart. He is the former head of Multi-Asset Investments at Robeco, founder of True Insights, a YouTuber, and regularly appears in podcasts and other social media outlets.

Blokland’s boundless passion for investing is reflected in the daily stream of financial market charts posted on his Twitter account, which has over 100K followers. ‘A picture truly is worth a thousand words.’ His passion also includes being able to talk to people directly about investing, sharing his knowledge, and actively helping others become betters investors. Next to the day-to-day developments in financial markets, Blokland enjoys reflecting on overarching topics like why you should invest anyway, the functioning of financial markets, the holy grail of diversification, and what it requires to make solid investment decisions yourself.

Blokland joined Interpolis as an investment strategist in 2002 after graduating from Erasmus University in Rotterdam and spending six months abroad. A couple of years later, he moved to Iris, the independent investment research company owned by Rabobank and Robeco.

In 2009, Blokland took a new role as fund manager at Robeco, managing several retail and institutional-focused multi-asset funds and solutions. In 2019, he became head of the Robeco Multi-Asset team, responsible for roughly USD 5 billion in assets under management.

In 2021, Blokland realized his deeply-routed ambition to offer his investment experience gained in the past 20 years to a broader audience by starting his own firm, True Insights. His company provides independent and comprehensible investment research and analysis, which can easily translate into actionable investment portfolio decisions.

Blokland’s presentations characterize as educational, practical, and entertaining, carefully customized to the audience. The ultimate goal of his presentations is to provide listeners with information that makes a difference and can be used in real life. This can be regarding investment decisions, the role of macroeconomics, sentiment, and valuation, as well as a general understanding of financial markets. Blokland’s appearances offer a bridge between investment lingo and understanding investing.

In addition, expect a contagiously high energy level, outspoken views, and a healthy dose of humor. ‘Because investing is far from an exact science and definitely not boring.