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Ep. 1278: Jeff Karp Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

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My guest today is Jeff Karp, a Canadian biomedical engineer working as a Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and the principal faculty at the Harvard Stem Cell Institute and Affiliate Faculty at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology through the Harvard–MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology. In 2008, he was listed as one of the top innovators. In 2011, he received Young Investigator award from the Society for Biomaterials, and the Champion in Health Care Innovation.

The topic is his book LIT: Life Ignition Tools: Use Nature’s Playbook to Energize Your Brain, Spark Ideas, and Ignite Action.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

  • Personal growth and overcoming obstacles
  • Brain’s ability to adapt and learn, particularly in individuals with learning differences
  • Connection between physical activity, brain function, and emotional well-being
  • Activation energy in achieving goals
  • Incremental progress
  • Importance of patterns and habits
  • Neurodiversity and curiosity
  • Dealing with failure and maximizing momentum

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Hi Michael,

Thanks for interviewing Eric, great discussion. I’m in the same age category so there’s a built-in affinity.

Thought I’d pass along some info regarding greed, envy, and financial markets. Eric Falkenstein wrote “Finding Alpha” some time ago (and now makes it freely available on his website as a pdf) wherein he proposes a couple of interesting things. First, risk and reward are not “linked” in the way most people think, this leads to the “low-vol anomaly.” Secondly, he puts forward the argument that people are driven by envy rather than greed, and goes on to explain several financial puzzles using this notion (including the home country bias). He stopped blogging several years ago and I have no idea what he’s up to now. I’ve seen a few of his old interviews and he’s a bit of an odd duck, but clearly very intelligent and smart. Think it would be a great interview for your podcast if you can find him.

His two books are worth a read and some of his old blog posts are also fun. Not sure why, but after forgetting about him for years I looked up his stuff again just a few days ago. Hope you enjoy it.

Thanks again,
Victor

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Ep. 1277: Surfer Guy Redux with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

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I have followed you for years, reading your books and listening to your podcasts. This morning’s email was a great synopsis of trend following. My family and friends always question my trend following strategies and always ask for ‘predictions’ for the market. When I respond with, “I don’t know” or “who cares”, I get puzzled looks.

I have my own nice profitable system that was inspired by yourself, Nick Range, and Steve Sjuerudd. I never spell Steve’s name right but you know who I am speaking of.

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I am creating an automated trading system informed by my observations of price action and feeding it a few of my parameters that I keep adjusting until it fit into my style of trading.

Anyways, thank you for a great book. Am only on page 45 of your Trend Following book and it’s confirming a lot of what I have learned thus far.

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