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Ep. 220: Victor Sperandeo Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

Victor Sperandeo
Victor Sperandeo


My guest today is Victor Sperandeo, known as “Trader Vic”, a US trader, index developer, and financial commentator. He serves as the President and CEO of Alpha Financial Technologies, LLC (AFT), is a founding partner of EAM Partners L.P., and serves as the President and CEO of its general partner, EAM Corporation.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

  • Recent public policy directions
  • Trading against your public policy interests
  • Zero interest rate policy
  • Whether the S&P is a “bribe”
  • The Fed mandate to keep stocks from falling and to stop volatility
  • The wealth effect
  • Why the stock market going up is a very poor instrument to fix the economy
  • The trend towards socialism
  • Sperandeo’s experience working with George Soros
  • Sperandeo’s experience with the DTI index
  • lack swans and the effects of large, catastrophic events on the market; why the only way to protect yourself is extreme diversification; volatility balancing; and Sperandeo’s experience as a young man and how he came into the trading world

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