Author: Michael Covel

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Ed Seykota: “Win or lose, everybody gets what they want out of the market. Some people seem to like to lose, so they win by losing money.”

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A recent email exchange with a client:

Client: How is everything? I had a question about choosing a business model… Is it possible to be a home base CTA and manage it virtually?

Covel: What do you mean?

Client: I was reading the “How to become a CTA” article in dropbox. It says you can save huge amounts of money by starting the business out of your home. I was wondering if that is actually realistic…

Covel: Why does the physical location matter?

Client: I don’t think it should matter, and I don’t think people would really care as long as the track record was good and they’re making money. I was just thinking… what if I’m able to raise a 1-2 million in my first year and clients know I’m managing the money at HOME. Just thinking about their reaction and wondering if I would lose credibility. That is more the negative side though, some people may think it’s pretty cool.

Covel: I have a pic of the home Bill Dunn started his firm in. I have visited over the years many CTAs working out of their home.

Client: Awesome Thanks a lot for sharing that with me! That eliminates any insecurity I had.

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My guest today is Amy Herman, a lawyer and an art historian who uses works of art to sharpen observation, analysis, and communication skills. She developed her Art of Perception seminar in 2000. She subsequently adapted the program for a wide range of professionals and lead sessions internationally for the New York City Police Department, the FBI, the French National Police, the Department of Defense, Interpol, the State Department, Fortune 500 companies, first responders, the military, and the intelligence community.

The topic is her book Fixed.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

• How art can help solve problems
• How the pandemic caused us to take a break and pause
• Assess, analyze, articulate and act
• Looking at art and how it was created and the obstacles it confronted helps us become better thinkers
• Art is inspiration
• Her cancer diagnosis and how she was inspired
• Is everybody creative?

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• Amy Herman
• Fixed: How to Perfect the Fine Art of Problem Solving
• Frank Bruni
• Christo and Jeanne-Claude
• Julie Mayer
• Julie Mehretu
• Wayne Dyer

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My guest today is Mary-Frances O’Connor, a grief expert and neuroscientist. She is an Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry at the University of Arizona and the Director of Clinical Training. Her research focuses on the physiological correlates of emotion, in particular the wide range of physical and emotional responses during bereavement, including yearning and isolation. She thinks that a clinical science approach to grieving can help improve treatment for prolonged grief disorder, which was added to the new DSM-5.

The topic is her book The Grieving Brain.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

• Groundbreaking discoveries about what happens in our brain when we grieve
• The difference between grief and grieving
• Analyzing and interpreting a patient’s brain when it’s grieving by using Neuroimaging
• The path of becoming a Neuroscientist

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• Mary-Frances O’Connor
• The Grieving Brain: The Surprising Science of How We Learn from Love and Loss
• Noam Schneck

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