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Ep. 449: Neil Pasricha Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

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Neil Pasricha
Neil Pasricha

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My guest today is Neil Pasricha, an author, entrepreneur, podcaster, and public speaker characterized by his advocacy of positivity and simple pleasures. He is also an established speaker and his TEDx talk, “The 3 A’s of Awesome”, is ranked as the ninth most inspiring TEDx talk with over 3 million views to date. In total, he has sold over 1 million books. The book and TED talk are based on Pasricha’s blog, 1000 Awesome Things. The blog has won three Webby Awards and ranked in PC Magazines list of top blogs and websites in 2009 and 2010.

The topic is his book The Happiness Equation: Want Nothing + Do Anything = Have Everything.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio:

  • Happiness
  • Retirement is a lie
  • Loving your work
  • The lottery
  • The note card system
  • Criticism
  • Goals are never ending
  • Having less wants in life

“The action proceeds the motivation.” – Neil Pasricha

“Wealth exists not in having great possessions but in having few wants.” – Epictetus

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Expensive Lessons, But Wiser for the Experience

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Hi Michael,

Almost finished your “Trend Following” and noticed there are…[some] people having negative issues with trend following. Well, I can tell them something…

In 2006 I started with 20,000 USD, no trading training and I [took training]. The key here is that I had no trading education. In Oct 2008 I made 300,000 USD and after 7 years of trend following I turned the initial 20,000 into almost 800,000. I then thought I know how to trade and started day trading and then (as many traders before me) lost everything. I [then] came to the conclusion that I knew nothing about trading… expensive lesson for me, but I knew what was possible [with trend following].

I have for the past year gone through an extensive training process [books and a course with (name)]. I still get the [name] data every day and will soon start again. Obviously I know a lot more than before, but the important thing is that I could turn 20,000 into almost 800,000 (drawdowns, etc. included) and I made money on ONLY 35% of my trades, that is without ANY formal trading knowledge, just following the trend.

So, no one [will] tell me trend following does not work, is dead, or anything else. It is alive and well and will be forever.

Just a private experience I would like to share.

Kind regards,
[Name]

Thanks!

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If You Wanted to Know Nothing About “Bubbles” …Watch this UBS Investor Forum

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Everything wrong about market advice for your edification.

$3000 suits, aristocrat accents, too much school = 100% bullshit
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Human Behavior Pros on Michael Covel Podcast

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Great Behavioral Minds
Great Behavioral Minds

Here is an easy way to dig into so many of the psychology pros that have appeared on my podcast.

It will only take you around 30 hours to listen to all.

What else are you going to do? Watch that Kardashian show?

This is 30 hours of podcast episodes that will change your life.

Dig in.

How can you move forward immediately to Trend Following profits? My books and my Flagship Course and Systems are trusted options by clients in 70+ countries.

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• Trend Following Podcast Guests
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Performance
• Research
• Markets to Trade
• Crisis Times
• Trading Technology
• About Us

Trend Following is for beginners, students and pros in all countries. This is not day trading 5-minute bars, prediction or analyzing fundamentals–it’s Trend Following.

Ep. 448: Mike Lofgren Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

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Mike Lofgren
Mike Lofgren

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My guest today is Mike Lofgren, an author and a former Republican U.S. Congressional aide. He retired in May 2011 after 28 years as a Congressional staff member. His writings, critical of politics in the United States, particularly the Republican Party, were published after his retirement and garnered widespread attention.

The topic is his book The Deep State: The Fall of the Constitution and the Rise of a Shadow Government.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio:

  • The deep state phenomenon
  • Military industrial complex
  • National debt
  • Negative interest rates
  • Does your vote matter?

“If we were ever able to get the money out of politics, that would be the precursor, that’s the precondition for any other reform.” – Mike Lofgren

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“Make Art, Life is Short…”

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Make Art
Make Art

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Michael,

I just wanted to give you my feedback. I truly love the content of the podcast, it has strengthened my trading skills and allowed me research profitable trading strategies.

I have read all your books and I am a big fan of your work. Something you said in one of your recent podcasts was “make art, because life is short” and this really resonated with me. I want to build something special and I that is my current focus. How can I make a bigger impact on the world.

Anyway, my feedback is that while the content is great sometimes the interviewees are difficult to hear. I’m not sure if it is because you are using a Skype recorder or if you have another tool. Other podcasts are more crisp and easy to listen too.

I don’t know if a mixer would help but I wanted to at least let you know my thoughts. I appreciate your work and I’m not trying to be critical just providing feedback.

Hope all is well.
[Name]

Thanks!

My voice is easy to control. We keep that audio consistent. Unfortunately, guests can be problematic due to their microphone and or Skype connection.

Unfortunately, people are not clued in to worry about sound yet.

Do I turn away interviews with Nobel Prize winners cause of not perfect sound?

Not yet!

How can you move forward immediately to Trend Following profits? My books and my Flagship Course and Systems are trusted options by clients in 70+ countries.

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• Trend Following Podcast Guests
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Performance
• Research
• Markets to Trade
• Crisis Times
• Trading Technology
• About Us

Trend Following is for beginners, students and pros in all countries. This is not day trading 5-minute bars, prediction or analyzing fundamentals–it’s Trend Following.

Ep. 447: Ben Hunt Interview with Michael Covel and Trend Following Radio

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Ben Hunt
Ben Hunt

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My guest today is Ben Hunt, the Co-Founder and Partner at Second Foundation Partners. He is also the author of Epsilon Theory, a weekly publication that examines capital markets through the lenses of game theory and history. Since its launch in June, 2013 more than 100,000 copies of Epsilon Theory notes have been read by professional investors in more than 110 countries.

The topic is his Epsilon Theory.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

  • Monetary policy
  • What drives the value of currency?
  • Economics in recessions
  • Systematic models
  • Central Banks
  • Policy controlled markets
  • Expectations of the public markets

“Markets are too important to be left to investors.” – Ben Hunt

“It goes back to what I was saying about the overwhelming debt that sloshes around in the world and there are only three ways to get out of that: You can grow your way out, you can inflate your way out or you can assign losses and try to reset.” – Ben Hunt

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