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Author: Michael Covel
- September 24, 2014PIMCO: Trend Following Through the Rates Cycle
From PIMCO: Some investors have been concerned that the historical success of trend following–a quantitative strategy that seeks positive returns by capturing momentum across major asset classes–would unravel in a period of…
- September 23, 2014When Using a Trend Following Approach you can Afford to Ignore the S&P
A successful trend following trader recently emailed: It’s very hard to embrace diversification, especially without a systematic trend following portfolio scheme, when you are being frequently compared to the S&P and other…
- September 21, 2014Ep. 276: Richard Lewis Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
My guest today is Richard Lewis, a cross-cultural expert who has been studying language and communication his entire career. He’s traveled to 130+ countries and speaks eleven different languages. The topics are…
- September 20, 2014Finding Opportunity Means Taking Shots: Same for Football, Same for Trend Following
Excerpt from here: In finding Leach, an alumnus and fellow acolyte of BYU, Mumme stumbled upon the Paul McCartney to his John Lennon. Neither one of them gave a damn about college…
- September 19, 2014Ep. 275: Joel Mokyr Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
My guest today is Joel Mokyr, an economic historian at Northwestern University. He focuses on technological progress, and how it affects growth. From Mokyr’s perspective, we haven’t seen anything yet. He’s not…
- September 17, 2014What is My Personality Type?
What is my Myers Briggs personality type? Greetings Mr. Covel, during your most recent podcast, you stated that you are classified as an introvert according to the Briggs Myers Type Indicator. I…
- September 16, 2014Amazing Forecasting with Dozens of Technical Indicators
Feedback: Hi Mike, I just had to send you this link, from a commentary on BarChart.com: http://www.barchart.com/headlines/story/1903370/grains-futures-wheat-corn-soybeans-trend-indicators. I was nothing short of amazed to read this. The guy is trying to put…