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Author: Michael Covel
- November 6, 2010The Winton Papers: Speculation, Wise
While I have not seen it, apparently Gordon Gekko opines in the new ‘Wall Street’ that: “The Mother of all evil is speculation.” Let’s hope Oliver Stone doesn’t actually believe that (if…
- October 26, 2010Glenn Beck’s ‘Broke’ Inspired by Michael Covel’s ‘Broke’
Glenn Beck (and his co-author Kevin Balfe) released a new book today (Oct 2010) titled Broke. I happen to have a documentary film titled Broke released last year. Once my film was…
- October 26, 2010Robyn Williams and David Spiegelhalter Discuss Risk
A nice audio discussion (MP3) about risk. The post at the university held by the professor was funded by trend follower David Harding. Give a listen! Transcript: Robyn Williams: So what’s the…
- October 26, 2010Salem Abraham: The Best Little Hedge Fund in Texas?
An article (PDF) about Salem Abraham and Abraham Trading Company (with a nice mention of my book ‘The Complete TurtleTrader‘).
- October 25, 2010Eric Schmidt of Google Can’t Predict the Stock Market
From Eric Schmidt Google’s CEO: “There are many, many things that Google could do, that we chose not to do.” He added: “One day we had a conversation where we figured we…
- October 12, 2010Ancient Man Had No Risk Management
Putting risk into the discussion: “There are just four kinds of bets. There are good bets, bad bets, bets that you win, and bets that you lose. Winning a bad bet can…
- September 25, 2010Nassim Taleb on Buffett v. Soros
Nassim Taleb: Asked…if returns such as those posted by Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Chief Executive Officer Warren Buffett — who amassed the world’s third-biggest personal fortune through decades of stock picks and takeovers…