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Author: Michael Covel
- December 2, 2008Sunrise Capital: Trend Following Pioneer
One of the more under the radar trend followers is Sunrise Capital out of sunny Southern California. They have been at it for 30 years: Sunrise currently manages over $1.1 billion for…
- November 25, 2008Geetesh Bhardwaj at AIG? No, Now Vanguard!
A few weeks back a few researchers put out a paper that essentially said trend following is bunk. I commented at the time that one of the authors was at AIG investment…
- November 12, 2008AIG Criticism of Trend Following from Geetesh Bhardwaj; Say What?
I came across the title of a recent paper taking a stab at trend traders [commonly referred to by the regulatory name of Commodity Trading Advisor]: “Fooling Some of the People All…
- November 5, 2008The Making of Michael Covel Film Poster: Sheep Shearing
I mentioned that my film poster designers had shaved a live sheep. Their video of the process: Pictures: One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven, Eight, Nine, Ten, Eleven And for those…
- November 5, 2008Some Trend-Following Funds Are Winners in Rough Market
Michael Covel take in WSJ: Read. More, more, more.
- September 16, 2008The Funnymentals
Fannie and Freddie looked so good on paper (the fundamentals), but oh what secrets they were masking. As usual though the charts were always telling the truth even when the CEOs were…
- July 4, 2008“Pimping Risk”
This article and excerpt caught my eye “The [mutual fund] industry sets targets that are far too high and then says, ‘Gee let us help you hit that target — put your…