Archive
Author: Michael Covel
- June 23, 2008Turtle Tom Shanks on “Boots”
I received an email from Turtle Tom Shanks today that adds more “color” to the story: This is mainly a clarification of the fourth paragraph on page 33, beginning “Shanks and Svoboda…
- June 10, 2008Richard Dennis: Prince of the Pit
The father of the Turtles Richard Dennis was very wise even back in the day. From an article circa 1976 wholly relevant to today.
- May 14, 2008Larry Hite: Life is a Bet
A comment from trader Larry Hite: “Life is nothing more than a series of bets and bets are really nothing more than questions and their answers. There is no real difference between,…
- May 8, 2008Nobel Laureate Daniel Kahneman Explains Intuition
A reminder that never goes out of style: The lone word “VOMIT” appeared on the screen as Nobel Prize-winning psychologist Daniel Kahneman described how audience members would involuntarily react to the stimulus,…
- April 24, 2008Peter Borish: Prenuptial Agreement with the Market
At the panel I moderated today in Paris Peter Borish put the concept of a stop loss into terms everyone can grasp. He called it a “prenuptial” with the market. You have…
- April 19, 2008Dunn Capital: Cool Photo
A long time trend follower updates his crib.
- April 19, 2008Jesse Livermore: Trend Following Legend and Reminiscences of a Stock Operator
Jesse Livermore Books: • How to Trade in Stocks (PDF) • Reminiscences of a Stock Operator (PDF)