Archive
Author: Michael Covel
- September 3, 2006Michael J. Mauboussin: Perspectives on Risk
Michael J. Mauboussin excerpts (PDF) from a presentation the Greenwich Roundtable: LTCM used statistical arbitrage to “vacuum up nickels”, as one of the founders, Myron Scholes, described it. One essential component of…
- August 29, 2006More Old Pro Wisdom
I have developed a friendship with an old pro trader who sends me regular insight. A recent email in: Hello again everyone-due to other commitments today will be my last “morning market…
- August 26, 2006Bill Eckhardt’s Timeless Money Management Wisdom
A good piece of wisdom from Bill Eckhardt: “If you make a bad trade, you have money management, you have a whole bunch of things that will come to your aid, and…
- August 19, 2006More Insights from An Old Pro
A good piece of insight recently shared with me from an old pro with 30 years trading experience: “I guess most readers are familiar on some level with the sport of hunting.…
- August 8, 2006Man, AHL, Harding, Lueck: A History of British Trend Following
The history of British trend following (PDF). More on David Harding and Martin Lueck.
- August 3, 2006Paul Tudor Jones Insights
A few pieces of Paul Tudor Jones’ insights. First on school: “In 1976 I started working on the floor as a clerk and then I became a broker for E.F. Hutton. In…
- July 30, 2006Blast from the Past: 1986
An article from Futures Magazine dated 1986 (PDF) from Tom Willis’ web site. The article titled, “Do Trading Advisors Run Into A Dollar Trading Barrier?” shows some fears have been around for…