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Ep. 406: Larry Hite Views Outlined with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

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Larry Hite Views Outlined with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
Larry Hite Views Outlined with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

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Please enjoy my monologue Larry Hite Views Outlined with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio. This episode may also include great outside guests from my archive.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio:

  • Respecting leverage
  • Thinking in terms of odds
  • Being wrong is OK
  • Getting the odds on your side
  • Risk management
  • Life is a series of bets

“You don’t trade markets, you trade money.” – Michael Covel

“The first part of the winning process is evaluating who you are and what you’re comfortable doing.” – Larry Hite

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Ep. 405: Didier Sornette Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

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Didier Sornette
Didier Sornette

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My guest today is Didier Sornette, the Professor on the Chair of Entrepreneurial Risks at Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich. He is also a professor of the Swiss Finance Institute, associated with both the department of Physics and the department of Earth Sciences at ETH Zurich. He has worked on the King effect, a theory used to predict economic bubbles. Didier also set up the Financial Crisis Observatory in October of 2008. He brings an interesting perspective to financial crisis’s, and bubbles.

The topic is market bubbles.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

  • The adaptive market hypothesis
  • Dragon Kings vs. Black Swans
  • New economy syndrome
  • Predictive markets
  • Finite singularity
  • Equilibrium of the world

“When herding behaviour among investors ramps up, a stock’s or index’s growth rate can increase faster than exponentially, leading to more herding. This positive feedback brings the system to a tipping point. About two-thirds of the time, a crash results.” – Didier Sornette

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Ep. 404: Napoleon Hill Retrospective Episode with Michael Covel

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Napoleon Hill Retrospective Episode with Michael Covel
Napoleon Hill Retrospective Episode with Michael Covel

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Please enjoy my monologue Napoleon Hill Retrospective Episode with Michael Covel. This episode may also include great outside guests from my archive.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio:

  • Conditioning your unconscious mind
  • Setting goals
  • Laws of nature
  • Vibrations of thought
  • Using your greatest asset
  • Individual power

“Put your foot upon the neck of fear of criticism by reaching a decision not to worry about what other people think, do or say.” – Napoleon Hill

“Weak desire brings weak results, just as a small fire brings a small amount of heat.” –Napoleon Hill

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Limitations with Day Trading

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Ep. 403: Barbara Fredrickson Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

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Barbara Fredrickson
Barbara Fredrickson

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My guest today is Barbara Fredrickson, a professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is the Kenan Distinguished Professor of Psychology, and the Principal Investigator of the Positive Emotions and Psychophysiology Lab at the University of North Carolina. She is a social psychologist that conducts research in emotions and positive psychology.

The topic is her book Love 2.0: Finding Happiness and Health in Moments of Connection.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

  • Inner-experiences and well being
  • The undoing effect
  • Positive negative ratio
  • The body’s definition of love
  • Depression
  • The idea of soul mates
  • Emotional connections
  • Relationship of health and positive emotion

“When two people connect over shared positivity there is a biochemical cascade within each person.” – Barbara Fredrickson

“Positive emotions are equally altering our action urges but instead of narrowing them, they broaden our thought and action repertoire so that we can see the big picture and potentially go in many possible directions, not just one direction.” – Barbara Fredrickson

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Ep. 402: Charles Faulkner on Goals with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

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Charles Faulkner on Goals with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
Charles Faulkner on Goals with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

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Please enjoy my monologue Charles Faulkner on Goals; Special Episode. This episode may also include great outside guests from my archive.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio:

  • How to set goals
  • How to achieve your goals
  • Externalizing your inner-dialogue
  • The importance of milestones

“We are very good at looking back on things and seeing how we got somewhere, it’s the looking forward thing that throws us off from time to time.” – Charles Faulkner

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Ep 401: Ben Carlson Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

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Ben Carlson
Ben Carlson

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My guest today is Ben Carlson, the Director of Institutional Asset Management at Ritholtz Wealth Management. He’s been managing institutional portfolios for my entire career. He started out with an institutional investment consulting firm developing portfolio strategies and creating investment plans for various foundations, endowments, pensions, hospitals, insurance companies and high net worth individuals. He was part of the portfolio management team for an investment office that managed a large endowment fund for a charitable organization.

The topic is his book A Wealth of Common Sense: Why Simplicity Trumps Complexity in Any Investment Plan.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

  • Diversification
  • The purpose of a long only commodities investment
  • Speculation
  • Index funds
  • Having a plan
  • Risk and Reward
  • Saying no

“You can’t invest in the market as you wish it would be, you have to invest in it as it is.” – Ben Carlson

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