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Ep. 340: Tim Ferriss Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

Posted on by Michael Covel
Tim Ferriss
Tim Ferriss

My guest today is Tim Ferriss, an author, blogger and motivational speaker known for his bestselling books The 4-Hour Workweek, The 4-Hour Body and The 4-Hour Chef. Ferriss is otherwise known as the guy who has revolutionized the idea of writing a book; he has engineered the process of a bestseller.

The topic is his TV show The Tim Ferriss Experiment.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

  • Why the wrestler Dan Gable is part of Ferriss’ drive
  • The “grinding” aspect of wrestling, and how that has played into Ferriss’ career
  • The early lessons learned about making a TV show
  • The 80/20 rule
  • Comparisons to the Turtle experiment
  • The idea of getting older, recovery, and athletics

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Ep. 339: Tim Price Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

Posted on by Michael Covel
Tim Price
Tim Price

My guest today is Tim Price, the London-based Director of Investment at PFP Wealth Management. Price has over 20 years of experience in both private client and institutional investment management.

The topic is his blog The Price of Everything.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

  • Why the fundamentals are so ‘shocking’
  • FDR and the Great Depression
  • Why government taking its hands out of the equation can be the solution in a recession or depression
  • Why savers suffer in silence
  • The three scenarios that occur when you accept that much debt simply cannot be paid back (growth, default, or inflation)
  • The standoff between Germany and Greece, and how the average German might feel today about common currency
  • The lack of outrage of zero interest rate policy

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Meeting Trend Following Pioneer Ed Seykota

Posted on by Michael Covel

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Hello Michael. I’m glad to have come cross your site and all of your information. I Actually have an interesting story about meeting Ed Seykota about 10 years ago.

Ok.

Got into commodities watching my stepfather get long gold before Y2K in 2000. He did well. Took a Ken Roberts course and started dabbling a little bit made some, lost some, but continued to grow my interest through 2004.

Came across the turtle trading site and all the information, read as much as I could, downloaded everything and saved it in files. Read all the books on the recommended reading lists. Out of all the market wizards, for some reason Ed Seykota jumped off the page at me. Liked his spirit. I was headed to Tahoe for a vacation and remembered reading that he lived there. Okay, tracked him down.

Decided to reach out to him. Shot him an email and said thank you for all the work that he did to try to share with people and to bring them along toward a better life. Asked if we could meet and I could thank him in person and buy him a cup of coffee. He replied and said that he didn’t drink coffee but that he liked to ride his mountain bike and play music. He asked if I did either of those things.

In fact, I did ride a mountain bike and I do play guitar. He said well give me a call when you get up here. Let’s go for a ride and play some music, and we did. Was invited back to visit his trading tribe. Very cool experience.

Nice.

You may also enjoy reading the Ed Seykota book on his trading rules.

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Ep. 338: K.D. Angle Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

Posted on by Michael Covel
K.D. Angle
K.D. Angle

My guest today is K.D. Angle. Angle began trading the futures markets in 1979 and developed his first rules-based trading strategy in 1984. In 1985 he created a newsletter called “The Timing Device” that specialized in making specific trade recommendations in the futures markets. After 1995, Angle retired the newsletter and went into asset management on a full time basis while investing the majority of his time and resources into researching and developing rules-based strategies.

The topic is trading the futures market.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

  • Angle’s father’s history, who turned a two million dollar gold investment into a hundred million in just six months, and the lessons learned
  • Whether there was an early trend trading influence beyond looking at Angle’s father’s career; Angle’s experience with Dunn Capital
  • Freedom of location
  • 100% rule-based and systematic trading vs. adding discretionary elements to your system
  • Why the client part of the business is so important

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Spyros Makridakis Interview Followup

Posted on by Michael Covel

A followup from a recent conversation with Spyros Makridakis:

Dear Mike,

It was nice to talk to you this morning. As I promised I am attaching the following three papers:

  • Medicine. This is an extract from an article I am writing about Forecasting and Uncertainty. It is amazing that the forecasting record of medicine is so dismal as it involves our lives and health.
  • Positive Illusions. This is a recent paper that will be published in a book of readings.
  • Why Forecasts Fail. A paper published in the Sloan Management Review that explains why forecasts fail and how I got involved in this line of research.

I am also attaching the cover copy of the book by Ablin (the guy who discovered the PSA test for prostate cancer) and his view about the validity of the test he discovered.

Let me know if I can be of any additional help and please send me the link of your podcast once it is ready.

Best,
Spyros Makridakis

Thanks!

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Trend Following Feedback

Posted on by Michael Covel

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Hello Michael,

I’m a 25 year veteran as a financial advisor and I’ve subscribed to more newsletters and systems than I care to admit. I know there’s no “magic bullet” to investing success when confronted with the chaos that exists in this world, but your writings and the evidence you provide has made a significant impact on me. I, like most of my financial advisor brethren, (particularly those who are independent like the [name] advisors) want to make a positive impact on the financial lives of our clients and break free from the “buy and hope” nonsense still prescribed by Wall Street professionals and the index funds. Your teaching has already helped me help my clients to better manage the risks of the markets and I’m extremely grateful. I’m an avid listener to your podcast and own three of your books (all with extensive highlighting and underlining).

All the best to you and the Trend Following team.

Regards,
[Name]

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How can you move forward immediately to Trend Following profits? My books and my Flagship Course and Systems are trusted options by clients in 70+ countries.

Also jump in:

• Trend Following Podcast Guests
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Performance
• Research
• Markets to Trade
• Crisis Times
• Trading Technology
• About Us

Trend Following is for beginners, students and pros in all countries. This is not day trading 5-minute bars, prediction or analyzing fundamentals–it’s Trend Following.

Ep. 337: Michael Covel Speech and William Ury Interview on Trend Following Radio

Posted on by Michael Covel
William Ury
William Ury

Please enjoy my monologue Michael Covel Speech and William Ury Interview on Trend Following Radio. This episode may also include great outside guests from my archive.

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Michael Covel Presentation
Michael Covel Presentation