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Peter Schiff: The Angry People Arrive

Posted on by Michael Covel

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If there ever was a poster child for why trend following will never get too big it’s Peter Schiff. His stubbornness is legendary. He’s never wrong in his own mind even though a lot of his predictions(higher interest rates, lower dollar and hyperinflation) haven’t panned out. His housing bubble prediction panned out big time but he still didn’t make a lot of money because things like commodities and gold stocks collapsed.

He’s basically why I stumbled upon trend following. I realized that experts often didn’t know what is going on and neither did I. If Schiff can’t predict what’s going to happen and not make a lot of money what does that mean for the rest of us? If the government can spend so much money and commodities can still collapse there must be more to investing than most of us can understand. Hence trend following.

Thanks
A

Trading was not the point of that conversation. That was clear.

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Making It Happen in 2014

Posted on by Michael Covel

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Dear Michael, I have recently discovered your work via your website and the Trend Following Bible. Wow! So many lightening bolts! It’s as if I’ve arrived at the shores of a New World. I’m in the process of learning, absorbing and immersing myself into the world of trend following and my mind is in over-drive thinking of how I can create a life and a living in trend following trading. I simply wanted to say thank you for the work you have done, and are doing, to educate and inform people about this fascinating field. Genuine life altering experiences are rare but this has been one for me, for this I am truly grateful. Here’s to a thriving 2014 and making it happen.

Best regards,
Alex
Maidenhead
England

Thanks Alex.

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Ep. 199: Peter Schiff Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

Posted on by Michael Covel
Peter Schiff
Peter Schiff

My guest today is Peter Schiff, an American stock broker, financial commentator, and radio personality. He is CEO and chief global strategist of Euro Pacific Capital Inc., a broker-dealer based in Westport, Connecticut.

The topic is Federal Reserve policy.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

  • QE infinity, expectations and Fed overall policy
  • ZIRP
  • Inflation
  • Real estate
  • Foreclosure
  • How the stock market keeps people satiated
  • Protecting the value of the dollar
  • How we can get to effectively negative interest rates
  • The way out of QE infinity (if even possible)

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The Schooling of Trend Following

Posted on by Michael Covel

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Dear Mr. Covel, I am a First-Year MBA student at the University of Virginia and I am very interested in trading and trend-following. I enjoy your books and your podcast very much and learn a great deal from them. Ever since reading Trend Following four years ago, I have researched and developed trend-following systems and I currently trade a trend-following system for my personal account. After business school, I would love to conduct research for a quantitative investment firm while apprenticing under a fund manager/system developer. I would love to speak with you about what I could do to realize this ambition. Would you be available for a 30-minute phone conversation on January 9th at 11 a.m.? If that time does not suit you, please feel free to suggest another.

Thanks and I hope to hear from you!

All the best,
Jake

Once I get back to Asia in February we can schedule a call.

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Getting Started with Your Trading Business Advice

Posted on by Michael Covel

A recent email exchange:

Justin: I’m not sure if you’d be willing to help, but I’m struggling with the next step(s) for a trading related software/app project I want to pursue. I have the idea/functionality and ideas for pricing models in mind but I haven’t taken the step of getting someone to actually write the application/develop the site. It’s not a terribly complex idea, but it’s related to one of the key areas of success for all traders & I have yet to see a service meet this need. I have no experience in dealing with intellectual property issues so I’m concerned about protecting the idea (if it’s even possible at this early stage). I was wondering if you might be able to provide any insight/advice since I know you’ve had great success in creating proprietary systems. If you need more info to help please just let me know. If you’d be willing to take some time to Skype & talk through it I’d love to have the chance to pick your brain. Thanks for any help you can offer.

Covel: Not sure I follow. Can you be precise what you are doing and how I can help?

Justin: Sorry. I have a trading service/application I want to develop. But I don’t know how to protect the idea or if I even can at this stage as it’s only an idea. I’d love to give you an overview of what it is so you can better understand what I’m talking about but also for honest feedback on the potential value it could provide to other traders but I am very ignorant when it comes to IP. When you were getting your projects going in the past did you protect the idea by something akin to a non disclosure agreement? Or did you have some other means to protect the idea while working with other people to get it from the idea stage to reality? I apologize as I know I’m being vague but I hope this makes more sense.

Covel: There is not a short answer. Best answer? IP attorney time. If not, you probably pay more later than less now.

You may also wish to read my article on Andrew Carnegie’s adress on the keys to success in business and to my David Burkus podcast interview.

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Ep. 197: Jack Horner Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

Posted on by Michael Covel
Jack Horner
Jack Horner

My guest today is Jack Horner, the world renowned paleontologist. Horner was the technical advisor for all of the “Jurassic Park” films. He is most famous for discovering and naming Maiasaura, providing the first clear evidence that some dinosaurs cared for their young.

The topics are dyslexia and the process of learning.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

  • Passion
  • Why you’d break open a dinosaur egg rather than hold onto it as precious material
  • How Horner attributes his way of thinking to dyslexia
  • The shapeshifting dinosaur hypothesis
  • “Chickasaurus” and the idea of dinosaurs and chickens intersecting
  • The accuracy of the “Jurassic Park” dinosaurs
  • Whether the T. Rex was a scavenger v. predator
  • How Horner came to his way of thinking

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Push Hard if You Want It!

Posted on by Michael Covel

If you want to meet anyone bad enough you will meet them. Recent feedback in:

TJ: Ever met Michael Marcus? How do you get to meet a guy like that? At least he is in So Cal and not Chicago!

Covel: Austin, Texas I thought. Meet? If you want it bad enough you will.

TJ: Humph, he must have moved. Yes, we can have anything we want if we are willing to pay the price.

I doubt he will meet him.

Note: I talk about these issues across my podcast, books and blog. Also, read Linchpin.

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