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Ep. 469: Laura Roeder Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

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Laura Roeder
Laura Roeder

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My guest today is Laura Roeder, a serial entrepreneur and her newest company is Edgar, a social media application. She started working for herself creating websites for people when she was 22 living in Chicago. It spread to optimizing traffic and online marketing for her clients. In 2014 she launched her social media software business, Edgar. They haven’t taken any money from investors and have grown to 2.8 million annual revenue.

The topics are entrepreneur and social media.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio:

  • Social media
  • Business competitors
  • Success of Dropbox
  • Keeping up a great reputation
  • Be aware that competitors can access everything
  • Women in the entrepreneurial space

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Ep 467: David Burkus Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

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David Burkus
David Burkus

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My guest today is David Burkus, the bestselling author of four books about business and leadership. His books have won multiple awards and have been translated into dozens of languages. Since 2017, Burkus has been ranked as one of the world’s top business thought leaders by by organizations like Thinkers50, Global Gurus, and LeadersHum. As a sought-after international speaker, his TED Talk has been viewed over 2 million times. He’s worked with leaders from organizations across all industries including Google, Stryker, Fidelity, Viacom, and even the US Naval Academy. A former business school professor, Burkus holds a master’s degree in organizational psychology from the University of Oklahoma, and a doctorate in strategic leadership from Regent University.

The topic is his book Under New Management: How Leading Organizations Are Upending Business as Usual.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

  • Re-designing the factory
  • Physical labor vs. Intellectual labor
  • Machines vs. Man
  • Multitasking = Task switching
  • “The customer is always right” mentality
  • Confirmation bias
  • Introverts and extroverts
  • Customer service
  • Non-compete clauses

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Ep. 465: Sunrise Capital with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

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Sunrise Capital with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
Sunrise Capital with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

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Please enjoy my monologue Sunrise Capital 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:

  • Brexit and systematic trading
  • Price distribution
  • Price action
  • Directional betting on a coin flip event
  • Preparing for black swan events
  • Are computers good or bad?
  • MAR ratio
  • Diversification

“Systems control the trading ideas. What they do is they give you a statistical edge in creating your trading ideas.” – Chris Stanton

“It’s a bad idea to get the insurance after the catastrophe.” – Jason Gerlach

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Ep. 464: The Next Brexit with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

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The Next Brexit with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
The Next Brexit with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

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Please enjoy my monologue The Next Brexit 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:

  • Boom and busts
  • Brexit
  • Certainty in markets

“Certainty in markets, that is the delusion. That is the media cacophony.” – Michael Covel

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Ep. 463: Jack Schwager Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

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Jack Schwager
Jack Schwager

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My guest today is Jack Schwager, an American trader and author. He is the author of the Market Wizard series. His books have remained relevant over the past 25 years, and for many traders they are the best trading books on the shelves today.

The topic is his Market Wizard series.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

  • Trading legends
  • Futures markets
  • Equity markets
  • Gaining clients as a new trader

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Ep. 461: Robin Hanson Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

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Robin Hanson
Robin Hanson

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My guest today is Robin Hanson, an associate professor of economics at George Mason University and a research associate at the Future of Humanity Institute of Oxford University. He is known for his work on idea futures and markets, and he was involved in the creation of the Foresight Institute’s Foresight Exchange and DARPA’s FutureMAP project. He invented market scoring rules like LMSR (Logarithmic Market Scoring Rule) used by prediction markets such as Consensus Point (where Hanson is Chief Scientist), and has conducted research on signalling.

The topic is his book The Age of Em: Work, Love and Life when Robots Rule the Earth.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

  • Singularity
  • Robots taking over
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Slavery
  • Reversible computing
  • Virtual reality
  • Future of politics
  • Democracy in the future

“As an economist and a social scientist I often analyze the world as if nobody is in charge. As if it is not a matter of people voting on it, it is a matter of people doing lots of little things in local self interest that end up accumulating into the net effect that we all see.” – Robin Hanson

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Ep. 459: Tucker Max Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

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Tucker Max
Tucker Max

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My guest today is Tucker Max, an American author and public speaker. He chronicles his drinking and sexual encounters in the form of short stories on his website TuckerMax.com, which has received millions of visitors since Max launched it as the result of a bet in 2000.

The topic is writing a book.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio:

  • Marketing positioning
  • Selling to your audience
  • Finding your niche
  • Writing a book

“If you just want to make crap to sell crap then you are not for us.” – Tucker Max

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