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Ep. 539: Susan Peirce Thompson Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

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Susan Peirce Thompson
Susan Peirce Thompson

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My guest today is Susan Peirce Thompson, the author of “Bright Line Eating.” This is a podcast all about “aha” moments. Most have no understanding of how their bodies take in, and absorb food. Susan’s BHAG (big hairy audacious goal) is to make sure that all those who want to put forth the effort of losing weight and keeping it off have a road map.

The topic is her book Bright Line Eating: The Science of Living Happy, Thin & Free.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

  • BHAG
  • Sugar is an addiction
  • How to handle withdrawal from sugar
  • Drinking calories vs. eating calories
  • The radish study
  • Willpower is a finite resource
  • Regulating task performance

“Hunger is not satisfied by eating.” – Susan Peirce Thompson

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Ep. 538: Global Opportunity with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

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Global Opportunity with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
Global Opportunity with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

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Please enjoy my monologue Global Opportunity 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:

  • Price action
  • Momentum
  • Macro hedge fund
  • Trade everything
  • Ignoring the fundamentals

“All price action is, is human behavior manifested in the number. That’s it.” – Michael Covel

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Ep. 536: The Most Important Thing with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

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The Most Important Thing with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
The Most Important Thing with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

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Please enjoy my monologue The Most Important Thing 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:

  • Price action
  • Forecasting
  • Value investing
  • How to think about investing
  • Black swans

“You should not act as though the things that should happen will happen.” – Howard Marks

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Ep. 535: Brad Rotter Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

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Brad Rotter
Brad Rotter

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My guest today is Bradley Rotter, a visionary investor who has pioneered investment in many new alternative investments classes beginning with Hedge Funds in 1982 while speculating on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. He traded Government Bonds for EF Hutton on Wall Street before returning to Chicago to the Board of Trade.  Bradley moved to San Francisco in mid 80’s to be close to the technology fountainhead of the Bay Area. He is best known for famous quote in 1995 “this internet thing is going to be big”. Bradley was awarded the Investor Dealers Digest Private Deal of the Year Award in 1996 for an innovative securitization which precede an IPO on Nasdaq Bradley has made numerous VC and PE investments, with a particular focus on internet and technology and spanning from hedge funds to satellites.

The topic is Bitcoin and Venture Capital.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

  • Venture capitalism
  • Turtles
  • Efficient market theory
  • Mobile infrastructure
  • Desalination

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Ep. 533: Donald Hoffman Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

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Donald Hoffman
Donald Hoffman

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My guest today is Donald Hoffman, a cognitive scientist at UC Irvine. He studies how our visual perception, guided by millions of years of natural selection, authors every aspect of our everyday reality. His research is about uncovering the underlying secrets of human perception. Donald has discovered clues that point to our subjective nature of reality. According to Donald, we actively create everything we see. Donald started to learn how to program at a very early age. This is what got him thinking: Are we just machines, or actual humans?

The topic is cognitive psychology.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

  • Are we robot or human?
  • Evolution
  • Reality vs. Perception of reality
  • Natural selection
  • Pushing theories to their limits

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Ep 532: No Systematic Fear with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

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No Systematic Fear with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
No Systematic Fear with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

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Please enjoy my monologue No Systematic Fear 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:

  • Black box investing
  • Quantitative trading
  • Quants vs High frequency trading
  • Value based trading
  • Momentum trading
  • The dirty words of finance
  • Statistical arbitrage
  • Quant macro
  • Managed futures

“The hedge fund manager has to use what I call the dirty words of finance: Leverage, derivatives, and shorting.” – Cliff Asness

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Ep. 529: Annie Duke Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

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Annie Duke
Annie Duke

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My guest today is Annie Duke. She is a poker player, author, decision making expert, and cognitive scientist. Her understanding of how luck, skill and uncertainty all play a role in life is fascinating.

The topics are cognitive science and poker.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

  • Quality of outcome vs Quality of your decision
  • Game theory and math
  • Applying poker decision making to life decision making
  • Cognitive science

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