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Ep. 429: Jim Rogers Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

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Jim Rogers
Jim Rogers

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My guest today is Jim Rogers, an American investor and financial commentator based in Singapore. Rogers is the chairman of Beeland Interests, Inc. He was the co-founder of the Quantum Fund and Soros Fund Management. He was also the creator of the Rogers International Commodities Index (RICI). Rogers does not consider himself a member of any school of economic thought, but has acknowledged that his views best fit the label of the Austrian School of economics.

The topic is central banking system.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

  • Negative interest rates
  • Central banking systems
  • Market crashes
  • The impact of unintended consequences
  • Preparing for the future

“For the last 30 years look at who we have had down there [as the head of the Federal Reserve]. They have all been academic and political hacks.” – Jim Rogers

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Ep. 428: Disruptive Innovator with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

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Disruptive Innovator with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
Disruptive Innovator with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

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Please enjoy my monologue Disruptive Innovator 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:

  • Math in football
  • Thinking like a contrarian
  • Risk management
  • Fundamentals

“I am the type of guy that believes humans make mistakes when they make decisions off of emotion.” – Kevin Kelley

“Doing something different just to be different, that can’t sustain itself. It has to contribute to winning or it falls by the wayside.” – Kevin Kelley

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Ep. 427: Michael Ellsberg Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

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Michael Ellsberg
Michael Ellsberg

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My guest today is Michael Ellsberg, an American author, blogger and public speaker. Ellsberg is credited for inventing “eye-gazing parties,” a craze in 2010 where participants stare deeply into each other’s eyes and follow up if they feel they made a connection. He is also a book editor and has spoken at Google and Peter Thiel’s Fellow Retreat.

The topics are his books The Last Safe Investment: Spending Now to Increase Your True Wealth Forever and The Education of Millionaires: Everything You Won’t Learn in College About How to Be Successful.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

  • Super skill vs. Market skill
  • Systemic spending
  • Cultivating meaningful relationships
  • Thinking three dimensional
  • Creating happiness in your life

“The things you actually want to experience in your life, you can’t just buy them when you’re 65.” – Michael Ellsberg

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Ep. 426: Vineer Bhansali Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

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Vineer Bhansali
Vineer Bhansali

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My guest today is Vineer Bhansali, founder and CIO of Long Tail Alpha. Vineer’s 29-year investment career started at Citibank, where he founded and managed the Exotic and Hybrid Options Trading Desk. He later joined Salomon Brothers in its Fixed Income Arbitrage Group, followed by the CSFB Proprietary Trading Group. Dr. Bhansali was at PIMCO for 16 years, serving the last eight years as MD and Head of the Quantitative Portfolios Team, which he founded in 2008.

The topic is his journal A Behavioral Perspective on Tail Risk Hedging.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

  • Is trend following mean reverting?
  • Tail risks
  • Tail hedges
  • Human behavior and biases
  • Importance of a dynamic portfolio

“[Trading] really very much depends on people’s behavior and your extraction of what is driving that behavior.” – Vineer Bhansali

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Ep. 425: Philip Tetlock Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

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Philip Tetlock
Philip Tetlock

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My guest today is Philip Tetloc, a Canadian American political science writer currently at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He is right at the intersection of psychology, political science and organizational behavior. Phil is also a co-principle investigator of The Good Judgment Project, a study on the art and science of prediction and forecasting.

The topic is his book Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

  • What are superforecasters?
  • Probabilistic thinking
  • Looking at data

“It is interesting that their seems to be more software engineers that are superforecasters than political scientists.” – Phil Tetlock

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Ep. 424: The Wizard Jeremy Siegel Filleted with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

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The Wizard Jeremy Siegel Filleted with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
The Wizard Jeremy Siegel Filleted with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

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Please enjoy my monologue The Wizard Jeremy Siegel Filleted 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:

  • Predictions
  • CNBC Analysts
  • What is a bull and bear market?

“Jeremy Siegel is one of the great ones. [His article at the market top was] one of the most stark and prescient calls I have ever seen.” – Jim Cramer

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Ep. 423: Angus Deaton Interview With Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

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Angus Deaton
Angus Deaton

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My guest today is Angus Deaton, the fifth Nobel Prize winner to appear on this podcast. Deaton is a British American economist, and currently a Senior Scholar and the Dwight D. Eisenhower Professor of Economics and International Affairs Emeritus at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs and the Economics Department at Princeton University. His research focuses primarily on poverty, inequality, health, wellbeing, and economic development. In 2015, he was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his analysis of consumption, poverty, and welfare.

The topic is his book The Great Escape: Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

  • Unemployment
  • Minimum Wage
  • Poverty
  • Economics
  • Money and happiness
  • The birth lottery

“In periods where there has been a tremendous amount of innovation, there is typically a very large increase in inequality.” – Angus Deaton

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