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Category: Risk Management
- February 5, 2013“This is my retirement money. I can’t afford to be out of the market anymore!”
John Hussman writes about investors with no plan who buy at the top, panic, sell, and get killed: “This is my retirement money. I can’t afford to be out of the market…
- December 22, 2012Thinking About Winning and Losing
The guy who wins the most hands is not the guy who makes the most money in the long run. The guy who never loses a hand is not the guy who…
- December 21, 2012Ep. 90: Richard Weissman with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
My guest today is Richard Weissman, a professional trader with over 25 years of experience and an author. Weissman considers himself a “swing trader”. He is one of the world’s foremost authorities and…
- September 17, 2012The Illusion of Control: Dancing with Chance
From INSEAD: First you accept that there are things you can’t control. Then you try to assess the uncertainty and finally augment your plan to make sure you manage risk more effectively.…
- June 17, 2012Too Much Data Is Toxic–Trend Followers Get This Terribly Important Principle Deep in Their Gut
An excerpt (source): In business and economic decision-making, data causes severe side effects —data is now plentiful thanks to connectivity; and the share of spuriousness in the data increases as one gets…
- June 8, 2012Ep. 22: Mike Aponte Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
You can listen to my interview with famed MIT card counter Mike Aponte: My guest today is Mike Aponte, a professional blackjack player and a former member of the MIT Blackjack Team.…
- April 29, 2012Risk, Volatility and Returns
Ed Moy turned me onto a whitepaper that trend followers will find of interest: PDF. More from Michael Covel: Books · Podcast · Trend Following course