Archive
Category: Trend Following
- November 28, 2010Making the Trend Your Friend; Trend Following and Michael Covel in Barrons
Mike Hogan penned an article titled ‘Making the Trend Your Friend‘ in today’s Barrons. An excerpt: BUY-AND-HOLD INVESTING is a loser, says Michael Covel, founder of Trend Following, one of several Websites…
- November 7, 2010Speculation as a Fine Art: Dickson Watts
A great little read (PDF) from Dickson Watts. Watts list of ‘Essential Qualities of the Speculator’ show the timeless value of his insight: 1. Self-Reliance. A man must think for himself, must…
- November 6, 2010The Winton Papers: Speculation, Wise
While I have not seen it, apparently Gordon Gekko opines in the new ‘Wall Street’ that: “The Mother of all evil is speculation.” Let’s hope Oliver Stone doesn’t actually believe that (if…
- October 26, 2010Salem Abraham: The Best Little Hedge Fund in Texas?
An article (PDF) about Salem Abraham and Abraham Trading Company (with a nice mention of my book ‘The Complete TurtleTrader‘).
- September 12, 2010Could You Be on a Desert Island and Make Money Trading?
There are people (read: intellectual twits) who don’t understand the value in this article because the date is “2005”. They think, “It’s 2010, no good now!” The people who think like that…
- September 12, 2010Managed Futures Describes an Instrument, Not the Strategy. It’s Trend Following
Wall Street types love to call trend following trading ‘managed futures’. That makes no sense. Futures are an instrument, NOT a strategy. The largest so-called managed futures firms are trend followers. If…
- September 4, 2010Amos Hostetter and Commodities Corporation: Trend Following Pioneers
The great wise trend following trader of Commodities Corporation was Amos Hostetter. He was the elder statesman and driving force of the ficorm. His success was immense up until his untimely death…