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Category: Trend Following
- January 20, 2010Bernard Drury: Trend Following Pro Featured in Covel’s Little Book of Trading
I had the opportunity to spend time with and interview trend follower Bernard Drury a few years back. Drury has done quite well as a trend trader: (PDF). Note: Drury also is…
- January 13, 2010BlueCrest Trend Trading
An interesting read (PDF). As an associate of mine said: On third page, read the two paragraphs that starts with “A big part…” The last line in the second paragraph is perfect.…
- January 10, 2010Origins of Trend Following
An excerpt about trend following origins from here: One reason for this paucity of early information [about trend following] is suggested by the ‘following’ part of the term ‘trend following.’ The implication…
- January 5, 2010The Turtle Jerry Parker is Very Close to Gisele Bundchen
The NY Post report: Staunch Republican R. Jerry Parker Jr., whose Virginia-based Chesapeake Capital Corp. manages more than $1.5 billion, is the new owner of Gisele Bundchen’s Barrow Street townhouse. Parker paid…
- December 26, 2009Old Pro Wisdom
An quotation from an old pro trend follower: “Why do people think they’re smarter than the market long-term? What gives them that confidence? I guess people feel dumb if they can’t predict…
- December 18, 2009Jim Rohrbach: Why Investors Buy High and Sell Low
My friend Jim Rohrbach sent me an article he recently authored: I talk to a lot of people about investing. Many of them are afraid to invest. I don’t think they recognize…
- December 17, 2009Donchian: Forbes Circa 1982
An excerpt from Forbes circa 1982: The fundamentalists — a decided majority among successful investors — look on chartism somewhat the way physicists look on parapsychology. They are probably correct to regard…