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Tag: cnbc
- September 6, 2013Manipulation, Talking Heads and Holy Grails
Once you see how the system is trying to manipulate you, you can’t go back to your old way of thinking. The talking heads and holy grails are everywhere you turn: Michael,…
- August 25, 2013Backslapping at CNBC: The True Path to Wealth! Not.
Feedback in: Hi Michael. Keep up the great work and the podcasts. Love ’em. I haven’t emailed you (as former customer) for years BUT I thought of you when I read this…
- May 1, 2012“Covel, Why Are You Not on CNBC All of the Time?”
Seth Godin writes: Media volatility makes more people and more ideas famous for ever shorter periods of time. What the fine art market shows us, though, is that real value isn’t created…
- March 25, 2012“Torturing the Data” Is the Siren Scream of a Coming Looter
Fred Munger once said: “If you torture data sufficiently, it will confess to almost anything.” When you hear market cons talking of data mining, endless optimization, & torturing data, etc., check to…
- December 26, 2011Want to Make Money? Forget the Daily News Drivel. Here Is Some Inspirational Thinking
Firemen, donuts and meetings. The more or less choice. Is America at a digital turning point? Optimism has its advantages, but some worry the region may lose touch with the rest of…
- July 5, 2011Michael Covel, Joe Kernen & CNBC Insanity
My new book Trend Commandments tackles financial news head on. An excerpt where I analyze a CNBC interview with trend trader David Harding: Joe Kernen is not devoid of academic intelligence. He…
- April 8, 2011CNBC’s Joe Kernen Interviews David Harding; Can You Spell No Preparation?
So was Joe Kernen really that clueless before interviewing David Harding? Or was his apparent lack of knowledge regarding trend following done on purpose to try and marginalize Harding? Either way, Kernen…