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Ep. 438: The Big Short Never Ends with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

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The Big Short Never Ends with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
The Big Short Never Ends with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

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Please enjoy my monologue The Big Short Never Ends 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:

  • Ponzi schemes and scams
  • The Enron scandal
  • Valeant meltdown
  • Ego in trading

“Limit the impact of your bad decisions to small loses. Limit your downside and don’t ever make an excuse that you are smarter in ‘just this one trade.’ There is no excuse.” – Dr. Steve Sjuggerud

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Ep. 435: Steven Pinker Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

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Steven Pinker
Steven Pinker

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My guest today is Steven Pinker, a Canadian-born American cognitive scientist, psychologist, linguist, and popular science author. He is Johnstone Family Professor in the Department of Psychology at Harvard University, and is known for his advocacy of evolutionary psychology and the computational theory of mind. He covers phenomena that have traditionally not been looked at scientifically such as: visual perception, war and peace, and differences in writing styles. He has authored numerous books with his most recent being, “The Sense of Style.”

The topics are his books The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person’s Guide to Writing in the 21st Century and Blank Slate.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

  • Evolution
  • Natural selection
  • War statistics
  • Cognitive science
  • Evolutionary psychology

“I don’t think there is any single procedure called the scientific method. I think that science just is the attempt to explain phenomena using explanations that you can show to the best of your ability are true.” – Steven Pinker

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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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You Are Going to Die

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Hello Michael.

I want to first say thank you for all the great material and insight you’ve put out into the universe regarding trend following trading. I have all of your books and have listened to every single episode of Trend Following Radio. Both your books and podcasts have provided me with a plethora of information on the subject of trend following and the general psychological mindset needed in order to be a successful trader.

I also wanted to say thanks for helping me with the motivation I needed to finally leave Los Angeles for the first time since college to go out and travel, something I’ve wanted to do since I graduated. As a 28-year old guy with no children, I really had no excuse as to why I wasn’t getting out there and seeing the rest of the world. Also, your mantra of “you’re gonna die”, though simple, helped push me in the direction of taking more risks.

Right now I’m living in Bangkok. Through listening to your podcasts, I know you spend a decent amount of time over here in Southeast Asia. I was wondering if you had any public speaking engagements or live appearances over in this part of the world. I’ve read all of your material and listen to every podcast but I think it would be awesome to see you speak in person about trend following. I don’t see any future speaking engagements listed on the website but since I happen to be living over here for the moment I figured it couldn’t hurt to ask.

Anyway, thanks again for everything and much peace and prosperity my friend.
[Name]

You are welcome, but no new news yet on live events. Stay tuned.

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Trend Tracking with Businesses; How to Find?

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Michael,

I recently started listening to your podcast and love it! Just listened to your podcast related to baseball v football. Question, do you have analysis or know of any experts that have done the same type of trend tracking on what small businesses are most profitable to invest in over time? Example, starting a restaurant and franchising vs a car dealership vs owning a car wash etc.

Thanks in advance for any direction. Keep pumping out the great content.
[Name]

I don’t have it. If you find it, let me know!

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Willful Ignorance: Trend Following Radio Feedback

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“Most of the misinformation is not deliberate. People want to be led astray. They constantly ask the wrong questions, and those selling information get rewarded by giving them the answers they want.” -Van K. Tharp, Trade Your Way to Financial Freedom

I think CNBC will be around in 50 years, probably answering the same types of questions.

Love the podcast.
[Name]

Thanks!

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Willful Ignorance
Willful Ignorance

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Ep. 415: Peter Gray Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

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Peter Gray
Peter Gray

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My guest today is Peter Gray, an American psychologist who currently occupies the position of research professor of psychology at Boston College. He is also a well known critic of standard learning systems, and calls himself an evolutionary developmental psychologist. He studies why children are the way they are by asking questions like: Why are children so playful? Why are they so willful? Why do children do what they do?

The topic is his book Free to Learn: Why Unleashing the Instinct to Play Will Make Our Children Happier, More Self-Reliant, and Better Students for Life.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

  • Hunter gatherer cultures
  • Self-reliance
  • Evolution of development in youth
  • Pros and cons of video games
  • Ways of implicating free play back into society

“You can’t learn to be an adult unless you can get away from adults.” – Peter Grey

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