Michael, I’m a corn farmer in NE Colorado. I really appreciate your blog and the interviews. You have created a great interest in SE Asia for me. I may come see you in Singapore for your seminar. I want to see [the] beautiful women on scooters!
Yes, I can understand. Corn farming is noble and perhaps lucrative, but you are right about beauty in that part of the world. More soon on Trend Following event in Singapore.
My guest today is Dominic Frisby, a self-proclaimed accidental financial bod, comedian, actor of unrecognized genius, voice of many things, & presenter.
The topic is his book Life After the State: Why We Don’t Need Government.
In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:
Frisby’s beginnings as an actor and comedian
What comedy can teach us about finance and the discipline of clarity
How Cuba’s currency confusion led the nation to unfortunate circumstances
Real estate
Other peoples’ trust in the state
How the poor and needy would be cared for in a society without a state
The monopoly on compassion
How the state takes a piece of everything
“Greed is good”, “money is the root of all evil”, etc
Crony capitalism
Predation vs. productivity
The influence of lobbyists
The duopoly on money by banks and the state
Education
Bitcoin, digital currency, and taxation
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Michael, is the last black swan the next black swan? Please have an expert on your show to explain where are all those toxic assets (CDOs, collateral debt obligations, or mortgage backed securities) are now? They caused the crash (2008), so where are they? The Fed buys some every month apparently, but where the heck are they all and whose balance sheets are they on? Banks, taxpayer? What could they do to the economy now or in the future? Did they just disappear or get absolved somehow?
My guest today is Chris Ducker, a serial entrepreneur and author of the bestseller, “Virtual Freedom”, and more recently, “Rise of the Youpreneur”. He owns and operates several businesses, that combined house over 400 full-time employees internationally. He’s also a trusted international business mentor, keynote speaker, podcaster, blogger, as well as the founder of Youpreneur.com – the leading personal brand business education company in the world.
The topic is his book Virtual Freedom: How to Work with Virtual Staff to Buy More Time, Become More Productive, and Build Your Dream Business.
In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:
The definition of virtual freedom
How Ducker came from the cubicle originally, and how he got to be the location independent entrepreneur he is now
How Ducker became a “virtual CEO”
The idea of a “superhero syndrome”
The idea of a virtual, international staff
The process of finding a VA (virtual assistant)
The two types of outsourcing
Hiring for the role–not for the task
Text, audio, and video communication
Tim Ferriss and the four-hour work week
Developing a location independent lifestyle
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My guest today is Russell Napier, a consultant with CLSA, who Covel had the good fortune to speak for in 2013 in several cities across Asia. Napier is a global macro-strategist. He definitely comes at it from a different trading perspective than trend following.
The topic is his book Anatomy of the Bear: Lessons from Wall Street’s Four Great Bottoms.
Why the average person will never see an interest for their savings again in their lifetime
How the choice of equities is made for many
How we’re not really in a free-market capitalistic world
Why Napier thinks we’re on the eve of a major deflationary period
How the equity bull market causes people to simply not think (or question).
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My guest today is Bobby Casey, a consultant on international tax planning, investment immigration, and global citizenship. He has personally lived this lifestyle for over a decade, and now works with seven- and eight-figure entrepreneurs and investors who want to “go where they’re treated best”.
The topics are entrepreneurship and travel.
In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:
How Casey found his way to Latvia
Travel in general
Some of the issues you may encounter during travel
Lithuania
Holding dual citizenship
The advantages of having a passport from another country
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Dear Mr. Covel, My name is [name] and I am Assistant professor in Investments at Faculty of Economics and Business Administration at Sofia University in Bulgaria. I am also a portfolio manager, trader and since last year – sole publisher of books on investments. In 2012 and 2013 with the help of some friends (traders) I organized [seminars here]. These seminars were open to anybody in Bulgaria, willing to hear from professionals how to trade and to follow the trend. One of the lecturers last year [name] suggested to us your book The Complete TurtleTrader. I read it and I liked it very much. And I thought that it will be a good idea if I translate it and publish it in Bulgaria (there are people, who trade or would like to trade, but do not know enough English to read it). I saw on your website that you have other books too. So, I am writing to you to ask you if you would like to sell the rights to translate in Bulgarian and publish your books (or at least one of them) in Bulgaria? Also, would you like to participate on the next Trend Following seminar as lecturer? The seminar will be most likely in April this year. The lectures are done by Skype call.
What do you think?
Best regards,
[name]
Yes, my publishers can be connected with you to discuss rights issues. Which book? Seminars? What is your proposal? Do you ever have these where the presenter is there in person?