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Tag: risk management
- December 21, 2012Ep. 90: Richard Weissman with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
My guest today is Richard Weissman, a professional trader with over 25 years of experience and an author. Weissman considers himself a “swing trader”. He is one of the world’s foremost authorities and…
- September 17, 2012The Illusion of Control: Dancing with Chance
From INSEAD: First you accept that there are things you can’t control. Then you try to assess the uncertainty and finally augment your plan to make sure you manage risk more effectively.…
- June 17, 2012Too Much Data Is Toxic–Trend Followers Get This Terribly Important Principle Deep in Their Gut
An excerpt (source): In business and economic decision-making, data causes severe side effects —data is now plentiful thanks to connectivity; and the share of spuriousness in the data increases as one gets…
- July 30, 2011James Montier: Did He Miss the Trend Followers?
James Montier writes (PDF): Tail risk protection appears to be one of many investment fads du jour. All too often those seeking tail risk protection appear to be motivated by the fear…
- June 27, 2011A Value Investor’s Perspective on Tail Risk Protection
You are a value investor? You want to protect against tail risk? Two choices: James Montier says this. I say this. Don’t get me wrong, I like Montier’s behavioral views on markets.…
- January 18, 2011Sports Betting: Billy Walters the Trend Follower
Insights on Billy Walters: As a society we have been conditioned to believe that there is a difference between gambling and investing. Of course, this partially true, however, the degree to which…
- December 26, 2010Smacking the Home Run: Fat Right Tails
A good reminder: Opalesque: You have some winning trades, some losing trades, how do you know you’ll come out ahead? Trend follower Ken Tropin: In this business you need to have ample…