Michael Covel's Trend Following

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Ep. 30: Outside The Box with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio Jul 03, 2012

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Please enjoy my monologue Outside The Box with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio. This episode may also include great outside guests from my archive.

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I'm MICHAEL COVEL, the host of TREND FOLLOWING RADIO, and I'm proud to have delivered 10+ million podcast listens since 2012. Investments, economics, psychology, politics, decision-making, human behavior, entrepreneurship and trend following are all passionately explored and debated on my show.

To start? I'd like to give you a great piece of advice you can use in your life and trading journey… cut your losses! You will find much more about that philosophy here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/trend/

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Hope you enjoy my never-ending podcast conversation!

Ep. 29: Mike Dever Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio Jul 02, 2012

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My guest today is Mike Dever, an American businessman, futures trader, entrepreneur, and author. Dever is the founder and CEO of Brandywine Asset Management, Inc., an investment management firm founded in 1982.

The topic is Trend Following.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

Being an entrepreneur from an early age and making his first investments in his early 20s
Some of the myths discussed in "Jackass Investing"
How everybody is a market timer
The stigma against investing in futures
Return drivers
The risks you take by being risk averse
The shift in attitudes towards volatility in America
Why strategies based on sound return drivers are so important to his firm and where he's at today

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Can't get enough of this episode? You can choose from my thousand plus episodes here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/podcast

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Ep. 28: Entrepreneurism: The Importance of Not Doing What You're Told with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio Jun 26, 2012

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Please enjoy my monologue Entrepreneurism: The Importance of Not Doing What You're Told with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio. This episode may also include great outside guests from my archive.

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You can watch a free video here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/video/

Can't get enough of this episode? You can choose from my thousand plus episodes here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/podcast

My social media platforms: Twitter: @covel Facebook: @trendfollowing LinkedIn: @covel Instagram: @mikecovel

Hope you enjoy my never-ending podcast conversation!

Ep. 27: Scott Patterson Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio Jun 21, 2012

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My guest today is Scott Patterson, an American financial journalist and bestselling author. Patterson has made a career of reporting the subterranean inner-workings of the markets, writing for the Wall Street Journal, Rolling Stone, and Mother Earth News. His first book, The Quants: How a New Breed of Math Whizzes Conquered Wall Street and Nearly Destroyed It, was released in 2010.

The topic is his book Dark Pools: High-Speed Traders, A.I. Bandits, and the Threat to the Global Financial System.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

Trace the history of high speed trading and electronic communication networks (ECNs) back to Josh Levine, who founded Island, the computer system that led to the high frequency trading we see today
Technological revolution behind Island, and how its transparency led to dark pools - opaque markets where bids and offers are not made public
Patterson goes on to propose that the entire market has gone dark
The relation of dark pools to the flash crash
The regulation of dark pools
How the real New York Stock Exchange is in a data center in the countryside of New Jersey

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You can watch a free video here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/video/

Can't get enough of this episode? You can choose from my thousand plus episodes here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/podcast

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Hope you enjoy my never-ending podcast conversation!

Ep. 26: Mebane Faber Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio Jun 19, 2012

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My guest today is Mebane Faber, a noted author (The Ivy Portfolio), blogger, and portfolio manager with Cambria Investment Management. If you're into quantitative style investing, trend following, and systematic strategies, Mebane is right there with you. Faber grew up in a family full of engineers, and he started off studying biomedical engineering in college. Despite his scientific background, he's always had a strong interest in finance.

The topic is his white paper A Quantitative Approach to Tactical Asset Allocation.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

How coming into finance with his unique background helped to give him the ability to look at the data without getting distracted by investment dogma
He spent the majority of his youth in a raging bull market during the internet bubble; however, when he realized his mother's style of buy and hold investing didn't cut it anymore, he was forced to find new methods

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You can watch a free video here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/video/

Can't get enough of this episode? You can choose from my thousand plus episodes here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/podcast

My social media platforms: Twitter: @covel Facebook: @trendfollowing LinkedIn: @covel Instagram: @mikecovel

Hope you enjoy my never-ending podcast conversation!

Ep. 25: Michael Covel Monologue on Trend Following Radio Jun 14, 2012

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Please enjoy my monologue on Trend Following Radio. This episode may also include great outside guests from my archive.

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You can watch a free video here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/video/

Can't get enough of this episode? You can choose from my thousand plus episodes here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/podcast

My social media platforms: Twitter: @covel Facebook: @trendfollowing LinkedIn: @covel Instagram: @mikecovel

Hope you enjoy my never-ending podcast conversation!

Ep. 24: Tony Bazile Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio Jun 12, 2012

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My guest today is Tony Bazile of Intrinsic Capital Management, a trend following trader specializing in stocks. He was a professional water skier back into his 20s.

The topic is Trend Following.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

Bazile's background
Dealing with the sheer volume of information on individual stocks
How trend following is the strategy, not the instrument
Traces the lineage from Richard Dennis to Jerry Parker to Salem Abraham, and from John W. Henry to Ken Tropin to Tony Bazile

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You can watch a free video here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/video/

Can't get enough of this episode? You can choose from my thousand plus episodes here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/podcast

My social media platforms: Twitter: @covel Facebook: @trendfollowing LinkedIn: @covel Instagram: @mikecovel

Hope you enjoy my never-ending podcast conversation!

Ep. 23: Michael Covel Monologue on Trend Following Radio Jun 09, 2012

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Please enjoy my monologue on Trend Following Radio. This episode may also include great outside guests from my archive.

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You can watch a free video here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/video/

Can't get enough of this episode? You can choose from my thousand plus episodes here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/podcast

My social media platforms: Twitter: @covel Facebook: @trendfollowing LinkedIn: @covel Instagram: @mikecovel

Hope you enjoy my never-ending podcast conversation!

Ep. 22: Mike Aponte Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio Jun 08, 2012

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My guest today is Mike Aponte, a professional blackjack player and a former member of the MIT Blackjack Team. Aponte was featured in the bestselling book "Bringing Down The House" as the player Jason Fisher, which was adapted into the movie "21".

The topic is investing.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

Due to his systematic approach, he's definitely not a gambler; he's an investor
Aponte's beginnings
The similarities between systematic card counting and trend trading; the psychology behind the two
How even some of the more advanced mathematicians at MIT didn't have the risk-taking constitution it took to make the cut
Some revealing anecdotes along the way, including a run in with casino security that ended with them actually asking for his autograph

Jump in!

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You can watch a free video here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/video/

Can't get enough of this episode? You can choose from my thousand plus episodes here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/podcast

My social media platforms: Twitter: @covel Facebook: @trendfollowing LinkedIn: @covel Instagram: @mikecovel

Hope you enjoy my never-ending podcast conversation!

Ep. 21: Michael Covel Monologue on Trend Following Radio Jun 01, 2012

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Please enjoy my monologue on Trend Following Radio. This episode may also include great outside guests from my archive.

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You can watch a free video here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/video/

Can't get enough of this episode? You can choose from my thousand plus episodes here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/podcast

My social media platforms: Twitter: @covel Facebook: @trendfollowing LinkedIn: @covel Instagram: @mikecovel

Hope you enjoy my never-ending podcast conversation!

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