Michael Covel's Trend Following

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Ep. 540: Michael Covel Interviews on Trend Following Radio Mar 27, 2017

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Please enjoy Michael Covel Interviews 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. 539: Susan Peirce Thompson with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio Mar 24, 2017

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My guest today is Susan Peirce Thompson, the author of "Bright Line Eating." This is a podcast all about "aha" moments. Most have no understanding of how their bodies take in, and absorb food. Susan's BHAG (big hairy audacious goal) is to make sure that all those who want to put forth the effort of losing weight and keeping it off have a road map.

The topic is her book Bright Line Eating: The Science of Living Happy, Thin & Free.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

BHAG
Sugar is an addiction
How to handle withdrawal from sugar
Drinking calories vs. eating calories
The radish study
Willpower is a finite resource
Regulating task performance

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Hope you enjoy my never-ending podcast conversation!

Ep. 538: Global Opportunity with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio Mar 20, 2017

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Please enjoy my monologue Global Opportunity 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. 537: Isaac Lidsky Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio Mar 17, 2017

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My guest today is Isaac Lidsky. He graduated from Harvard with a degree in mathematics and computer science, was a successful practicing attorney and became the only blind person to have clerked at the U.S. Supreme Court. His story is one of overcoming a rough obstacle. Isaac's book, "Eyes Wide Open," is about making the choice to take control of the reality you create for yourself. To choose in every moment who you want to be and how you want to live your life. Holding yourself accountable is the starting point.

The topic is his book Eyes Wide Open: Overcoming Obstacles and Recognizing Opportunities in a World That Can't See Clearly.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

Living in the "now"
Heightened senses
Luck and skill
Fear we create
Entrepreneurship

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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. 536: The Most Important Thing with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio Mar 13, 2017

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Please enjoy my monologue The Most Important Thing 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. 535: Brad Rotter Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio Mar 10, 2017

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My guest today is Bradley Rotter, a visionary investor who has pioneered investment in many new alternative investments classes beginning with Hedge Funds in 1982 while speculating on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. He traded Government Bonds for EF Hutton on Wall Street before returning to Chicago to the Board of Trade. Bradley moved to San Francisco in mid 80's to be close to the technology fountainhead of the Bay Area. He is best known for famous quote in 1995 "this internet thing is going to be big". Bradley was awarded the Investor Dealers Digest Private Deal of the Year Award in 1996 for an innovative securitization which precede an IPO on Nasdaq Bradley has made numerous VC and PE investments, with a particular focus on internet and technology and spanning from hedge funds to satellites.

The topic is Bitcoin and Venture Capital.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

Venture capitalism
Turtles
Efficient market theory
Mobile infrastructure
Desalination

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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. 534: The Swan Problem with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio Mar 06, 2017

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Please enjoy my monologue The Swan Problem 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. 533: Donald Hoffman Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio Mar 03, 2017

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My guest today is Donald Hoffman, a cognitive scientist at UC Irvine. He studies how our visual perception, guided by millions of years of natural selection, authors every aspect of our everyday reality. His research is about uncovering the underlying secrets of human perception. Donald has discovered clues that point to our subjective nature of reality. According to Donald, we actively create everything we see. Donald started to learn how to program at a very early age. This is what got him thinking: Are we just machines, or actual humans?

The topic is cognitive psychology.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

Are we robot or human?
Evolution
Reality vs. Perception of reality
Natural selection
Pushing theories to their limits

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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. 532: No Systematic Fear with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio Feb 27, 2017

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Please enjoy my monologue No Systematic Fear 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. 531: Mark Rzepczynski Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio Feb 24, 2017

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My guest today is Mark Rzepczynski. Prior to co-founding AMPHI, Mark was the CEO of the fund group at FourWinds Capital Mgmt. Mark was also President and CIO at John W. Henry & Co., an iconic Commodity Trading Advisor. Mark has headed fixed income research at Fidelity Management and Research, served as senior economist for the CME, and as a finance professor at the Univ. of Houston Baer School of Business.

The topic is Trend Following.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: