Michael Covel's Trend Following

My guest today is Jack Horner, the world renowned paleontologist. Horner was the technical advisor for all of the "Jurassic Park" films. He is most famous for discovering and naming Maiasaura, providing the first clear evidence that some dinosaurs cared for their young. The topics are dyslexia and the process of learning. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: Passion Why you'd break...

Please enjoy my monologue The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio. This episode may also include great outside guests from my archive. --- 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...

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

My guest today is Dan Ariely, a professor of psychology and behavioral economics at Duke. He has given great TED Talks with millions of views. Covel and Ariely discuss irrationality and rationality on today's show, including how we make decisions (with often poor processes).  The topic is his book Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions. In this episode of Trend Followin...

My guest today is Gerd Gigerenzer, the director of the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin, and a former professor of psychology at the University at Chicago. Gerd is also the director of the Harding Center for Risk Literacy (read David Harding the head of trend following firm Winton Capital). The topic is heuristics. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: Uncertaint...

My guest today is Dan Collins, a 25-year veteran of the Futures industry, founder of the Dan Collins Report, and most recently was named Editor-in-Chief of Futures Magazine. The topic is trading. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: Why the mainstream media seems to not even attempt to hide the bias and the propaganda against the styles and types of trading in the worlds that Covel...

My guest today is Eric Crittenden, a Founding Partner responsible for managing all research, risk quantification and trading operations. He's also been featured in Covel's own Little Book of Trading. The topic is a white paper that was originally released in 2005 that concerns trend following on stocks. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: The decision to do research into trend fol...

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

My guest today is Kathy Kristof, editor of SideHusl.com, is an award-winning financial journalist, who writes regularly for Kiplinger's Personal Finance and CBS MoneyWatch. She's the author of Investing 101, Taming the Tuition Tiger and Kathy Kristof's Complete Book of Dollars and Sense. The topic is finance. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: If we have bubbles, and we keep havi...

Please enjoy my monologue Hendry, Harding, The Pope and Acroyoga with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio. This episode may also include great outside guests from my archive. --- 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, entrepreneurs...

My guest today is Charles Faulkner, an author, trader, and international expert on modeling the knowledge and performance of exceptional individuals. He was originally featured in "The New Market Wizards" by Jack Schwager. The topic is trading psychology. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: Behavior, emotions, decision-making, and intuition in the world of money--and what money do...

My guest today is Mikael Stenbom, the CEO and founder of RPM, which is an advisory consulting firm in Sweden. They advise, consult, or manage over 3.5B AUM. Stenbom has had tremendous experience in understanding strategy and the money management side of the CTA/managed futures world. The topic is CTA's. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: Stenbom's early influences Stenbom's econo...

My guest today is Tom DeMark, the founder and CEO of DeMark Analytics and the creator of the DeMark Indicators. The DeMARK studies are known internationally for their objective and mechanically-driven approach to both trading and investing, and are designed to anticipate potential price activity in the financial markets. The topic is Trend Following. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we dis...

My guest today is Cal Newport, an American non-fiction author and associate professor of computer science at Georgetown University. The topic is passion. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: Alan Watts Why following your passion isn't such a great idea from Newport's perspective The notion of deliberate practice and the 10000 hour rule, falling back on simplistic strategies that fa...

My guest today is Yaron Brook, an Israeli-American entrepreneur, writer, and activist. He is an Objectivist and the current chairman of the board at the Ayn Rand Institute, where he is the executive director. The topic is liberty. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: Trading The nature of altruism The idea and definitions of selfishness in the context of objectivism The power of id...

Please enjoy my monologue Cambodia, Picasso & Bubbles with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio. This episode may also include great outside guests from my archive. --- 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 tre...

Please enjoy my monologue Fear, Snakes and Markets with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio. This episode may also include great outside guests from my archive. --- 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...

My guest today is Porter Erisman, a former Vice-President at Alibaba Group (2000-08), China's internet giant. He witnessed it grow from humble beginnings into the world's largest e-commerce company. The topic is his documentary Crocodile in the Yangtze. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: What it was like working with Jack Ma Short-term vs. long-term entrepreneurs The lack of know...

My guest today is Tim Price, a partner and director of investment at PFP Wealth Management in the UK, an independent asset management and financial planning practice. The topic is markets and investments. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: The subordination of freely discovered prices to policy goals Why the recent trading environment seems "wrong and dangerous" Why Price wouldn'...

My guest today is Vernon Smith, the first Nobel Prize winner to appear on this podcast. Smith is an American economist and professor of business economics and law at Chapman University. He is formerly a professor of economics at the University of Arizona, a professor of economics and law at George Mason University, and a board member of the Mercatus Center. The topic is economics. In this episode...

My guest today is Brad Rotter, a speculator, and venture capitalist. He's not a trend follower per se, but he's made money in the trend following world. He was the first investor with Richard Dennis in the early 1980's. The topic is Bitcoin. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: How Rotter became an entrepreneur from early years as a farmer in Iowa How he came to be Richard Dennis'...

My guest today is Fabian Lim, an internationally acknowledged digital marketing expert and, in a sense, a life coach focused on helping individuals to discover their true selves. He is a serial entrepreneur, best-selling author, and licensed jet pilot. The topic is entrepreneur. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: Life in Singapore generally, and how Singapore has become "the glea...

My guest today is Dylan Evans, a British former academic and author who has written books on emotion and the placebo effect as well as the theories of Jacques Lacan. The topic is risk intelligence. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: Definition of risk intelligence Optimism bias Correlations between IQ and risk intelligence The Brandywine Raceway in Delaware and unconscious statis...

Please enjoy my monologue David Harding, Josh Brown and the Funny Phase with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio. This episode may also include great outside guests from my archive. --- 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, entrep...

Please enjoy my monologue Uncertainty, Prediction and Personal Responsibility with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio. This episode may also include great outside guests from my archive. --- 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,...