Ep. 171: Nick Atkeson Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

My guest today is Nick Atkeson, a founding partner of Delta Investment Management, LLC. Mr. Atkeson has over 17 years of industry experience. Prior to founding Delta Investment Management, Mr. Atkeson was a partner and portfolio manager of Delta Force Capital, LLC, a San Francisco based hedge fund from 2006 to April 2009.

The topic is his book Win By Not Losing: A Disciplined Approach to Building and Protecting Your Wealth in the Stock Market by Managing Your Risk.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

Momentum and streaks Some of the stories contained in Atkeson's book, including "Sonny" in Vegas and his ability to disrupt the earnings of the Rio Casino, and the idea of the "theo" Why people should invest at all Uncertainty in the markets, with jobs, and in retirement Market timing Asset allocation decisions Negative tail risk Black swans What happens when/if the US potentially defaults on its debt The idea of "systematic", taking your losses, and behavioral finance Loss avoidance How Atkeson got started in his career

Jump in!

---

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/

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!