Michael Covel's Trend Following
1,363 episodes - English - Latest episode: 29 days ago - ★★★★★ - 567 ratingsBestselling author Michael Covel is the host of Trend Following Radio with 15+ million listens. Investments, economics, psychology, politics, decision-making, human behavior, entrepreneurship and trading -- all passionately explored and debated. Guests include Nobel Prize winners: Robert Aumann, Angus Deaton, Daniel Kahneman, Oliver Hart, Harry Markowitz & Vernon Smith. More guests: Jack Canfield, Howard Marks, James Altucher, Dan Ariely, Jean-Philippe Bouchaud, Kathleen Eisenhardt, Marc Faber, Tim Ferriss, Jason Fried, Gerd Gigerenzer, Larry Hite, Sally Hogshead, Ryan Holiday, Jack Horner, Ewan Kirk, Steven Kotler, Michael Mauboussin, Tucker Max, Barry Ritholtz, Jim Rogers, Jack Schwager, Ed Seykota, Philip Tetlock & Walter Williams. 1200+ episodes.
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Ep. 315: Michael Mauboussin Interview #2 with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
February 02, 2015 03:00 - 35 minutes - 32.4 MBMy guest today is Michael Mauboussin, an investment strategist in the financial services industry, professor at the Columbia Graduate School of Business, and serves on the board of trustees at the Sante Fe Institute (an independent, nonprofit theoretical research institute). He is managing director and head of Global Financial Strategies at Credit Suisse, where he advises clients on valuation and portfolio positioning, capital markets theory, competitive strategy analysis, and decision makin...
Ep. 314: Peter Larson Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
January 30, 2015 03:00 - 41 minutes - 38.5 MBMy guest today is Peter Larson, an American paleontologist, fossil collector, and president of the Black Hills Institute of Geological Research, a company that excavates, prepares, and sells fossils. He led the team that excavated “Sue”, the largest and most complete specimen of Tyrannosaurus rex found to date, and has published numerous scientific and popular works on dinosaur paleontology. The topic is paleontology. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: Luck’s role in f...
Ep. 313: Jean-Philippe Bouchaud Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
January 26, 2015 03:00 - 29 minutes - 27.3 MBMy guest today is Jean-Philippe Bouchaud, a French physicist. He is co-founder and Chairman of Capital Fund Management, adjunct professor at École Normale Supérieure and co-director of the CFM-Imperial Institute of Quantitative Finance at Imperial College London. The topic is Trend Following. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: His firm’s performance for 2014 Whether trend following actually “died” prior to it’s “reappearance” in 2014 What trend following manages to...
Ep. 313: Jean-Philippe Bouchaud Interview #2 with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
January 26, 2015 03:00 - 29 minutes - 27.3 MBMy guest today is Jean-Philippe Bouchaud, a French physicist. He is co-founder and Chairman of Capital Fund Management, adjunct professor at École Normale Supérieure and co-director of the CFM-Imperial Institute of Quantitative Finance at Imperial College London. The topic is his paper Tail Risk Premia vs. Pure Alpha. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: His firm’s performance for 2014 Whether trend following actually “died” prior to it’s “reappearance” in 2014 What ...
Ep. 312: Dan Hill Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
January 23, 2015 03:00 - 43 minutes - 39.9 MBMy guest today is Dan Hill, a recognized authority on the role of emotions in consumer and employee behavior. He runs Sensory Logic, a scientific insights firm that analyzes consumers’ facial expressions to help companies better navigate consumers’ emotional decision-making processes. The topic is consumer and employee behavior. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: What a face coding expert is The evolutionary aspect to face coding and the 43 muscles present in the fac...
Ep. 311: Mebane Faber Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
January 19, 2015 03:36 - 41 minutes - 38.5 MBMy guest today is Mebane Faber, a noted author (The Ivy Portfolio), blogger, and portfolio manager with Cambria Investment Management. Faber is involved in many different areas of the market, extremely practical and pragmatic. The topic is Trend Following. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: The podcast medium Trend following, buy & hold, and emotions Anti-fragility Ray Dalio, risk parity, and his strategies All Weather and Pure Alpha Asset allocation as a buy a...
Ep. 311: Mebane Faber Interview #3 with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
January 19, 2015 03:36 - 41 minutes - 38.6 MBMy guest today is Mebane Faber, a noted author (The Ivy Portfolio), blogger, and portfolio manager with Cambria Investment Management. Faber is involved in many different areas of the market, extremely practical and pragmatic. The topic is Trend Following. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: The podcast medium Trend following, buy & hold, and emotions Anti-fragility Ray Dalio, risk parity, and his strategies All Weather and Pure Alpha Asset allocation as a buy a...
Ep. 310: Daniel Simons Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
January 16, 2015 03:00 - 43 minutes - 40.2 MBMy guest today is Daniel Simons, an experimental psychologist, cognitive scientist, and Professor in the Department of Psychology and the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology at the University of Illinois. Simons is most well known for his work on change blindness and inattentional blindness, two surprising examples of how people can be unaware of information right in front of their eyes. His research interests also include visual cognition, perception, memory, attention, an...
Ep. 309: Mark Mobius Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
January 12, 2015 03:00 - 27 minutes - 25.3 MBMy guest today is Mark Mobius, Ph.D., executive chairman of Templeton Emerging Markets Group, joined Templeton in 1987. Currently, he directs the Templeton research team which is based in 18 global emerging markets offices, and manages emerging markets portfolios. Mobius oversees a team of more than 50 people managing some $45 billion. The topic is economics. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: Key events that happened along Mobius’ development and moved him to find eme...
Ep. 308: Lawrence Delevingne, CNBC and Trend Following with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
January 09, 2015 03:00 - 17 minutes - 16.6 MBPlease enjoy my monologue Lawrence Delevingne, CNBC and Trend Following 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 are all passionately explored and debated on my show. To st...
Ep. 307: Bryan Caplan Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
January 05, 2015 03:00 - 40 minutes - 37.1 MBMy guest today is Bryan Caplan, an American economist and professor of economics at George Mason University, research fellow at the Mercatus Center, adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute, and blogger for EconLog. He works in public choice theory. His books include The Myth of the Rational Voter and Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids. He has also written extensively on open borders and pacifism. The topic is economics. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: Voting, rationali...
Ep. 306: Tom Basso Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
January 01, 2015 17:02 - 46 minutes - 42.7 MBMy guest today is Tom Basso, the trader most famously known as “Mr. Serenity” in Jack Schwager’s “New Market Wizards”. Basso, now retired from managing client money, was president and founder of Trendstat Capital Management. Basso became a registered investment advisor in 1980, a registered commodities advisor in 1984, and was elected to the board of the National Futures Association in 1998. Today, he is a private trader. The topic is Trend Following. In this episode of Trend Following R...
Ep. 306: Tom Basso Interview #4 with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
January 01, 2015 17:02 - 46 minutes - 42.8 MBMy guest today is Tom Basso, the trader most famously known as “Mr. Serenity” in Jack Schwager’s “New Market Wizards”. Basso, now retired from managing client money, was president and founder of Trendstat Capital Management. Basso became a registered investment advisor in 1980, a registered commodities advisor in 1984, and was elected to the board of the National Futures Association in 1998. Today, he is a privat trader. The topic is Trend Following. In this episode of Trend Following Ra...
Ep. 305: Mark Manson Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
December 29, 2014 03:00 - 41 minutes - 38.4 MBMy guest today is Mark Manson, an author and personal development consultant. Manson has worked with thousands of people from over 20 countries and his writing offers a different take on the self-help genre. Manson calls it “self help from a first person perspective”. He has sold over 15,000 copies of his book “Models: Attract Women Through Honesty” and almost 400,000 people read his site each month. He’s been published and quoted on CNN, Huffington Post, Business Insider, Yahoo! News, The S...
Ep. 304: Crude Oil Folly with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
December 26, 2014 03:00 - 17 minutes - 16.3 MBPlease enjoy my monologue Crude Oil Folly 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 are all passionately explored and debated on my show. To start? I’d like to give you a gr...
Ep. 303: Charles Faulkner Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
December 22, 2014 03:00 - 54 minutes - 50.5 MBMy guest today is Charles Faulkner, an author, trader, and an 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: The notion of fictional people and why famous figures in finance are “fictional” The importance of narratives, stories, and metaphors The halo effect and deluding ourselves The difference...
Ep. 303: Charles Faulkner Interview #5 with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
December 22, 2014 03:00 - 54 minutes - 50.6 MBMy guest today is Charles Faulkner, an author, trader, and an 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: The notion of fictional people and why famous figures in finance are “fictional” The importance of narratives, stories, and metaphors The halo effect and deluding ourselves The difference...
Ep. 302: Zbigniew Hermaszewski and Natasha Reeve-Gray Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
December 19, 2014 03:00 - 41 minutes - 38 MBMy guests today are Zbigniew Hermaszewski and Natasha Reeve-Gray, two of the four founding partners of Altis Partners–a very successful systematic and primarily trend following money management firm. The topic is Trend Following. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: Covel’s recent experiences traveling in Asia The advantages of location independence Early triggers that led Hermaszewski and Reeve-Gray into the systematic trading world and away from the efficient marke...
Ep. 301: Jim Rogers Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
December 15, 2014 03:00 - 37 minutes - 34.5 MBMy guest today is Jim Rogers, an American businessman, investor and author currently based in Singapore. He is the Chairman of Rogers Holdings and Beeland Interests, Inc. He was the co-founder of the Quantum Fund and creator of the Rogers International Commodities Index (RICI). Rogers does not consider himself a member of any school of economic thought, but has acknowledged that his views best fit the label of Austrian School of economics. The topic is investment. In this episode of Tren...
Ep. 300: Michael Covel Monologue and Travis Jamison Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
December 12, 2014 03:00 - 57 minutes - 53 MBPlease enjoy my monologue Michael Covel Monologue and Travis Jamison Interview 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 are all passionately explored and debated on my show. ...
Ep. 299: Scot Billington & Jon Boorman Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
December 08, 2014 03:00 - 1 hour - 76.5 MBMy guests today are Scot Billington and Jon Boorman. Billington is one of the managers of Covenant Capital along with Brince Wilford. Billington is the Chief Manager, Head Trader, and is responsible for all system development at Covenant. Boorman is the President and CEO of Broadsword Capital, LLC, a Registered Investment Adviser in Charlotte, NC. Boorman has spent over two decades in global markets, witnessing first-hand some of the most tumultuous periods in financial history. Boorman ...
Ep. 298: Emanuel Derman Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
December 05, 2014 05:05 - 42 minutes - 39.5 MBMy guest today is Emanuel Derman, a South African-born businessman and writer, best known as a quantitative analyst. Derman, who first came to the U.S. at age 21, in 1966, is currently a professor at Columbia University and Director of its program in financial engineering. Until recently he was also the Head of Risk and a partner at KKR Prisma Capital Partners, a fund of funds. The topics are his books My Life As A Quant: Reflections on Physics and Finance and Models Behaving Badly. In t...
Ep. 297: Gabriele Oettingen Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
December 01, 2014 03:00 - 36 minutes - 33.8 MBMy guest today is Gabriele Oettingen, a Professor of Psychology at New York University and the University of Hamburg. Her research focuses on how we think about the future, and how this impacts cognition, emotion, and behavior. The topic is her book Rethinking Positive Thinking: Inside the New Science of Motivation. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: Positive thinking, optimism and over-confidence How positive thinking can reign in your sense of urgency The effect ...
Ep. 296: Ewan Kirk Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
November 28, 2014 03:00 - 46 minutes - 42.6 MBMy guest today is Ewan Kirk, the head of Cantab Capital and has brought his firm from $30M AUM in 2006 to over $5B today. Kirk employs several strategies but clearly uses a trend following foundation. The topic is Trend Following. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: How consistent and predictable profits are the Holy Grail–you’re never going to get there Kirk’s background Why computer programming is “today’s literacy” Standing out from the crowd Trend following ...
Ep. 295: Gerd Gigerenzer & Brian Wansink Interviews with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
November 24, 2014 03:00 - 1 hour - 65.4 MBMy guests today are Gerd Gigerenzer and Brian Wansink. Gigerenzer is currently director of the Center for Adaptive Behavior and Cognition (ABC) at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development and director of the Harding Center for Risk Literacy. Wansink is the John Dyson Professor of Marketing and the Director of the Cornell Food and Brand Lab in the Department of Applied Economics and Management at Cornell University. The topics are Gigerenzer's book Risk Savvy: How to Make Good De...
Ep. 294: Nigol Koulajian & Donald Wieczorek Interviews with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
November 21, 2014 03:00 - 1 hour - 75.7 MBMy guests today are Nigol Koulajian and Donald Wieczorek. Nigol Koulajian’s firm is Quest Partners, LLC and is approaching one billion AUM. Koulajian has a very interesting take on trend following–specifically his take on replicating famous trend following strategies. Donald Wieczorek is the Founder and President of Purple Valley Capital, Inc. He officially launched PVC and began managing client capital professionally using his systematic risk management strategy. He is registered with ...
Ep. 293: The State Episode with Doug Casey and Charles Hugh Smith with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
November 17, 2014 03:00 - 58 minutes - 53.9 MBMy guests today are Doug Casey and Charles Hugh Smith. Casey is the founder and chairman of Casey Research, a provider of paid subscription newsletter services espousing libertarian viewpoints as the justification for the purchase of highly speculative microcap stocks, precious metals, and other investments. Smith is an American writer and blogger. He is the chief writer for the site “Of Two Minds”. Started in 2005, this site has been listed No. 7 in CNBC’s top alternative financial site...
Ep. 292: Christopher Cruden Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
November 14, 2014 03:00 - 43 minutes - 40.1 MBMy guest today is Christopher Cruden, Cruden has been in the trend following space for over 25 years. In 1988 he became a Director of Adam, Harding and Lueck Asset Management Ltd (AHL) in London, a famed trend following shop. He is currently the head of Insch Capital Management. The topic is Trend Following. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: Why price is an unimpeachable fact Early “lightbulb” moments that brought Cruden to the style of trading he practices today ...
Ep. 291: Steven Kotler Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
November 10, 2014 03:00 - 40 minutes - 37.1 MBMy guest today is Steven Kotler, an American bestselling author, journalist, and entrepreneur. His articles have appeared in over 70 publications, including The New York Times Magazine, LA Times, Wired, GQ, Discover, Popular Science, Outside, Men’s Journal, Details and National Geographic Adventure. He is best known for his non-fiction books, including the New York Times bestseller Abundance, A Small Furry Prayer, and West of Jesus. The topic is his book The Rise of Superman: Decoding the ...
Ep. 290: Mark Rzepczynski Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
November 07, 2014 03:00 - 45 minutes - 41.7 MBMy guest today is Mark Rzepczynski, a Founder and Chief Investment Officer at AMPHI Capital Management. Prior to co-founding AMPHI Capital Management, he was the CEO of the Fund Group at FourWinds Capital Management, where he oversaw alternative investments. Rzepczynski was also President and Chief Investment Officer at John W. Henry & Co., an iconic Commodity Trading Advisor. He is on the Advisory Board of the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst Association (CAIA), the Associate Editor...
Ep. 289: Alex Tabarrok & David Nott Interviews with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
November 03, 2014 03:00 - 1 hour - 63 MBMy guests today are Alex Tabarrok and David Nott. Tabarrok is the co-author of the Marginal Revolution website. He’s an economist at Covel’s alma mater, George Mason University. Nott is the president of The Reason Foundation–an organization that is all about free minds and free markets. The topic is libertarianism. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: Covel and Tabarrok discuss China and the importance of teaching Chinese to American children; the greatest anti-pov...
Ep. 288: Frank Curzio & Robin Griffiths Interviews with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
October 31, 2014 02:00 - 1 hour - 68.3 MBMy guests today are Frank Curzio of Stansberry & Associates and Robin Griffiths, the Chief Technical Strategist at ECU and formerly at HSBC. The topic is markets. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: Covel and Curzio discuss how the fundamental guys justify all time highs in the equity market; the Shiller PE ratio; the importance of analyzing interest rates; Warren Buffett recent investments; what the Fed would do if we went down 30% today; why having a low interest rate...
Ep. 287: Toby Crabel Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
October 27, 2014 02:00 - 51 minutes - 47.6 MBMy guest today is Toby Crabel, a tennis player who is now a commodities trader. In 2005, the Financial Times called Crabel "the most well-known trader on the counter-trend side". The topic is commodity trading. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: Crabel’s history as a pro tennis player Longevity and consistency in tennis and trading Where Crabel stands with the total number of systems he employs The source of Crabel’s profits and the philosophy behind it Price a...
Ep. 286: Alex Greyserman Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
October 24, 2014 02:00 - 55 minutes - 51 MBMy guest today is Alex Greyserman, Chief Scientist at managed futures firm ISAM. He is also a professor at Columbia University. He is a member of the ISAM Systematic Investment Committee. He has 25 years of experience in the Managed Futures industry, having starting initially as Research Director at Mint Investment Management Co. The topic is Trend Following. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: Idea of young college graduates writing articles about the death of trend fo...
Ep. 285: Anthony Todd Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
October 20, 2014 02:00 - 35 minutes - 32.7 MBMy guest today is Anthony Todd, the CEO of Aspect Capital, one of the most successful managed futures trend following firms. Todd co-founded Aspect in September 1997. Before that, he was with AHL. The topic is Trend Following. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: Why prices aren’t random Finding an inefficiency that the academic financial community refuses to acknowledge The idea of “predictable” patterns in the market The desire to know static positions How crow...
Ep. 284: Jason Fried Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
October 17, 2014 02:00 - 38 minutes - 35.3 MBMy guest today is Jason Fried, the co-founder and President of 37signals, a privately-held Chicago-based company committed to building the best web-based tools possible with the least number of features necessary. The topic is his book Rework. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: The first dollar Fried made online and other formative experiences Keeping business simple Making something more valuable than the dollars people give you The intimacy of exchanging money ...
Ep. 283: Roland Austrup Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
October 13, 2014 02:00 - 40 minutes - 37.7 MBMy guest today is Roland Austrup, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer at Integrated managed Futures, part of the IAM group out of Canada. Austrup’s firm comes at trading from a slightly different perspective: very systematic, but also using fundamentals systematically. The topic is trading. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: How Austrup got started in the industry, and whether he was always a “quant” thinker Early experiences with Ed Seykota Wh...
Ep. 282: Kathryn Kaminski Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
October 10, 2014 02:00 - 49 minutes - 45.1 MBMy guest today is Kathryn Kaminski, the deputy managing director the institute for financial research (SIFR) Stockholm Sweden. She’s also a contributor to CME Group. She earned her PhD at the MIT Sloan School of Management. At the MIT Laboratory for Financial Engineering, she conducted research on financial heuristics in collaboration with Professor Andrew W. Lo. Her new book, with Alex Greyserman, is “Trend Following with Managed Futures: The Search for Crisis Alpha.” The topic is Trend F...
Ep. 281: Vineer Bhansali Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
October 06, 2014 02:00 - 31 minutes - 29.4 MBMy guest today is Vineer Bhansali, the managing director and portfolio manager at PIMCO. His most recent book is "Tail Risk Hedging". He has 24 years of investment experience and holds a Ph.D. in theoretical particle physics from Harvard University. The topic is Trend Following. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: “Trend Following Through The Rates Cycle” Trend following in the classical sense How trend following started to become part of the discussion at PIMCO I...
Ep. 280: Joey Reiman & John Brenkus Interviews with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
October 04, 2014 13:17 - 47 minutes - 43.3 MBMy guests today are Joey Reiman and John Brenkus. Reiman, who runs Brighthouse, has been called the “father of ideation”. He’s emerged as the subject matter expert in the area of purpose inspired leadership, marketing, and innovation. His breakthrough purpose methodology and frameworks have been adopted by the likes of the Boston Consulting Group, Procter & Gamble, The Coca-Cola Company, McDonald’s, KPMG, and many other Fortune 500 companies across the globe. As an adjunct professor at the...
Ep. 279: Mark Broadie Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
October 03, 2014 02:00 - 32 minutes - 30.3 MBMy guest today is Mark Broadie, the Carson Family Professor of Business and Vice Dean at the Columbia Business School. His research focuses on quantitative finance and sports analytics. His golf research has appeared in academic journals and many golf publications. He developed the new strokes gained approach to analyze the performance of amateur and professional golfers and worked with the PGA Tour on their implementation of the strokes gained putting stat. The topic is his book Every Sh...
Ep. 278: Larry Swedroe Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
September 29, 2014 02:00 - 38 minutes - 35.7 MBMy guest today is Larry Swedroe, a Buckingham Asset Management principal. He is also a principal and co-founder of BAM Advisor Services, LLC, and serves as the director of research for both entities. Swedroe has authored or co-authored fourteen books and comes at investing from an evidence-based approach. The topic is outside the box market perspectives. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: Forecasters and prediction The three types of forecasters Confirmation bias ...
Ep. 277: A Million Words and Justifications with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
September 26, 2014 02:00 - 20 minutes - 19.3 MBPlease enjoy my monologue A Million Words and Justifications 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 are all passionately explored and debated on my show. To start? I’d li...
Ep. 276: Richard Lewis Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
September 22, 2014 02:00 - 32 minutes - 29.5 MBMy guest today is Richard Lewis, a cross-cultural expert who has been studying language and communication his entire career. He’s traveled to 130+ countries and speaks eleven different languages. The topics are his books When Cultures Collide: Leading Across Cultures and When Teams Collide: Managing the International Team Successfully. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: How Lewis’ love affair with language started The best way to start learning a language Travel as...
Ep. 275: Joel Mokyr Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
September 19, 2014 02:00 - 50 minutes - 46.7 MBMy guest today is Joel Mokyr, an economic historian at Northwestern University. He focuses on technological progress, and how it affects growth. From Mokyr’s perspective, we haven’t seen anything yet. He’s not trying to predict what will happen next; he’s just confident and ready that big things will continue to happen. The topic is technology. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: Define technology The notion of playing God with technology How technology and economic...
Ep. 274: Guy Kawasaki Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
September 15, 2014 02:00 - 31 minutes - 29.4 MBMy guest today is Guy Kawasaki. For those of you that pay attention to being an entrepreneur, Kawasaki’s books have been invaluable over the last decade. Currently, he is the chief evangelist of Canva, an online graphic design tool. Formerly, he was an advisor to the Motorola business unit of Google and chief evangelist of Apple. The topic is entrepreneur. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: Why being a consultant or an investment banker are two of the worst first jobs ...
Ep. 273: Rande Howell Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
September 12, 2014 02:00 - 29 minutes - 26.9 MBMy guest today is Rande Howell. Howell has a therapeutic background combined with personal coaching in the fields of human potential and leadership. He has fifteen years of practice as a licensed professional counselor with a Masters in Counseling. The topic is counseling. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: What the performance mind is in regards to trading Trading, emotions, and uncertainty Why irrational pessimism is deadly in trading Emotional regulation and m...
Ep. 272: The Health and Longevity Episode with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
September 08, 2014 02:00 - 54 minutes - 50.4 MBPlease enjoy my monologue The Health and Longevity Episode 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 are all passionately explored and debated on my show. To start? I’d like...
Ep. 271: The S&P 500 Trading System with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
September 05, 2014 03:16 - 21 minutes - 20 MBPlease enjoy my monologue The S&P 500 Trading System 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 are all passionately explored and debated on my show. To start? I’d like to gi...
Ep. 270: Laurie Santos Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
September 01, 2014 02:00 - 32 minutes - 30.2 MBMy guest today is Laurie Santos, a professor of psychology and cognitive sciences at Yale University. Her research explores the evolutionary origins of the human mind by comparing the cognitive abilities of human and non-human primates. Santos is able to look at monkeys and their behavior in markets and money, and see the similarities with humans. The topic is cognitive abilities. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: Santos’ early “ah-ha” moments Teaching monkeys about...