Synopsis
Bestselling author Michael Covel is the host of Trend Following Radio with 6+ million listens. Investments, economics, decision-making, human behavior & entrepreneurship--all passionately explored. Guests include Nobel Prize winners Robert Aumann, Angus Deaton, Daniel Kahneman, Harry Markowitz & Vernon Smith. Also: 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. All 600+ eps at www.trendfollowing.com/podcast.
Episodes
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Ep. 1107: Jump with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
02/09/2022 Duration: 56minPlease enjoy my monologue Jump 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 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!
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Ep. 1106: Matt Dixon Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
29/08/2022 Duration: 53minMy guest today is Matt Dixon, the Chief Product and Research Officer at Austin-based AI and Machine Learning Venture Tethr. Matt was a Senior Partner at Korn Ferry Hay Group and was a Group Leader in the research and advisory division of CEB, now Gartner. He is a sought-after speaker and advisor to corporate leadership teams around the world on topics ranging from sales effectiveness to customer service and customer experience. The topic is his book The JOLT Effect: How High Performers Overcome Customer Indecision. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: How do we study sales? Advantages of virtual sales calls How to deal with problems in the buying environment The decrease in productivity from a team, organizational, and sales perspective What does it take to beat the status quo? The purpose of changing sellers’ behavior JOLT acronym The difference between dealing with status quo and indecision Jump in! --- I’m MICHAEL COVEL, the host of TREND FOLLOWING RADIO, and I’m proud to have delivered 1
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Ep. 1105: A Double Punch with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
26/08/2022 Duration: 01h22minPlease enjoy my monologue A Double Punch 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 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!
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Ep. 1104: Mike Dever Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
22/08/2022 Duration: 42minMy guest today is Mike Dever, an American businessman, futures trader, entrepreneur, author, and the founder and CEO of Brandywine Asset Management, Inc. He has been a trader and an investor for more than 30 years. For over three decades, Dever has managed money for global banks, major corporations, and high-net-worth individuals, who have been attracted to his innovative investment philosophy. His firm, Brandywine Asset Management, has produced top-ranked returns for its clients that are uncorrelated to all conventional investment benchmarks. The topic is Trend Following. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: The big commodity bull market The phenomenal period of the first six months of 2022 Defining risk Applying the scientific method to investing Creating a strategy as a risk replacement Short-term trading and high-frequency trading 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, econom
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Ep. 1103: Train the Body and Train the Mind with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
19/08/2022 Duration: 01h34minPlease enjoy my monologue Train the Body and Train the Mind 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 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
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Ep. 1102: Colin O'Brady Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
15/08/2022 Duration: 51minMy guest today is Colin O'Brady, an American professional endurance athlete, motivational speaker, and adventurer. He is a former professional triathlete, representing the United States on the ITU Triathlon World Cup circuit, racing in 25 countries on six continents from 2009 to 2015. Colin is a four-time world record holder. In 2016 he set the Explorers Grand Slam (Last Degree) and Seven Summits speed records, the latter of which has since been broken. He became the fastest person to complete the adventurer's challenges in 139 days and 131 days respectively. In the summer of 2018, he set the speed record for the 50 US High Points in 21 days. On December 26, 2018, he completed a solo crossing of the land mass of Antarctica, excluding the ice shelves, using the South Pole Traverse (SPoT) vehicle road during the last 366 miles (589 km) of the journey. The topic is his book The 12-Hour Walk: Invest One Day, Conquer Your Mind, and Unlock Your Best Life. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: What l
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Ep. 1101: Beauty Beats Ugly with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
12/08/2022 Duration: 23minPlease enjoy my monologue Beauty Beats Ugly 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 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!
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Ep. 1100: Peter Borish Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
08/08/2022 Duration: 55minMy guest today is Peter Borish, the chairman and CEO of Computer Trading Corporation (CTC). He is also a partner in Adam Hoffman's natural gas options trading team at Torsion Technologies, and an advisor to Norbury Partners. Previously, through CTC, Borish was the chief strategist of Quad Group and its affiliated companies. In addition, he helped traders develop a methodology to enhance their performance by serving as a trading coach. He formerly worked at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, was a founding partner and second-in-command at Tudor Investment Corporation, was chairman of OneChicago, LLC, and was chairman of the non-profits Foundation for the Study of Cycles and The Institute for Financial Markets. The topic is Markets, trading and everything. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: Post the great recession; how has inflation changed the economy? Debt Leverage The trading perspective The current state of our monetary and fiscal policies Risk management is our system today Today an
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Ep. 1099: The Invincible Company and Dark Data with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
05/08/2022 Duration: 01h42minPlease enjoy my monologue The Invincible Company and Dark Data 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 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 podca
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Ep. 1098: Tom Basso Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
01/08/2022 Duration: 52minMy guest today is Tom Basso, a hedge fund manager who currently runs enjoytheride.world, a website dedicated to trader education. Tom was one of several traders featured in Jack Schwager’s The New Market Wizards and dubbed “Mr. Serenity” by Jack. He was president and founder of Trendstat Capital Management. He is the author of two books, Panic-Proof Investing and the self-published The Frustrated Investor. In 1998, he was elected to the board of the National Futures Association. He is also the chairman of the board of Standpoint Funds, located in Scottsdale, Arizona, which specializes in all-weather investing. The topic is Trend Following. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: Modern society and inflation Trading short-term, medium-term, and long-term with extreme diversification A trader's work-life balance Viewpoint on cryptocurrencies Trend following in the year 2022 Tom’s happy retirement life Jump in! --- I’m MICHAEL COVEL, the host of TREND FOLLOWING RADIO, and I’m proud to have deliver
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Ep. 1097: Get Into the Mind with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
29/07/2022 Duration: 02h11minPlease enjoy my monologue Get Into the Mind 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 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!
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Ep. 1096: Douglas Kenrick and David Lundberg-Kenrick Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
24/07/2022 Duration: 57minMy guests today are Douglas Kenrick and David Lundberg-Kenrick, a father and son team. Douglas Kenrick is a professor of psychology at Arizona State University. His research and writing integrate three scientific syntheses of the last few decades: evolutionary psychology, cognitive science, and dynamical systems theory. He is the author of over 170 scientific articles, books, and book chapters, the majority applying evolutionary ideas to human cognition and behavior. David Lundberg-Kenrick is the Media Outreach Program Manager at Arizona State University. He creates multimedia supplements for psychology textbooks, produced and edited videos for use in psychology experiments, and worked on documentaries about evolutionary psychology, including the BBC's "The Science of Seduction" and his current project "The Caveman Goes to Hollywood." The topic is their book Solving Modern Problems With a Stone-Age Brain: Human Evolution and the Seven Fundamental Motives. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:
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Ep. 1095: Seykota Redux with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
22/07/2022 Duration: 57minPlease enjoy my monologue Seykota Redux 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 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!
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Ep. 1094: Sachin Khajuria Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
17/07/2022 Duration: 57minMy guest today is Sachin Khajuria, Founder & Chief Investment Officer at Achilles Management, a private investment business utilizing proprietary Artificial Intelligence technology. He's a former partner at Apollo, one of the world's largest alternative asset management firms, and an investor in funds managed by Blackstone and Carlyle, among other investment firms. He has twenty-five years of investment and finance experience. The topic is his book Two and Twenty: How the Masters of Private Equity Always Win. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: How private equity works Leon Black and Mike Milken Private equity firms and fees How does private equity perform when index funds drop Private equity assets in public pension funds 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 passi
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Ep. 1093: Think Wide with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
14/07/2022 Duration: 03h10minPlease enjoy my monologue Think Wide 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 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!
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Ep. 1092: Ben Hunt Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
11/07/2022 Duration: 47minMy guest today is Ben Hunt. Ben spent a decade in academia as a Political Science professor at New York University before starting a couple of his own software companies, which he later sold. Ben then decided to conquer financial markets, serving as the Chief Risk Officer and Chief Investment Strategist for Salient, one of the country's top asset management boutiques. Today, Ben is the co-founder and writer for Epsilon Theory, a website, and newsletter that examines markets through the lenses of game theory, history, philosophy, and sociology. The topic is his article The MacGuffin Part 1. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: The MacGuffin Terra Luna’s crash and its effects on the crypto world Securitization of Bitcoin on Wall Street His perspective on the current financial world Using trend following strategies How FED controls the inflation and business cycles Jump in! --- I’m MICHAEL COVEL, the host of TREND FOLLOWING RADIO, and I’m proud to have delivered 10+ million podcast listens sin
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Ep. 1091: Seven Issues with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
07/07/2022 Duration: 22minPlease enjoy my monologue Seven Issues 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 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!
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Ep. 1090: Jens Martin Skibsted Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
04/07/2022 Duration: 42minMy guest today is Jens Martin Skibsted, an entrepreneur, designer, and author; best known for Biomega’s urban mobility designs. He is the co-founder of Biomega, Skibsted Ideation, Actics, KiBiSi and Ogojiii. His designs live in the collections at the MoMA, Le Cnap, Designmuseum Danmark, SFMoMA etc. He is also an ad hoc expert blogger for The Huffington Post, Harvard Business Review, Borsen and Fast Company. He is a partner at Manyone A/S. The topic is his book written with co-author Christian Bason: Expand: Stretching the Future By Design. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: Silicon Valley’s perspective on design Design inspirations The reasons behind Danish culture Design perspectives and climate change solutions How to balance each nation’s desires, wants and goals 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, entrepren
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Ep. 1089: Larry Hite Extras with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
01/07/2022 Duration: 34minPlease enjoy my extra interview with Larry Hite. 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 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!
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Ep. 1088: Larry Hite Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
27/06/2022 Duration: 49minMy guest today is Larry Hite, a hedge fund manager, who, along with those like Ed Seykota, is one of the forefathers of system trading. He has been profiled and recognized as one of the best in the industry in numerous major international publications. He co-founded Mint Investments in 1981. By 1990, Mint had become the largest Commodity Trading Advisor in the world in terms of assets under management. In 1990, Jack Schwager dedicated a chapter of his bestselling book, Market Wizards to Hite’s trading and risk management philosophy. The topic is Trend Following. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: “Don’t bet your deli to win a pickle.” Crypto and trend following The asymmetric option of David Ricardo’s golden rules Buy, sell, and bet the correct way A system where you cut your losses and let your winners run on The historic trend following performance of 2022 Larry’s dyslexia Jump in! --- I’m MICHAEL COVEL, the host of TREND FOLLOWING RADIO, and I’m proud to have delivered 10+ million podca