Trend Following With Michael Covel

My guest today is Barry Ritholtz, an author, newspaper columnist, blogger, equities analyst, television commentator, and CEO of Fusion IQ. Ritholtz is deep down a quant guy, but brings strong views and opinions. However, he won't sit around and "fight the tape". The topic is his book Bailout Nation: How Greed and Easy Money Corrupted Wall Street and Shook the World Economy. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: The price of paying attention and why you should be selective in what you watch, read, and listen to The onslaught of political information The insatiable need to consume information and knowing when it's the right time to quarantine yourself from being influenced by someone in particular Ritholtz's views on gold, why attaching your emotional well-being to it is wrong, and how it won't be quite as valuable as most people think in the event of a crisis; cutting your losses short and letting your winners run The real value of intuition How Ritholtz views the world and where we're at right