Ep. 160: Peter Borish Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

Published: Sept. 24, 2013, 2 a.m.

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My guest today is Peter Borish, founder, chairman, and CEO of Computer Trading Corporation. He\'s also a founding board member of the Robin Hood Foundation, one of the great American charities. Borish has seen much in the financial world over several decades and is a wealth of insights.

The topics are charity work, political side of money, and trading side.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

  • Roots and successes of Borish\'s charity work
  • Dealing with the fact that you can\'t help everybody
  • Advice to future non-profit workers
  • The parallels between non-profits and regular businesses
  • Where things stand today, five years after the 2008 financial crisis
  • If we\'re still in an "emergency time" today
  • Corporate welfare vs. social welfare
  • The lurking black swan and possible equity bubble
  • Discussing whether March of 2009 was like July of 1932
  • The impact of the internet
  • Borish\'s book recommendations and early experiences
  • Taking the emotions out of trading

Jump in!

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I\\u2019m MICHAEL COVEL, the host of TREND FOLLOWING RADIO, and I\\u2019m 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.

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