Ep. 224: Tom Dorsey Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
My guest today is Tom Dorsey, the co-founder of Dorsey, Wright & Associates in 1987. Dorsey joined Nasdaq Global Information Services with Nasdaq\u2019s acquisition of his company in 2015. He has been a regular guest on Fox\u2019s \u201cCavuto on Business\u201d and \u201cBulls & Bears\u201d programs, and frequently speaks to audiences worldwide on topics related to the stock market, technical analysis, and Relative Strength investing.
The topics are his books Point & Figure Charting: The Essential Application for Forecasting and Tracking Market Prices, Thriving as a Broker in the 21st Century and Tom Dorsey\u2019s Trading Tips: A Playbook for Stock Market Success.
In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:
- View of technical analysis, with a specialization in point & figure and relative strength
- Dealing with a bear market in Dorsey\u2019s early days
- Early training in options; how Dorsey learned about point & figure trading
- Definitions and explanations of point & figure trading
- How point & figure works like a tennis match
- Automating your strategy
- The criticism of \u201cblack boxes\u201d
- A third grade experiment
- How Charles Schwab changed the world
- How technology influences the technical analysis world
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