Ep. 505: Daniel Crosby Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

Published: Nov. 25, 2016, 3 a.m.

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My guest today is Daniel Crosby, a psychologist, behavioral finance expert and asset manager who applies his study of market psychology to everything from financial product design to security selection. He is co-author of the New York Times bestseller Personal Benchmark: Integrating Behavioral Finance and Investment Management and founder of Nocturne Capital. He is at the forefront of behavioralising finance. His ideas have appeared in the Huffington Post and Risk Management Magazine, as well as his monthly columns for WealthManagement.com and Investment News.

The topic is his book The Laws of Wealth: Psychology and the Secret to Investing Success.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

  • Expert discretion
  • Efficient market theory
  • The eradication of guinea worms
  • Human ego
  • Warren Buffett and his trading strategy
  • Passive investing
  • Sigmund Freud\\u2019s impact on trading
  • Standard deviation as a proxy for risk
  • Matching \\u201cthe benchmark\\u201d

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.

To start? I\\u2019d like to give you a great piece of advice you can use in your life and trading journey\\u2026 cut your losses! You will find much more about that philosophy here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/trend/

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