Ep. 63: Darren Kottle Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

Published: Sept. 27, 2012, 11:21 p.m.

My guest today is Darren Kottle, the Chief Investment Officer of Caddo Capital Management LLC, and sub-advisor to an alternative/hedged strategy at Catalyst Funds.

The topic is hedge fund.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

  • Kottle's early experiences in the market, starting off in a discount stock brokerage
  • His experiences working with a Nobel laureate Kenneth Arrow at Stanford
  • The sources of trend following profit
  • George Soros' concept of reflexivity
  • The importance and believing in your system to the core
  • Thoughts on investment banks
  • The pivot point for Kottle to fully embrace a trend following system
  • What the Turtle story did for him when he first heard it
  • Uncertainty vs. being wrong
  • The percentage of people that truly understand that "it's all reflected in the price"

Jump in!

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