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Bestselling author Michael Covel is the host of Trend Following Radio with 15+ million listens. Investments, economics, psychology, politics, decision-making, human behavior, entrepreneurship and trading -- all passionately explored and debated. Guests include Nobel Prize winners: Robert Aumann, Angus Deaton, Daniel Kahneman, Oliver Hart, Harry Markowitz & Vernon Smith. More guests: Jack Canfield, Howard Marks, James Altucher, Dan Ariely, Jean-Philippe Bouchaud, Kathleen Eisenhardt, Marc Faber, Tim Ferriss, Jason Fried, Gerd Gigerenzer, Larry Hite, Sally Hogshead, Ryan Holiday, Jack Horner, Ewan Kirk, Steven Kotler, Michael Mauboussin, Tucker Max, Barry Ritholtz, Jim Rogers, Jack Schwager, Ed Seykota, Philip Tetlock & Walter Williams. 1200+ episodes.

Mar 17, 2014

My guest today is Victor Sperandeo, known as “Trader Vic”, a US trader, index developer, and financial commentator. He serves as the President and CEO of Alpha Financial Technologies, LLC (AFT), is a founding partner of EAM Partners L.P., and serves as the President and CEO of its general partner, EAM Corporation.

The topic is trading.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

  • Recent public policy directions
  • Trading against your public policy interests
  • Zero interest rate policy
  • Whether the S&P is a “bribe”
  • The Fed mandate to keep stocks from falling and to stop volatility
  • The wealth effect
  • Why the stock market going up is a very poor instrument to fix the economy
  • The trend towards socialism
  • Sperandeo’s experience working with George Soros
  • Sperandeo’s experience with the DTI index
  • lack swans and the effects of large, catastrophic events on the market; why the only way to protect yourself is extreme diversification; volatility balancing; and Sperandeo’s experience as a young man and how he came into the trading world

Jump in!

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