Jan 30, 2015

Michael Covel speaks with Peter Larson. First, Michael Covel discusses some feedback he’s received from author Jack Schwager about the podcast. Specifically, Schwager brought up the episode from paleontologist Jack Horner. Covel brings another dinosaur hunter to the podcast today: Peter Larson. Larson is an...

Jan 26, 2015

Jean-Philippe Bouchaud speaks with Michael Covel on his second visit to the podcast. He is founder and Chairman of Capital Fund Management (CFM) and professor of physics at École polytechnique. Today, Covel and Bouchaud focus on Bouchaud’s co-authored paper, “Tail Risk Premia vs. Pure Alpha”. Additionally, Covel...

Jan 23, 2015

Michael Covel speaks with Dan Hill on today’s podcast. Hill is a recognized authority on the role of emotions in consumer and employee behavior. He runs Sensory Logic, a scientific insights firm that analyzes consumers’ facial expressions to help companies better navigate consumers’ emotional decision-making...

Jan 19, 2015

Michael Covel speaks with Mebane Faber. Faber is a a noted author (The Ivy Portfolio), blogger, and portfolio manager with Cambria Investment Management. Faber is involved in many different areas of the market, extremely practical and pragmatic. This is Mebane Faber’s third visit to the podcast and he and Covel...

Jan 16, 2015

Today on the podcast, Michael Covel speaks with Daniel Simons. Simons is an experimental psychologist, cognitive scientist, and Professor in the Department of Psychology and the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology at the University of Illinois. Simons is most well known for his work on change blindness...