Ep. 1317: Tom Basso Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

My guest today is Tom Basso, an American hedge fund manager. He was president and founder of Trendstat Capital Management. He is the author of two books, Panic-Proof Investing and the self-published The Frustrated Investor. Tom is widely known in the trading community as "Mr. Serenity" due to his calm and disciplined approach to trading.

The topic is Trend Following.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

• Equal opportunity v. equal outcomes
• Government spending, efficiency, and economic policy
• Importance of education in trading
• Public speaking
• Timeless principles in trading
• Starting a fund management firm
• Elon Musk’s mindset and influence

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I’m MICHAEL COVEL, the host of TREND FOLLOWING RADIO, and I’m 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’d like to give you a great piece of advice you can use in your life and trading journey… cut your losses! You will find much more about that philosophy here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/trend/

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