Ep. 278: Larry Swedroe Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

My guest today is Larry Swedroe, a Buckingham Asset Management principal. He is also a principal and co-founder of BAM Advisor Services, LLC, and serves as the director of research for both entities. Swedroe has authored or co-authored fourteen books and comes at investing from an evidence-based approach.

The topic is outside the box market perspectives.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

• Forecasters and prediction
• The three types of forecasters
• Confirmation bias
• How your political affiliation might change your willingness to listen to forecasts
• Value perspective vs. momentum perspective
• The anomaly of momentum
• The evidence-based thinking approach
• Momentum trading in 2008
• How Swedroe prepares for the unexpected
• Not treating the unlikely like it’s impossible
• Managing your risk
• Process vs. outcome
• The equity risk premium and bear markets
• Commonplace crises
• Planning ahead
• Diversification attempts to get outside of equities

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