Ep. 130: Dan Collins Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

My guest today is Dan Collins, a senior producer for CBS News.com. Previously, he was a New York correspondent for U.S. News & World Report and a reporter for the New York Daily News.

The topic is the article Quant Hedge Funds Hit By US Bonds Sell-Off.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

• Why trend followers are speculators rather than investors
• Why the Financial Times article showed a misunderstanding of trend following in general
• Headlines and what drives them
• Equity-centric writers
• Why long term trend following is disrespected and why there is a bias towards higher frequency, shorter term traders
• Why keeping it simple is a good strategy
• Fees in the managed futures and options industry
• "Volatility value trading"
• "Style drift"
• Why quality trend following traders under the umbrella of "managed futures" allow some lesser strategies to "free ride" on their success
• Different time horizons in trend following
• Why trend following is declared "dead" so often

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