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Ep. 221: Howard Lindzon Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
Ep. 221: Howard Lindzon Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
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Length:
42 minutes
Released:
Mar 18, 2014
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Podcast episode
Description
Michael Covel speaks with Howard Lindzon. Lindzon is a Canadian entrepreneur, author, financial analyst, technical analyst and angel investor. Lindzon manages a hedge fund, serves as managing partner of the holding company Social Leverage, limited partner at Knight's Bridge Capital Partners, and is the co-founder of StockTwits. He’s also known for the satirical podcast Wallstrip. Lindzon and Covel discuss the commonalities between the angel investing world and trend following; over-diversification; diversification in private investments vs. stocks; how Lindzon got the entrepreneurial “bug”; Lindzon’s early career as a stockbroker; the beginnings of Wallstrip; Lindzon’s comedy influence; how Wallstrip led to the next four years of Lindzon’s investments; how Lindzon’s mistakes helped him grow as an investor; Lindzon’s experience with fraud committed by a business partner; keeping your business drama-free; the issue of distraction; Lindzon on the birth of StockTwits; the investment that changed Lindzon’s financial life in 2005; the future of StockTwits as Lindzon sees it; social leverage; the art of curation and verticalization; and thinking of the financial web as a social bank account. Howard Lindzon can be found on www.howardlindzon.com. Want a free trend following DVD? Go to trendfollowing.com/win.
Released:
Mar 18, 2014
Format:
Podcast episode
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