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Ep. 160: Peter Borish Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

Sep 24, 2013

My guest today is Peter Borish, founder, chairman, and CEO of Computer Trading Corporation. He's also a founding board member of the Robin Hood Foundation, one of the great American charities. Borish has seen much in the financial world over several decades and is a wealth of insights.

The topics are charity work, political side of money, and trading side.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

  • Roots and successes of Borish's charity work
  • Dealing with the fact that you can't help everybody
  • Advice to future non-profit workers
  • The parallels between non-profits and regular businesses
  • Where things stand today, five years after the 2008 financial crisis
  • If we're still in an "emergency time" today
  • Corporate welfare vs. social welfare
  • The lurking black swan and possible equity bubble
  • Discussing whether March of 2009 was like July of 1932
  • The impact of the internet
  • Borish's book recommendations and early experiences
  • Taking the emotions out of trading

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