Listen to Ayn with Michael Covel, the Turtle Trader

Posted by edithwh07 12 years, 4 months ago to Economics
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As I am driving to work, I turn on one of my favorite podcast hosts, Michael Covel, who is trend following trader focusing on technical analysis of securities. His podcast, available through ITunes or DoubleClick if you're a droid user, dated 12/6/2012, titled Money is the Root of All Evil is calling out to me. He talks about how another TF trader made this big imprint on his life because he insisted that Michael read Atlas Shrugged. So Michael takes 20 + minutes to read a soliloquy of Francisco's understanding of money, which is currently being treated as an evil thing in our society which is being "equalized through excessive government spending", is really the only way to measure a person's worth thanks to hard work and achievement. I almost hugged Michael right through the phone. Totally needed to hear those words so I can be reminded of what's normal and right in this crazy, immoral, "fiscal cliff" obsessed world. I didn't even know he was a AR reader but I guess it shouldn't surprise me. He is just very cool.


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  • Posted by LetsShrug 12 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    If I'm not willing to hug a person I probably won't be interested in going to dinner and chatting either. But that's just me. :)
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  • Posted by khalling 12 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    but they could still be like thinkers, just livin' life- you know? I'd be happy to chat, debate, go to dinner with, etc. but probably not hug.
    Is this why a whole group of vapid lemmings choose trees? They think those trees are innocuous, but probably are filled with poison tree frogs.
    I go to Greg Guttfeld's piece on creepy people. There should be a database, because it's only a matter of time...
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  • Posted by LetsShrug 12 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Believe me...when I wrote that I had a couple "what ifs" pop into my head, but I quickly dismissed it with "surely a like-thinker wouldn't be icky"...right? Please tell me they wouldn't be! I will lose ALL faith in humanity...and I don't have much left as it is. (A quick eval of the garlic/cat hair/fish guts would keep me from hugging....to answer your question.)
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  • Posted by khalling 12 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    what if they are a like thinker but eat alot of garlic, or have cat hair all over their shirt or just gutted a fish for dinner or....
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  • Posted by LetsShrug 12 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I get plenty of hugs...I don't need them from strangers...hmmm...but is a "like-thinker" a stranger? I guess I'll evaluate the situation when/if it happens.
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  • Posted by $ bigjim 12 years, 4 months ago
    This post was re-categorized to "Economics".
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  • Posted by khalling 12 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I'm like you but I've heard hugs can be physiologically beneficial-lowers blood pressure or something.
    This is a good podcast
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  • Posted by overmanwarrior 12 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I think it has something to do with thinkers and evaders. We are thinkers and we enjoy thinking. Most people want to evade thinking, they want others to think for them, so of course they hate Ayn Rand--and they hate us. But that does not make them right.
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  • Posted by LetsShrug 12 years, 4 months ago
    Why are there so few of us? I swear the day I happen to meet someone who's read Atlas I'm going to hug them. I feel like a needle in a hay stack. (Okay, I exaggerate. I probably won't hug them, but I'll be VERY happy to have run into someone with a thinker like mine. I have issues with personal space...if the person behind me in line touches me on the arm or bumps me with their cart I about wig out, (why do people do that?!), so a "hug" is unlikely...)
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