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

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 Jump in! --- I’m MICHAEL COVEL, the host of TREND FOLLOWING RADIO, and I’m proud to have delivered 10+ million podcast listens since 2012. Investments, economics, psychology, politics, decision-making, human behavior, entrepreneurship and trend following are all passionately explored and debated on my show. To start? I’d like to give you a great piece of advice you can use in your life and trading journey… cut your losses! You will find much more about that philosophy here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/trend/ You can watch a free video here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/video/ Can’t get enough of this episode? You can choose from my thousand plus episodes here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/podcast My social media platforms: Twitter: @covel Facebook: @trendfollowing LinkedIn: @covel Instagram: @mikecovel Hope you enjoy my never-ending podcast conversation!