Ep. 393: Emil van Essen Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

My guest today is Emil van Essen. Michael first heard of Emil from former turtle, Lucy Wyatt. The first thing to note is that he is not a trend following trader. He is a commodity spread trader. Emil has been a CTA since 1997, but his first trading experience was at the early age of 12. Emil delivered papers when he was younger and would take the money and invest in rare coins. The owner of the coin store happened to be a commodity trader. He helped teach Emil about trading commodities and even put in trades for him. Emil's first trading job was in 1986 at the age of 21.

The topic is trading commodity.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

• Growth of commodity ETFs
• Diversification
• Raising money vs. Making money
• Quality Investors vs. Quantity of Investors
• Beta and Alpha
• Not all investors are created equal

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