RT07: The Turtle Reunion ft. Richard Dennis, Brian Proctor & Jerry Parker – 1of2
Today I'm joined by Richard Dennis, creator of the Turtle program, Brian Proctor, managing director of EMC Capital Advices, and Jerry Parker, founder and president of Chesapeake Capital, for a rare conversation about the inner workings of the Turtle program, told for the first time by Richard himself.
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In This Episode, You’ll Learn:
- Rich’s first introduction to trend following
- Jerry’s early days in the Turtle program
- How Brian ended up as a Turtle
- The TRUTH about where the Turtle name came from
- The surprising way Rich came up with the idea for the Turtle group…NOT what you expect!
- Why Jerry did not answer the first call from Rich when applying for the program
- The preferred qualities of the Turtle recruits
- Why it was hard to predict which of the Turtles would succeed
- Why persistence is important in trend following
- The relevance of the Turtle group in the past and today
- If diversification among markets is always the best practice?
- The right balance of financial futures markets and commodity futures markets
- Why more investors haven’t embraced trend following…yet?
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