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Hosted by Michael Melissinos · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 34 episodes
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A podcast by Michael Melissinos and Jerry Parker, two investment managers, talking about life and the markets.
Michael Melissinos hosts Talking Trends, a business show with 34 episodes published.
Links and Resources: Do you have a question for Michael and Jerry? Please DM us at @mmelissinos or @rjparkerjr09 . Mike's Links Substack LinkedIn Melissinos
Topics -- How to talk about trend-following -- The Tortoise and the Hare -- Capitalism is under attack [article -- https://www.commentary.org/articles/clifford-asness/pro-hamas-protests-capitalism/] Links and Resources:
Topics -- Obsession with smooth returns is a symptom of a larger societal trend -- Trend-followers get off to a hot start in 2026 thanks to gold and silver -- What a difference a year makes (2025 tariff mayhem, 2026 stro
Topics -- Powell under investigation -- Never-ending list of excuses to break your discipline -- Resurgence of trends since the tariff mess of early 2025 Links and Resources: Do you have a question for Michael and Jerry?
Topics -- Personal lessons from the trend-following legends -- Difference between diversification and outlier hunting -- Jerry has a substack? -- How we cope during drawdowns Links and Resources: Do you have a question f
Topics: -- Nick Saban on good and great, talent and execution -- Update on the trend-following drawdown -- Feelings that come up during trading, marketing -- Design a system for healthy discomfort -- Mike and Jerry domin
Mike and Jerry open up about how they're coping with the recent drawdown in trend-following. Recent essays relevant to this conversation - Wait? Yes. Hesitate? No. - Trend-Following in 2008: From +70% to Negative 1% to +
Even during strong performance periods for trend-following, the financial and emotional swings can be significant. 2008 is a great example of this. Interestingly, 2006 and 2007 do as well. Supporting Essay: Trend-Followi
The U.S. Dollar is a hot topic of conversation lately. Tariffs, Trump, Bessent, reserve currency status, a new trade accord, etc. When the news heats up, trend-traders find calm in their rules. In this episode, we check
Devin Haran is the founder of Somerset Hills Capital, a value-focused investment manager. He got his start in investment banking, making stops at Merrill Lynch and RBC Capital Markets before launching Somerset Hills. He
Darius Foroux is the author of 8 books, including The Stoic Path to Wealth. He writes about productivity, Stoicism, and wealth building. His ideas and work have been featured in TIME, NBC, Fast Company, Inc., Observer, a
Carley Garner is a commodity market strategist and broker, Stocks & Commodities Magazine columnist, TheStreet.com Contributor, and author of several books. Her firm DeCarley Trading is a full-service futures brokerage th
Mike and Jerry back in the saddle discussing the extreme market moves over the past couple of weeks.
Supporting Substack article: https://mikemelissinos.substack.com/p/the-price-of-admission
Supporting Substack article: https://mikemelissinos.substack.com/p/something-good-coming
Supporting Substack article: https://mikemelissinos.substack.com/p/a-slight-edge-is-enough-even-preferred
None of us are immune to making emotional decisions. Today on Talking Trends, Mike Melissinos discusses how we can all learn from what our emotions are communicating to us. And how we can use this to develop wisdom and i
Topics of discussion on this episode: — New trend-following investor gets cold feet — Should we change the name of our podcast? — Dynamic Position Sizing = Dynamic Profit Slashing — Smoother returns...but they'll be lowe
Topics of discussion on this episode: — Harvard President plagiarism — Knowing what you're buying — Finding the best cup of coffee — Standing for something builds trust Links and Resources: Do you have a question for Mic
Carley Garner
Senior Commodity Strategist, Broker, Author, Columnist · DeCarley Trading
1 appearance on this show
Jerry Parker
Director of Operations · Chesapeake Capital Corp.
4 appearances on this show
Michael Melissinos
Melissinos Trading LLC
5 appearances on this show
Devin Haran
Somerset Hills Capital
1 appearance on this show
Jerry
Chesapeake Capital
1 appearance on this show
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