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Meeting Mikhail Gorbachev: My Journey
An excerpt from my book The Complete TurtleTrader: Taking very little at face value is my modus operandi. In fact, since childhood I’ve challenged the accepted norms regarding access to the truth. Along the way I’ve challenged a number of people who have wanted to keep the curtains closed. In...
The Complete TurtleTrader: Extras 3
Richard Dennis once said: “Too many traders - too many people in all walks of life - keep asking, ‘What do you think of this?’ ‘What’s going to happen next?’ They have to get away from that herd mentality.” Dennis thinks courses on the markets should be taught: “[R]ight in there with the good...
The Complete TurtleTrader: Extras 2
Turtle Liz Cheval: Clearly, if I could alter my model to reduce volatility without sacrificing high performance, I would. But, volatility is what creates the high returns investors want from the market in the first place. The key is to control volatility and not let it control you. Too often...
The Complete TurtleTrader: Extras 1
Turtle Michael Carr on making it to Richard Dennis’ doorstep so to speak: I grew up in Saint Paul, Minnesota and attended Macalester College there, earning a degree in history in 1973 with plans to teach high school social studies. Unfortunately, those were bleak economic times and there were...
23 Turtles? Not for Sure
For an assortment of reasons, there was no exact Turtle student number back when Dennis hired his crew. Even among Turtles it is debated today. My paperback version of “The Complete TurtleTrader” comes out in February and the subtitle has been changed to say 23 Turtles on the cover. That is the...
