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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