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Ep. 814: Gregory Zuckerman Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

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The Secret Life of a Cagey Guy

Jim Simon needed a distraction when he started these funds. Now that they've gone, the firm wanted them to be successful. The people within the firm are well-established in academics and elsewhere. They're not really out to get the money. Once they're there, I really do think they're hooked. You want to keep making the money. For all those reasons, there is an urgency within the firm...they have to keep up. Let me keep playing devil's advocate and pushing back. It wasn't like that. But when you're dealing with that much secrecy, even though you're a cagey guy with lots of experience, is there a side of you where did you ever

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