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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