Topics:
- Lessons learned from Mentors Larry Lindsey & Leon Cooperman
- Thoughts on the Fed & Negative Rates
- Equities Reactions to the Fed & Data
- U.S. Dollar in a Push & Pull Environment
- Reasons to be Bullish Silver & Gold
Guest:
Peter Boockvar
Chief Investment Officer at Bleakley Advisory Group, Editor of The Boock Report & CNBC Contributor
Peter’s Resources
Rapid Fire ?
Q. What Trader has influenced your career the most and why?
A. From my readings, Jim Rogers, George Soros, Stan Druckenmiller (who I forgot to mention in the interview), Paul Tudor Jones.
Q. What was one of the hardest things for you to overcome working in financial markets?
A. Accepting being wrong and taking losses quick.
Q. What is one attribute that you believe every trader should have?
A. Humility.
Q. Favorite Book About Trading?
A. Market Wizards
Q. If you had to pick a profession other than working in financial markets what would it be?
A. Anything related to sports
Q. What’s the best advice you’ve received about Trading?
A. Quickly acknowledge mistakes and move on
Q. If you can give a piece of advice to the younger you, what would it be?
A. Control the downside as the upside will take care of itself
Q. If you had to elevator pitch me your edge in covering financial markets, what would you say?
A. Work, work, work, read, read, read and love what you do.
Q. Favorite thing to do when not working?
A. Sitting on my couch and watching good TV or sports.
If you enjoyed this interview with Peter be sure to listen to these other episodes:
Evolving As A Trader — Merritt Black
Less About Fundamentals, More About Risk Management – Mark Dow
