Ep. 206: Harry Dent Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

Michael Covel's Trend Following

Michael Covel

Investing, Business

4.6 • 730 Ratings

🗓️ 30 January 2014

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

My guest today is Harry Dent, a Harvard MBA, Fortune 100 consultant, new venture investor, noted speaker and bestselling author. Harry is the founder and senior editor at Dent Research, where he dedicates himself to identifying and studying demographic, technological, and geopolitical trends.

The topic is his book The Demographic Cliff: How to Survive and Prosper During the Great Deflation Ahead.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

Why demographics are so important
The definition of the "demographic cliff"
Demographic comparisons between the US and Asia
Rates of urbanization and GDP in emerging countries
The baby boomer generation
The Japanese "coma economy"
Why the retirement age needs to be raised
How real estate in America will never be the same
"Die-ers" vs. buyers

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Transcript

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0:00.0	This is Trend Following Radio, where great thinking comes alive.
0:10.9	Nobel Prize winners, legendary traders, bestselling authors, and the pros that know what drive us irrational human beings.
0:21.2	I am your host, Michael Cobell.
0:24.0	Not filtered, raw, honest.
0:27.3	That's my passion.
0:33.1	Today in the show I have Harry Dent.
0:36.0	Harry makes a return appearance, his second appearance in my podcast.
0:40.5	Very objective analysis, Harry looks at demographic trends.
0:45.1	It is not my world.
0:47.5	That is, in my trading world, I don't use demographics to make decisions.
0:52.1	However, I find what Harry does fascinating. I find the analysis of
0:58.2	looking at demographic trends extremely interesting. And there has to be absolutely some big
1:06.7	macro understandings that you can benefit by seeing his research, seeing where he goes.
1:13.8	His new book is called The Demographic Cliff.
1:16.5	I find Harry a very reasonable and objective guy.
1:19.6	I always enjoy our conversations.
1:21.6	I hope you enjoy.
1:26.9	Michael.
1:29.8	Hey, Harry.
1:30.6	How are you?
1:31.6	Sure.
1:32.5	How goes your morning so far?
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