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Trend Following is the GPS of Investing

Trend Following is the GPS of Investing

In many areas of life, stories are king: sales, marketing, children’s bedtime routines, and raucous dinner parties. And analogies are a powerful ingredient of good stories.

On a recent family vacation, I discovered perhaps one of the best analogies for how trend following helps financial advisors.

Trend Following is the GPS of Investing

Author: Brandon Langley
Car dashboard with cell phone GPS navigation

Trend Following is the GPS of Investing

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