With the bulk of the investing world dominated by institutions like pension funds, mutual funds, hedge funds, private equity funds and sophisticated quantitative traders out there, investing seems to be a game run by sophisticated team of analysts. It doesn't have to be like this!
I don't believe you need to have a degree in finance nor MBA nor CFA to understand investing. What's more important is that you never stop learning. You do know need to know numbers and have a good grasps of what money means to you. Investing is full of numbers but I can assure you, it's looking at the right numbers that is more important!
I hope in my blogs, you'll be able to understand investing in a more comprehensible way. Perhaps you will not be able to invest like some pro, at the very least, I hope you've gain confident in what stock picks allowing your to buy securities at fair prices and more importantly, with a peace of mind.
Here are some of my basic principles of investing:
- Invest with with a long-term perspective
- Use a common sense approach
- Don't over complicate things
- Stick to what you understand
- Never ever over pay for what it's worth
Keep reading and learning!
Justin Forest
No CFA, No MBA
With the bulk of the investing world dominated by institutions like pension funds, mutual funds, hedge funds, private equity funds and sophisticated quantitative traders out there, investing seems to be a game run by sophisticated team of analysts. It doesn't have to be like this!
I don't believe you need to have a degree in finance nor MBA nor CFA to understand investing. What's more important is that you never stop learning. You do know need to know numbers and have a good grasps of what money means to you. Investing is full of numbers but I can assure you, it's looking at the right numbers that is more important!
I hope in my blogs, you'll be able to understand investing in a more comprehensible way. Perhaps you will not be able to invest like some pro, at the very least, I hope you've gain confident in what stock picks allowing your to buy securities at fair prices and more importantly, with a peace of mind.
Here are some of my basic principles of investing:
- Invest with with a long-term perspective
- Use a common sense approach
- Don't over complicate things
- Stick to what you understand
- Never ever over pay for what it's worth
Keep reading and learning!
Justin Forest
No CFA, No MBA