Ney investing

Where to look for investment ideas? "I'm no  genius . I'm  smart in spots — but  I stay around those  spots ." — Tom Watson Sr., Founder of IBM I have thought about this for many years, the question really is "how do I decide where to become good at", in investing people call it a "circle of competence". Why is it important? 1) you need to minimize risk when investing or you are not going to be around for long, and risk is not knowing what you are investing in, and by "knowing" I really mean "predicting the outcome". To predict the outcome of something like an investment not only do you need to understand all the moving part of that investment, but the moving part of the competitors, and other industries that could eventually affect you. It's a lot of work! So that's why you stick to what you are familiar to (by the way this doesn't mean you can not learn about other interesting industries, c

How do you Pitch an idea for a stock like a hedge fund manager? easy! fill the blanks I want to thank Phil Town for the original idea, he calls this the Rules Story form. I appreciate a lot the clarity that it brings to presenting an idea. Is amazing how people that have never presented an idea, can clarify a couple of definitions, and put their thoughts. I also suggest going through a checklist to clarify your ideas before filling the form and presenting the idea, if you are still not using checklists I suggest reading the checklist manifesto , Im sure youll find there nothing like a checklist to make you rethink any idea you felt sure about. I learned from a book called The Back of the Napkin to define a "problem" with the typical questions like: Who? What? How many? Where? When? How? Why? So fill in the blanks! Enjoy! Investment idea Who? What? How many? Where? When? How? Why? WHAT?: STOCK SYMBOL: