This week, we are please to introduce Winston ..
InvestIdeas: What can you tell us about your background ?
I went to University in North America. I then worked in the Financial Services industry. I have worked and lived in 5 countries.
I’m currently struggling with what I want to be doing with my “Second Half”. I’m not too passionate about activities like the “Red Cross”, ‘Green Peace” etc. However, I do enjoy exchanging ideas with some members of the forum. So maybe that could be my way of giving something back. Not too sure that I will be getting the Noble Peace prize for that though 
InvestIdeas: How long have you been investing / trading ?
I started investing with some colleagues at work many years ago. We would pool our money and buy stocks with it. The stock broker was on the 2nd floor of the building. We would go there during our breaks to watch the stock prices. Our breaks were more frequent during bull markets and less frequent during bear markets
I then asked Dad for some money to invest. Thereafter, I would spent my nights looking at the price action of various stocks. At that time, I would buy stocks that were trading at the 25th percentile of their 52 week trading range.
I then “graduated” to reading Analyst Reports, reading Investment Books, watching the Financial News Network ( now known as CNBC ), Wall Street Week with Louis Rukeyser etc..
Around that time, I also learnt Options, Futures and Short-Selling.
InvestIdeas: What is your Investment Strategy
I tend to use a Tops Down approach ie. Macro then Industry and finally the Specific Company.
I try to use both FA and TA.
I learnt FA from the two books by Peter Lynch and the various books on Warren Buffett. I learnt TA ( OHLC ) when I was trading Options on Futures.
I normally want a strong catalyst before I invest. ( This is the “N” in “CANSLIM” )
I dont really have a Stop Loss but I do try to monitor my portfolio regularly.
However, I do put down the expected time frame for the investment and if the investment does not perform within the time-frame, I will normally sell it.
Recently, I have been mostly “Swing Trading” as I’m not too comfortable with many things nowadays eg. US Unemployment, European Contagion, Chinese NPLs etc..
Sometimes, I also try to zig when the short term players are zagging
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