I've always been a numbers guy. From the time I was a youngster, math and science seemed to come easier for me than the other subjects. However, I enrolled in college not knowing what I wanted to study or what I wanted to do for a living... and that continued through most of college! It wasn't until the final couple years in college that I discovered the stock market and became fascinated with the way it operated. It encompassed many of the things I had learned in college .. mathematics, economics, psychology. I read financial magazines and studied the markets by sifting through the internet, but it wasn't until I picked up an Investors Business Daily for the first time that I became really interested in learning how the market works and how to be a successful investor. By reading IBD and books by William O'neil, the market began to make sense to me and I wanted to learn more. The more I learned, the more I realized that there were two types of investors. Those who follow the advice of brokers and the conventional advice of Wall St. and those that are enjoying amazing success by doing what works. I spent many nights and Sunday afternoons reading about the methods that work. They all have something in common... their contradiction of conventional investing wisdom.
As my investing "hobby" evolved, it became clear to me that helping others invest is how I wanted to make a living. However, it was important to me to do so on an independent basis using strategies that worked. I was fortunate to get the chance to work as a researcher for one of the top independent investing advisory services around, CANSLIM.net. I enjoyed following the markets and steering others in the direction of investment success by sharing what I've learned over the years. The next step for me was creating a site of my own.
