Wed, 14 Jan 2009
Troy’s Blog – Biography
Whilst reading the FT every week in 2008 (akin to reading Heat magazine weekly during a year long celebrity serial killing spree!) I became frustrated in my niavete towards trading shares. I admit I didn’t, and still don’t, understand everything that’s written in the pink pages, but I knew one thing – I wanted to get in on the market. But there were some limiters:
1 – I only have about £40 - £50 a month spare to invest. Would that be enough to make any sort of difference?
2 - I have never traded a share in my life. Making trades would be akin to me walking into a bookmakers and placing a bet.
3 – I work a 9 – 6 job and can’t look at stats and figures all day long to get in and out of trades quick. I need to research and build a permanent and balanced portfolio for the future.
Armed with a million questions I contacted David Stephenson through the FT and proposed being a novice investor and to my surprise, he agreed to help through 4WM.
So here I am. A novice looking at ETF’s, Comodities Super Cycles, Derivatives, PE’s and F PE’s , Market Caps, High’s, Lows and all manner of other financial data in what’s widely recognised as THE investment opportunity of a lifetime. I have 4 Monkeys to laugh at me, bounce ideas off and guide me through one of the biggest financial FUBAR’s in history. Will I be tall enough to ride the rollercoaster? Follow me here on 4WM.co.uk
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