** Comments are my own (not my firm’s) and no one else’s**I worked for many years at an investment firm where I invested across public and private market opportunities. I underwrote fund managers, as well as individual securities. I left the firm to pursue an MBA from a Top-20 US B School. At school, I won the nation’s premier stock pitching competition and was portfolio manager for the school’s Consumer sector investments. During that time, I interned at a multi-family office and a hedge fund. I became adept at using Bloomberg and Factset for research. On top of that, I’m a CFA Charterholder and a CAIA Charterholder.Given my experience, I spend a lot of my time on Consumer stocks and avoid stocks that require a lot of technical knowledge I don’t have. I think shorting is extremely hard to pull off successfully and repeatably, so I tend to be a long-only buyer for my own portfolio. Early on, I was influenced by Ben Graham and early Buffett; however, courses at my B School led me to emphasize competitive advantages and growth prospects more frequently. I like quality on sale. I don’t rely solely on a DCF model for my recommendations, but they can provide support or possibly refute certain points of a thesis.
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