Investing Blog Spin-off

04Jul09

In the truest sense of a corporate spin-off, I’ve decided to start another WordPress blog focusing on the sole subject of investing (in stocks mostly). I considered posting my investing-related entries to TWB, but I figured that both the writer and the reader would benefit from the clarity provided by two separate blogs.

So, why investing? Well, I have been intrigued by the entire enterprise of “investing”, and I still remember the time when I had absolutely no idea what investing even meant (I own a company?!). I’ve come a long ways from those days, although the more I explore investing the more I find to learn. One thing I know for sure, however, is that the ability to invest wisely is a fine skill for anyone to possess.

I invested my family’s money in a few stocks before I entered college, using a custodial account with Sharebuilder. (Now that I’m above the age of majority (18 in California), I can open brokerage accounts in my own name!) I made choices which have proven great on one hand and terrible at the other (see AAPL for the former and CYKN for the latter).

I do not claim to possess any extraordinary ability to choose investments wisely, although I figure that since I’m reading enough investment guru books, websites, and articles that I might as well disseminate the advice I think is most wise. Thus, don’t expect much original ideas from me, but rather paraphrases and perhaps some commentary on my part. Reading the lengthy disclosuse/disclaimer statements at the end of many articles on investing does scare me a bit, but I guess I’ll just say right off that I shouldn’t be held responsible if you lose money following information from my blog (if it makes you feel any better, I probably will have lost money too…). On the other brighter side, if you do make money thanks to my blog I expect nothing in return.

Without any further ado, I present, Investrophy!

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