Why I Invest?

My first object of desire was the 8 Bit Nintendo - who could resist computer games in VGA color, of Super Mario and Contra. Such nostalgia. What's the link to my interest in stock investment?

The Nintendo cost a few hundred dollars and I could barely afford a good meal in Primary School. Stickers, erasers and other frivolous stuff beckoned me. Wanting to buy, I dug out my bank account book and studied the balance, it wasn't much. But every few entries, there would be an INT entry (annual bank interest with far and few deposits in between). That sparked a realization - an understanding of compounding interest. Money has an FV - a future value.

Imagine, a small boy motivated by the desire for a Nintendo doing manual calculations via his rudimentary understanding of percentages. Saving 20 cents out of 50 cents a day at an annual interest of 2.5% = too much time for target! Little kid me could not bear that. Instead, I chose to study hard for my exams, for the reward of a Sega Megadrive 16 Bit.

That epiphany was the beginning of my investment journey, it planted a seed in my mind. I want to master personal investment - the art of sowing and replanting financial fruits, specifically in stock investment. Why equity? It pairs well with my other love, which is for entrepreneurship. Stock investment is like a form of self-gratification for an aspiring entrepreneur, you get the pleasure of owning a business without the sweaty hardwork.

My portfolio is puny, like a shrimp lost in the deep blue ocean. My wife asks me to teach her how to invest - I can't seem to articulate my method unlike the many established investment bloggers whom I follow regularly. I'm thankful for their knowledge sharing. My methodology is a strange, shifting mess of fundamental analysis, a tiny bit of technical analysis, lots of secondary brokerage reports and macro trend study. I hope to evolve an articulable investment approach that I can share with my 3 year old kid.

Here in this blog, I'd like to document and share this part of my life journey, particularly for my kid and wife. That's if it can interest them.

I am a tiny stock shrimp in the deep blue.
Research and learn I must.
Sharpen my analysis daily please.
Do comment heartily and let us feast.

Cheers!