“There are many ideas to what makes a “great” investor. Different qualities exemplify themselves in different market climates as we’re always being tested from different angles. Whether it’s our Commander and Chief firing up his Twitter app one morning, a break of a major support level on a chart, a surprise corporate announcement, or simply the madness of crowds moving a stock or the market as a whole in a new direction.
Mark Sellers, a former hedge fund manager, made (what became) a well-known speech at Harvard about what it takes to become a great investor. His no b.s. take is refreshing, thought-provoking, and challenging to anyone who hopes to eclipse the massive heard of our industry. While I don’t believe Mark’s take on what makes a great investor to be the end-all-be-all to what it takes to success in finance, I do find his points of interest as one view from one corner of the finance community. With that, whole speech is worth a read but I’ve pulled out some of his main points….”
Read on: http://www.athrasher.com/what-makes-a-great-investor/
