Click here to read our winning report on Cabot Corp (NYSE: CBT). And click here for more information on the competition and the ceremony.
Countless thanks to the Boston Security Analysts Society (BSAS), the Boston chapter of the CFA Institute that sponsored the NEIRC and gave me this wonderful opportunity.
Monday, December 29, 2008
The Requisite Fine Print
And the lawyers instructed me to tell you...
The purpose of this blog is not to guarantee you riches. Investment vehicles of all kinds carry some level of risk, and the reader is strongly encouraged to understand the full breadth of risks. If you happen to act on any of my posts, please note that you do so at your own risk. If I had a lawyer, I'm confident he'd like me to be a bit more formal with the legalese, but for now, this will do.
If you happen to be a lawyer, and would like to offer me a pro bono legal disclaimer, I will happily give you a kind nod in the footnotes. :)
The purpose of this blog is not to guarantee you riches. Investment vehicles of all kinds carry some level of risk, and the reader is strongly encouraged to understand the full breadth of risks. If you happen to act on any of my posts, please note that you do so at your own risk. If I had a lawyer, I'm confident he'd like me to be a bit more formal with the legalese, but for now, this will do.
If you happen to be a lawyer, and would like to offer me a pro bono legal disclaimer, I will happily give you a kind nod in the footnotes. :)
What is "The Green Light"?
One of my favorite books is F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. I'll spare you the synopsis (feel free to check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Gatsby), but the reference to the green light appears in the hauntingly poetic closing lines:
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Fitzgerald was driving at the all too human tendency to be stuck in the past, even as we set goals for the future. The financial markets are roiling with turmoil, and what emerges will surely look different than what came before. I will try to keep Fitzgerald's moral at the forefront of my consciousness, and provide you forward thinking. I also encourage you to share your opinions if you think I am chasing the green light, a boat fighting the current of change."Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year
recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that's no matter—tomorrow we will run
faster, stretch out our arms farther. . . . And then one fine morning—So we beat
on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past."*
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Welcome to the Green Light
Welcome to The Green Light, my blog dedicated to my finance research, recommendations and strategies. I am committed to transparency, for better or for worse, to put my financial positions up for public scrutiny. Time will be my judge and jury.
About Me
I received an MBA in finance from the F.W. Olin School of Management at Babson College, graduating with a 3.7 GPA. During my second and final year, I was honored to be one of 17 students, undergraduate and graduate, selected by the Trustees to manage a portion of the Babson endowment, in a highly selective program called the Babson College Fund (BCF). As a student portfolio manager and consumer sector analyst, I helped conduct fundamental valuations of public equities, and prepare "buy side" research reports for those companies. That research was used to take long or short positions in some of the more compelling stocks. During my calender year in the Babson College Fund, we handily beat the S&P 500.
During that same year, I was one of five students selected to represent Babson College in the CFA Institute's New England Investment Research Challenge (NEIRC). Including Babson, seven top New England business schools competed by analyzing Cabot Corporation (NYSE: CBT). The first deliverable was a research report, from which three finalists were selected to give an oral presentation to a panel of industry professionals. Babson advanced to this stage with Boston College and MIT Sloan. Babson won the competition, and advanced to the North American Investment Research Challenge. While we didn't win, we were humbled by some excellent competitors and on May 2, 2008, we helped close the NASDAQ.
I am actively pursuing a CFA Charter because it requires a level of professionalism, integrity, and deep financial knowledge.
My background is as a mechanical engineer, having worked for AMETEK Aerospace & Defense, designing a variety of sensors for the hostile environment inside jet engines. I graduated in 2001 from Boston University, and later received a Masters degree in microelectronic and nanoelectronic manufacturing from the same school.
About Me
I received an MBA in finance from the F.W. Olin School of Management at Babson College, graduating with a 3.7 GPA. During my second and final year, I was honored to be one of 17 students, undergraduate and graduate, selected by the Trustees to manage a portion of the Babson endowment, in a highly selective program called the Babson College Fund (BCF). As a student portfolio manager and consumer sector analyst, I helped conduct fundamental valuations of public equities, and prepare "buy side" research reports for those companies. That research was used to take long or short positions in some of the more compelling stocks. During my calender year in the Babson College Fund, we handily beat the S&P 500.
During that same year, I was one of five students selected to represent Babson College in the CFA Institute's New England Investment Research Challenge (NEIRC). Including Babson, seven top New England business schools competed by analyzing Cabot Corporation (NYSE: CBT). The first deliverable was a research report, from which three finalists were selected to give an oral presentation to a panel of industry professionals. Babson advanced to this stage with Boston College and MIT Sloan. Babson won the competition, and advanced to the North American Investment Research Challenge. While we didn't win, we were humbled by some excellent competitors and on May 2, 2008, we helped close the NASDAQ.
I am actively pursuing a CFA Charter because it requires a level of professionalism, integrity, and deep financial knowledge.
My background is as a mechanical engineer, having worked for AMETEK Aerospace & Defense, designing a variety of sensors for the hostile environment inside jet engines. I graduated in 2001 from Boston University, and later received a Masters degree in microelectronic and nanoelectronic manufacturing from the same school.
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