🗣️ Investor Talk #47: Alberto Echevarría

Alberto consistently beats the market — learn his data-driven secrets in this exclusive interview.

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In this edition, we have the pleasure of interviewing:

Name: Alberto Echevarría @MonkEchevarria
Age: 42
Residence/Country: Spain
Invests since: 1999

Introduction
Picture a 16-year-old kid staring at his computer screen in disbelief. In just a few days, his first investment ever, in Terra, the hottest Spanish-speaking IPO ever, had tripled. That kid was me, 26 years ago. And although my dad had been teaching me about markets, nothing prepared me for that rush.

Here's what nobody tells you about early success: it's the most dangerous teacher you'll ever have. For years, I chased that Terra high with gut feelings and hot tips. Sometimes I won big. More often, I learned expensive lessons about luck versus skill. The turning point came when I realized I was gambling with my future. That's when I discovered that legendary investors like Benjamin Graham and Peter Lynch didn't rely on luck - they had systematic, research-backed approaches that turned investing from guesswork into science.

After decades, I learned the most important lesson: the best investors aren't the ones who get lucky once - they're the ones who stack the odds in their favor, every single time.

What is your investment strategy?
Picture two fishermen heading out for the day. The first fisherman follows the crowd to wherever boats are gathering that morning, chasing rumors and trusting his gut.

The second discovered something remarkable while studying decades of fishing records: certain waters consistently produced three times more fish than others. So he ignores the crowd and sails directly to the proven spots where fish actually concentrate. Guess who returns with the better catch?