🗣️ Investor Talk #9: Invest In Assets

Invest in Assets

Welcome to Investor Talk — where we interview successful investors to uncover their journeys, strategies, and the lessons they've learned. Get inspired by real stories and gain valuable insights to sharpen your own investment approach.

Every interview follows the same set of sharp, insightful questions — such as “What is your investment strategy?”, “What are your highest conviction stocks?”, and “What’s the biggest investment mistake you’ve made?”

In this edition, we have the pleasure of interviewing:

Name: Invest In Assets @InvestInAssets
Age: 30
Residence: Norway
Invests since: 2015

𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
I spent 5 years getting a masters degree in international business. After finishing my degree I was hired by a technology firm to help them develop their product portfolio as a jr. product manager. I continued to take on responsibility and was promoted to a product manager after 1.5 years. I believe both my education and work as a product manager helps me make better investment decisions, and stay updated on the latest technology trends.

I was introduced to investing in 2015. What spiked my interest was learning about compound interest from several books. First from the classic “Rich dad, poor dad”. This curiousity spiraled into reading more than 50 books in personal finance and investing in my first year. I was obsessed.

I dabbled in several investing disciplines before finding my footing in long-term quality based investing. I tried to be a day trader, swing trader, real estate investor all at once. It was a lot of work for very low returns.

Business has always fascinated me - why some companies are successful and can go 10x-100x, while other businesses crash and fail. What I like about investing is that it is an activity that tests your intellect, but mostly your temperament. I believe the most important skill an investor can have is to be driven by facts and fundamentals instead of emotions. We are hard-wired to suck at investing, re-wiring your mind for investing success takes time, but is worth it.

I spent 2-3x more time on styding investing than for my master’s degree, it was and is my true passion - but I was discouraged to pursue a career in finance by a mentor. He told me it would be better to study the greats, and build my own track record as an investor.

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆?
I have outlined my investing strategy in an article: https://t.co/nHGb4Ikcbm

In short, I invest in companies that are considered of high quality, which entails: