A Warm Welcome to Chess Cafe Investments

Why ChessCafeInvestments? 

A café is a gathering place where people come together to have a drink and can serve as a venue where ideas ferment, or simply to hang out with other like-minded people. ChessCafeInvestments aim to be that webspace where we would be able to discuss investment ideas together and give each other brand new ideas or debate why a particular investment target has merit or should be avoided. 

Why Chess? 

Chess is a game of intellect, set on a checkered board that simulates a battle field. Investing is not dissimilar to chess - intellect is crucial, temperament is sometimes equally important, and strategy shifts the balance between a good trade and a bad one. Understanding your aims in your personal investments, and then formulating a strategy on how you intend to get there underpins successful investing. Learning how to play “the game” well requires a fair bit of study, years to cultivate your skills, and executing your strategies in the financial markets. And like in chess, you do not win every game. Losing can sometimes be the best lesson. Unlike the chess-board, the financial markets can be rather unforgiving battlefields.

Who am I? 

I am currently a full time private investor, who has been trading since the age I could open an investment account. I am not a trader, since I consider trading an activity only to execute investment strategies and not a profitable activity in its own right, for a private investor. I have in the meantime equipped myself with financial knowledge, through books, through actual investing and also through the CFA course. I was an engineer by profession, and am no longer practising it since I have decided to invest full time.  My investment interests lie primarily in US and Singapore equities, though I also do think about other asset classes such as bonds, property etc. And I intend to write primarily about investing in general, specific investing ideas in US and Singapore companies, and occasionally about other asset classes. Contact me at ChessCafeInvestments@gmail.com

Important disclaimer: 

Investing in a specific company or financial instrument involves risks. Stock-picking, or other non-diversified investment activity, is not suitable for everyone and indeed, can be downright detrimental to your financial health. None of the ideas or articles here should be considered as solicitations to invest. Further analysis should be undertaken to determine an investment’s suitability for your investment portfolios. You have been warned. We all have to take personal responsibility in our investments and our financial futures.