about me

I have been an investor for over 18 years, first starting with term deposits (GICS), then mutual funds, then ETFs, and then individual stocks. Over the years I became more and more discontented with the performance of my mutual funds and with the advice of a number of advisors and financial planners.

I decided that in order for me to become a successful investor I had to pick role models and learn from them, learn from their mistakes and successes. Why reinvent the wheel, when I could study the practices of successful investors and just copy what they did? However, I had to find role models who did not win the lottery, inherit money, or had rich parents. They had to be role models who became successful based entirely on their own skills. I picked the following role models:

• Warren Buffet
• Benjamin Graham
• Stephen Jarislowsky
• And a few others like Geraldine Weiss, Peter Lynch, and Tom Connolly

I realized a common theme with all my role models, they all advocated value investing, and they all advocated investing on your own. I spent the next 3 years teaching myself about value investing, interviewing other value investors, and perfecting my own investment strategy.

Once I proved to myself that value investing did work, I began teaching others and showing them the benefits of investing for themselves by themselves.

Simply Investing allows me to combine my passion for teaching with my enthusiasm for investing, the best of both worlds! I love to see people succeed; I want my students to apply what they've learned and reap the rewards.

Kanwal Sarai

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