About Me

I’m a 30 year old technology consultant from the Bay Area. When I was a child, my father always taught me the value of investments. I bought my first stock at age 14 and have been following stock market investments as a hobby ever since.

Two of my favorite investors I follow are Warren Buffet, who has consistently been ranked the richest man in the world at over $50 billion, and Carlos Slim, who recently overtakes Bill Gates as the richest man in the world at $53 billion.

Lately I've been interested in finding stocks with high dividend returns. This type of investment provides an opportunity to return higher yields (5% to 10%) than if I had parked my money in a bank (3% at Washington Mutual).

This blog will showcase some of my own investment ideas, what investment vehicles have worked for me, and how I decide where my next investment will be. Like every investment, there are risks involved, but I try and minimize these risks with my own research and understanding from the infinite amount of data available to us via the internet, print media, and industry trends around our daily lives.

I enjoy comments of all kinds, so please feel free to post your opinion and definitely post information related to the investment topics I write about here.

Many Thanks.

The Hobby Investor.