Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’m an Emerging Markets equities specialists. I’m told I am the first American-born stock broker licensed by the Philippine Stock Exchange in the past 40 years. I’ve amassed a small library of white papers detailing the merits of mechanical trading systems and automated trading systems for long-only fund management in Emerging Markets, most of which is not for public consumption. I have lectured however on numerous occasions on behalf of the Philippine Stock Exchange Education Department for professional and lay stock investors. I’ve also had the privilege of speaking 3 or so times at the annual Money Summit in South East Asia.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Over the years my most popular lectures have been “Technical Trading for The Intelligent Investor” and “Mechanical Trading for The Intelligent Investor”, wherein I’ve present various methods to optimize the Value Investing methodology utilizing strategies hailing from technical analysis and mechanical trading systems development. As you know, “The Intelligent Investor” is an amazing book by Benjamin Graham, the instructor and mentor of Warren Buffet. Which made my findings all the more disturbing as I realized the dependency of the Value Investing method on reported earnings is a profound Achilles heel, particularly for the investing public who for the most part has access only to publicly available earnings data. The problem is, most of this data can be easily fudged. For that reason, it doesn’t make sense to rely on methods which are totally dependent on fudge-able numbers. To paraphrase my man Michael Covel, “Every number on the earnings statement can be doctored. The actual price is the only number to believe”. And so, for years my systems have rigorously incorporated a strategic disregard for any data which relies on “trust”–earnings in particular. The New Intelligent Investor embodies my research in this regard.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Left to my own devices I tend to sound like a research scientist, so I let my 10-year old daughter scan everything to ensure it’s understandable.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Jack Schwager, Market Wizards is my fave.
What are you working on now?
Bubbles, Mania, Crashes, and Crisis: How To Profit From Popular Delusion And The Madness Of Crowds.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Best website? This one of course! 😉 Check out KMoneymastery by Stefan Pylarinos.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Check out KMoneymastery by Stefan Pylarinos.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
The stock price is the only number to believe.
What are you reading now?
Autobiography of John Maynard Keynes.
What’s next for you as a writer?
Bubbles, Mania, Crashes, and Crisis: How To Profit From Popular Delusion And The Madness Of Crowds.
If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
My Bible, the works of Shakespeare, the works of John Milton, the works of Homer.