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Leif Eriksen

Individual Investor

Leif is a long term investor with experience in both good and bad markets. His success is the result of a "sound intellectual framework" and an unemotional approach to decision making. He is an engineer and consultant focusing on the benefits of using information technology. He uses this knowledge in his investment decisions.

Investment style

Reads a number of different financial publications including Barron’s and various investment newsletters to get investment ideas. He also finds ideas on the Internet. When he finds an idea he adds it to his watch list, sorted by investment theme and source.

Leif uses his extensive network of global contacts to validate (or challenge) his ideas and assumptions about trends, sectors, and individual companies. He invests in high quality companies that benefit from macro trends such as globalization, aging populations, and the adoption of technology.

He will occasionally increase cash positions and use simple hedges to protect capital when he determines it’s warranted. The goal is absolute return regardless of what the market is doing. Results during the worst decade in US market history (2000-2009) reflect his success and aversion to risk.


Investment models

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