Hey,
My name is Conor, the one on the left who forgot to rip the label off his scarf. The other guy is Leandro, a friend I was able to meet while travelling in Paris, all because of this newsletter.
Who is “Conor?”
I am a 20-something. I grew up in Germany and the United Kingdom. I often reside in Scotland. My tertiary education focused on economics. Professionally, I have served in various capacities in the fintech and start-up landscape. I am currently a product manager at Koyfin, and have been writing this blog (in)consistently since 2020.
I have been fascinated by how money and businesses work since a young age, and this transgressed into a love affair with investing. To me, the investment landscape is a living, breathing study of human behaviour, and it’s what I am passionate about. As an economics student, I realised that while I love economics, the career path would bore me to death. After a stint at pursuing the CFA, I realised that fiduciary responsibility would make me fall out of love with investing.
At some point in 2020, I was working as a data jockey for an investment solutions software company. Substack approached me with a one-year grant opportunity. I quit my job the next day, took a leap of faith, and have not looked back since.
Elsewhere, I am immensely passionate about cooking and travelling.
What is Investment Talk?
Investment Talk is a newsletter in which I try to imagine that I am writing to myself. I tend to write about what is on my mind, and the primary objective is to transfer thought to paper so I can reflect and improve. Topics typically range from the stock market, companies, human behaviour, and a few things in between.
If you are looking for stock picks or advice, then this isn’t the newsletter for you. If you are looking for alpha, then let me know if you find any, because I am too.
What’s the end goal?
The goal for me is to improve the quality of my writing and let this newsletter serve as an outlet for my thoughts. I am fortunate that this newsletter has allowed me to meet some great people, too.
