Bilifuduo

An Interview with Bilifuduo

The Fool:

Did you ever do something as a child that you look back on now and say, 'Wow, I'm lucky even to be alive after that!'

Bilifuduo:

Yea. When I was four and living in a dilapidated apartment in Guangzhou, China, I did one of the most irrational things ever. During my first ever Qingming Festival (the Chinese equivalent of the Day of the Dead) my parents were lighting up joss paper to honor our relatives. I had a weird attraction to fires, so I started throwing in more and more stacks of joss paper until I almost singed my nose off. Ever since then I've kept a safe distance from fires of any kind.

The Fool:

Does ethics or 'socially responsible investing' have a place in your investment approach? How so? How not?

Bilifuduo:

Of course. I think this is one of the most salient aspects of any individual/fund's investing approach- the successful balance between moral obligation and capitalistic tendencies. Without moral obligations, we often do make more money and are more profitable, but we lose this sense of restraint, one which catalyzes unbridled greed which is one of the main factors in the global recession. We only have to look at the PIIGS nations of Europe as well as our own failed financial institutions to realize that moral obligation is a necessary restraint. Determination is good, but unbridled greed is a corrupt manifestation of determination that hinders us.

The Fool:

What was the most significant discovery of the last century?

Bilifuduo:

Without a doubt, Nutella. Sure we can point to antibiotics and computers as the "conventional" significant discoveries of the last century, but Nutella is hella good.

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