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Charly Travers

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General Information

Name:
Charly Travers
Fool Since:
December 17 1999
Aliases:
TMFBreakerCharly (9/20/2010), CharlyT (9/22/2004), jrbill94 (4/25/2004)
Where I Live:
Alexandria, VA

Investing Basics

Investing Experience:
High
Risk Tolerance:
High
Investing Style:
Motley (i.e. Anything goes!)
Portfolio Size:
Medium (4-12 Stocks)
Types of Investments:
Eclectic
Stocks I Own:
AAPL, ARCO, BIDU, BLX, BPI, CACH, CBB, COH, DVN, ELN, EXEL, HDGE, HYLD, HYS, INTC, KSS, MKL, MIL, MSFT, NOK, ROIC, SWYDF.PK, T, TFSL, TSCDY, YONG

Investing Favorites

Industries:
whatever is beaten down or wherever something innovative is going on
Books:
You can be a stock market genius and Margin of Safety.
Magazines:
The Economist
Blogs:
ZeroHedge
People:
Klarman, Greenblatt, Gayner, Dalio

Investing Expertise

My Area of Expertise:
Finding things that are out of favor and under appreciated and then having the conviction to buy them
Greatest Investment:
Applied Molecular Evolution bought by Lilly. 9 bagger in under a year.
Worst Investment:
Encysive Pharmaceuticals. Ouch.

Education And Work Information

School(s) Attended
Illinois Wesleyan University, St. Louis University
Job Title
Associate Advisor - Million Dollar Portfolio and Share Advisor
Company / Organization
Fool HQ
Former Jobs
Lab rat

Interests

Personal Quote:
The best investors do not target return; they focus first on risk, and only then decide whether the projected return justifies taking each particular risk. -Seth Klarman
My Interests:
Gaming
Favorite Restaurants or Foods:
I'm a foodie, too many to list.
Favorite Vacation Spots:
Paris
Favorite Sports or Teams:
UFC
Favorite Board Games:
Big Martin Wallace fan. Also Le Havre, Power Grid, Galaxy Trucker.
Favorite Video Games:
Fallout 3
Favorite Music or Musicians:
White Stripes, Royksopp, Deadmau5, Wu Tang Clan
Great Books Read Recently:
Perfume, Life of Pi