jonathanyates13

Jonathan Yates

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General Information

Name:
Jonathan Yates
Fool Since:
January 20 2007

Investing Basics

Investing Experience:
High
Risk Tolerance:
High
Investing Style:
Motley (i.e. Anything goes!)
Portfolio Size:
Small (1-3 Stocks)
Types of Investments:
At present, the only investments that I own are rental properties.
Stocks I Own:
None at the present.

Investing Favorites

Stocks:
Those with a high dividend, low payout ratio, low debt, ROE over 20%, PM over 10% and PEG under 1.
Industries:
Big Oil, Big Pharma,utilities as I like big dividends.
Books:
Merchants of Debt (great book about KKR), Barbarians at the Gate, Warren Buffett and Special Situations
Newsletters:
The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, USA Today has good business section
Magazines:
Barrons, Forbes, Businessweek, Money, Fortune,
People:
Warren Buffett, Jim Rogers, David Einhorn, Ray Dalio

Investing Expertise

My Area of Expertise:
Real estate, stocks
Greatest Investment:
Noram Energy
Worst Investment:
law school tuition
Money I Manage:
just my own

Education And Work Information

School(s) Attended
Degrees from Harvard, Johns Hopkins and Georgetown University Law Center
Former Jobs
Much of my career was spent working on Capitol Hill

Interests

My Interests:
writing about investments, reading about personal finance topics
Favorite Vacation Spots:
mountains, beach, city...pretty ease to please so long as there are wineries nearby
Favorite Sports or Teams:
Hopkins lacrosse, Oriole baseball, Ravens football, U of MD basketball
Favorite Movies:
Pulp Fiction, Waiting for Guffman, Capote, Saving Private Ryan, Glory, Cool Hand Luke, Das Boot, Killing Fields, Soldier's Story, Election
Favorite Music or Musicians:
The Eagles, Guns n Roses, Rolling Stones,
Great Books Read Recently:
Merchants of Debt, Warren Buffett and Special Situations
Book Currently Reading:
The Journey of Crazy Horse

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An Interview with jonathanyates13

Last updated: 7/9/2012
The Fool:
What lesson do you wish you’d learned ten years ago?
jonathanyates13:
Buy Apple at $7.
The Fool:
What was your first educational exposure to investing?
jonathanyates13:
Working as stock runner at brokerage house where my father worked.
The Fool:
Tell us about Your Dumbest Investment... and the lesson you learned from it.
jonathanyates13:
I was not meant to be a lawyer. I wish that I had spent law school tuition on real estate in Georgetown or Capitol Hill.
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My Story

Pretty basic: I love to read and write about personal finance, investments and economics.

How I Invest

I look for a healthy income component. If it is a stock, there must be a strong dividend. If it is real estate, the rental income must cover the mortgage.