I spent 20 years in research departments on the buy side, primarily as a technology and insurance analyst at 2 large institutional investment firms. Having a computer programming background, I was an early “quant” (that never found the right home) with a “heretical” belief in technical analysis.

Inbetween these two firms, I worked as a portfolio manager for the Kuwaiti Institute for Social Security (“KISS” is my acronym, but the Kuwaiti name is actually the Public Institution For Socialy Security), the social security system of Kuwait (which has REAL money to invest, unlike the pyramid scheme of my home country). Initially I managed a convertible bond portfolio and later managed a conventional bond/stock portfolio.

In 1991, I found my “15 minutes of fame” in Kuwait when I unsuccessfully tried to avoid being taken hostage by the invading Iraqi army and was instead shot in the process (but that is a different - and long - story).

Investment Style
whatever I can get to work!