Charles Gillams – an investment manager.
Like so many other investment managers, I am concentrating my efforts on not losing you money, (in other words, a low risk manager, not promising huge returns).
But essentially I would argue that I have to be an optimist. Most of my existing readers will know that it makes sense to put their savings in different baskets. But what kind of person manages that basket has always remained obscure.
I hope these pages will let you see the more rounded person.
Should one be an optimist or a pessimist?
I continue to believe that the optimists have the advantage – because as an investment manager as well as an individual, we are constantly learning.
Optimists don’t take the path well-trodden, at the fork in the road – they take a wider range of risks because every job is done at its best and most effective, with good information and a certain amount of courage. Those who take the risks are personally fulfilled as they overcome obstacles and learn with the unfolding of events; this enhances their performance, and adds to their market intelligence in the longer run. . . .Yes, I remain an optimist, despite intermittent cause for gloom.
I hope that in these pages, you will find some evidence of that.