Name:
Ernest Addae
Twitter: @earnaddae
When you meet someone with a background in Human
Biology and names his son after Warren Buffett, you should know what he is most
passionate about. Ernest Addae, a Senior
Research Assistant at the University of Cape of Coast School of Medical
Sciences happens to be one of the greatest followers and fan of Warren Buffett
and his Investment strategy.
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| Ernest Addae Senior Research Assistant UCC School of Medical Sciences & Executive Director - Medical Education Consult |
He started
learning about investing after reading Robert Kiyosaki’s book “Rich Dad, Poor
Dad” in 2011. “That was when I first read
a brief on Warren Buffett. However, the defining moment was when I read his
biography on Wikipedia.” – He said to me. And so he took the rest of 2011
and early part of 2012 to learn about investing in stocks and study the
investment strategies of Warren Buffett.
In
March 2012, he started an investment partnership with a friend to invest in stocks listed on the Ghana Stock
Exchange. It wasn’t that serious until April 2013, when he started an
investment club with his colleagues at work.
Ernest’s
Investment portfolio and that of his club’s are growing really fast. Unlike
many investors, he only invests when opportunities present themselves.
Talking
about investment instruments, he said his choice of investment is inspired by
Warren Buffett who always says that “as
long as you’re in a hurry to get rich, stock investing is still the way to
create wealth although the road may get bumpy sometimes.”-Warren Buffett. “Also,
personally I believe in long-term investment vehicles like stocks.”- Ernest
said
Mistakes from his investing experience
In his
own words; “There are different valuation models in analyzing assets, specifically
stocks. I made a mistake of sticking to one model without giving it a careful
thought and this makes me feel I’ve over paid for a stock.”
And to
me, personally, I think this is what brings growth in investing - Making mistakes
and learning from your mistakes. We make mistakes early with little cash and
learn from them as quick as we can then make lots of profit with a lot of cash.
Lessons
“In life, mistakes are bound to happen and as
long as you don’t make a lot of stupid ones, learn quickly from them and move
on. Life is too short, so don’t spend so much time crying over spilled milk.”
The
essence of what he is saying is that, when investing whether in securities,
business or any instrument don’t be afraid to make mistakes, and when you do
make them, learn from them and move on. People lose money when they start
investing. Others do not but whatever the case, keep moving forward, never stop
letting your money work for you.
Role Model and What he reads
Obviously,
Ernest role model is Warren Buffett and although many investors like Warren, he
has taking it to the next level. Ernest is a voracious reader and has read a
lot of books on investing, but really obsessed with Buffett and so has read
almost every great book on him and his strategies. Some of these books are;
- Buffett: The Making of
American Capitalist by Roger Lowenstein
- The New Buffettology
by Mary Buffett and David Clark
- The Warren Buffett Way by Robert Hagstrom
- Annual Letters of
Berkshire Hathaway by Warren Bufett
- The Snowball: Warren Buffet and the Business of Life by Alice Schroeder
- Personal Finance: Turning Money into Wealth by Arthur Keown
Ernest’s
last word to the next generation of investors is a quote from Charlie Munger “Understanding both the power of compound
interest and the difficulty of getting it is the heart and soul of
understanding a lot of things.”
Ernest
Addae read Human Biology at the University of Cape Coast and graduated with an
excellent class. He possesses online certificates in Finance specifically
Personal Finance. Also he is the Executive Director of Medical Education
Consult (http://medusult.com) a study abroad
consulting firm. A husband to an exceptional woman and have a wonderful boy
called Warren.
He
writes a blog on investing at www.docinvestor.wordpress.com
and another on coding at www.earnestcoding.wordpress.com.
He is proficient
in HTML, CSS and WordPress and enrolled in an online school to learn
programming in JavaScript, Ruby and Python, also, how to use Ruby on Rails and
Django frameworks.
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