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Strategies & Market Trends : Value Investing
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To: Shane M who wrote (56494)12/31/2015 6:34:28 PM
From: Paul Senior  Read Replies (2) of 78763
 
re Asperger and best stock pickers.

William Green, an author who studied some of the best investors, commented in an interview that one of the best investers he knew felt most of the best investors "had a touch of asperger's" that helps them remain less emotional about the market, enabling better decisions. A component of asperger's is also relating to people in a different way than most.

The emotional and relating-to-people thing isn't all of it: A BIG component in my view is this characteristic "Intense preoccupation with a narrow subject".


I believe people who come here seeking some info regarding Mike, wanting to know how he did it (got to be so successful), seeing if they can find ways to emulate him -- aren't really aware of how his Asperger's really may have helped him: He could focus like no other. Well imo (even as I acknowledge my lack of depth or involvement in researching stocks that I buy). All together, this makes him a rare bird -- not a person whose methods/temperament/fortitude can likely or easily be duplicated.
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