Just passing by-> Up close with chirodoc
Behind the Boards 03/16/00 3:30 PM
By Jeffrey Freedman
Name: chirodoc
"I love to make money, but I also know that unless you are healthy, you cannot enjoy it."
Location: Woodside, CA
Occupation: Chiropractor and medical-legal consultant
Biography: "I received my B.A. from University of Southern California, an M.A. from San Francisco State University, and a Doctor of Chiropractic from Palmer College.
I worked as a learning disabilities specialist for five years prior to studying sports massage. This led to my studies as a chiropractor. I have been practicing as a doctor of chiropractic in Silicon Valley for 14 years, specializing in exercise rehabilitation and posture education. I have been voted "best chiropractor" and "inspirational doctor of the year," and have published more than 15 journal articles in the fields of education and healing. I have been featured in numerous newspaper articles as well as having appeared in a television special on alternative approaches to back pain.
Just a few months ago I published a new book, 60 Second Mind/Body Rejuvenation (New Horizons Press) that is available online through Amazon.com or Barnes&Noble.com. The book is about health and wellness, and is filled with useful information to help anyone become a happier and healthier person. The premise of the book is that principles of healthy living are simple and evident if we understand human evolution and the wonders of modern medical science.
I love to make money, but I also know that unless you are healthy, you cannot enjoy it."
When did you start investing: "I started investing about ten years ago, but like many novice investors, did not stray from the safety of conservative mutual funds. However, I quickly became disenchanted with most funds when I realized that the average fund manager could not outperform the S&P 500 or Nasdaq indexes.
I studied many different styles of investing, and concluded that fast-growing companies in revolutionary new sectors with explosive growth almost always outperformed other stocks. I have termed this style "Revolution Investing," because the companies must be creating a revolution in their unique industry. Recent examples of these types of industries have included computer and software companies in the 1980s, Internet companies in the 1990s, and biotech and wireless telecommunication companies in the new millennium."
Portfolio: "My portfolio consists only of biotechs (especially cures for cancer) and wireless internet companies, including Computerized Thermal Imaging (COII), Biomira (BIOM), Be Incorporated (BEOS), Avax Technologies (AVXT), Entremed (ENMD), Avant Immunotherapeutics (AVAN), Aether Systems (AETH), Spyglass (SPYG), Cell Pathways (CLPA), 3Com (COMS), Palm (PALM), Genzyme Molecular Oncology (GZMO), Maxygen (MAXY), Phone.com (PHCM), Psion PLC (PSIOF), Ericsson (ERICY), and Nokia (NOK).
Strategy: "I make money by buying a basket or group of leaders in the revolutionary industries, and over time, selling the losers and keeping the winners. Thus, I am generally a long-term investor and hold my best stocks for a few years. For example, five years ago, when I began buying Internet companies, I owned America Online (AOL), Yahoo! (YHOO), Lycos (LCOS), Excite, Check Free Holdings (CKFR), and Infoseek. I kept AOL and YHOO and added CMGI (CMGI) and others, once it was obvious that they became the dominant Internet players. I sold all of my Internet stocks last year when it was evident that the Internet was no longer considered a revolutionary industry -- it had become an accepted part of the culture."
Favorite stocks: "More than 60% of my portfolio is in Computerized Thermal Imaging, a revolutionary alternative to the mammogram. COII has already started applying to the FDA for approval of their breast cancer diagnostic system. COII is up an astounding 2,000% since I loaded my portfolio with it seven months ago. COII will continue to increase in value once it is on the Nasdaq and has received FDA approval. It has all the elements of a revolutionary company -- it will help cure cancer using computers, software, and the Internet! Plus, we all know that women hate to have their breasts squished and x-rayed by a mammogram.
My next biggest holdings are Biomira, a cancer vaccine company; Be, Inc., a new operating system for Internet appliances; with Avax and Entremed, new therapies for cancer. Does this approach work? It is impossible to predict the future of my "revolution" stocks. However, my portfolio was up approximately 1,500% last year, and is up an incredible 230% since the beginning of the year.
Favorite Web sites: "I spend most of my time with my friends on the Raging Bull COII board. I also chat on Yahoo and Silicon Investor. I research stocks by using the Raging Links, and read TheStreet.com, Barron's Online, and occasionally the Wall Street Journal or Investor's Business Daily."
Me and My Bull: "Last week an investor came to Raging Bull and Silicon Investor inquiring about Computerized Thermal Imaging. He wrote an article about me and COII that appeared on the front page of the Los Angeles Times business section last week! It was funny to see my Raging Bull name, chirodoc, on the front page of a major national newspaper."
Philosophy: "I am very interested in music, and play blues and jazz saxophone, flute, and harmonica. I live with my lovely wife Neise and two wonderful teenage girls named Lianna and Janina in the rural town of Woodside (between San Jose and San Francisco). We are joined by two dogs, a cat, a cockatiel, and by the many deer, opossums, birds, and squirrels that live in our little rural enclave just minutes from the heart of Silicon Valley."
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