Steve Clapham, Founder of Behind the Balance Sheet, how to pick stocks like a hedge fund pro, Investing Matters Podcast - Episode 29

Investing Matters

Welcome to this brand-new investing podcast from the London South East. My name is Peter Higgins, you can find me on Twitter @conkers3 and I will be your host for this series of Investing Matters podcasts.

What can you expect from the Investing Matters podcasts? A great question. You will find long form interviews with noteworthy veterans and experts from the investment and fund management industry. During these interviews each interviewee will share and impart their knowledge, learning and insights on what aspects of Investing truly matters to them and what in their view should matter to investors. We hope this knowledge exchange benefits all and enables all those accessing and listening to these podcasts to achieve even greater investing success.

With that in mind, welcome to episode twenty-nine, which is with the hugely talented Steve Clapham. Steve, is a globally recognised forensic accounting expert, author of the Amazon no.1 bestseller book, The Smart Money Method: How to pick stocks like a hedge fund pro and the founder of Behind the Balance Sheet, an investor training and research consultancy. That trains global institutional equity investment professionals and private investors.

Steve trained as an accountant, started out in stockbroking, now he has over 25 years investment analyst experience including time as a partner, head of research at two multi billion dollar hedge funds. Among his many investment industry related activities, Steve is also an equity analyst at Hardman & Co. Where he was part of the group of investors that acquired Hardman & Co in late 2012. He holds a degree in Technology and Business Studies. He also a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland.

Because of his globally recognised forensic accounting expertise, Steve is regularly featured in the press, including the Financial Times, the Times, Sunday Times and City AM as well as on the Today programme on BBC Radio 4. Steve also produces his own podcast: The Smart Money Method.

Steve is passionate about helping every investor understand how to invest in equities and in this Investing Matters. He conveys: his investment industry journey, privatisation work, looking at new industries that had not previously been listed on the stock market, the essence of gearing, misconceptions of Hedge Funds, Long & Short side of the Hedge Fund book, aspects of Behind the Balance sheet courses and services, we discuss aspects of his book, "The Smart Money Method: How to pick stocks like a hedge fund pro", his 3 pronged investing checklist list, the importance of the "Collection cycle", the psychology of investing, "it is the end of the Ice Age", where can you find stock ideas, the importance of margins, how to spot red flags, his long-term investing exposure to Indian equities and much more.

We hope you enjoy this podcast, and we look forward to hearing your feedback.

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