Payback Time23 Nov 2022

S02E53 - Ivan Zhang - From High-Risk to Low-Risk Investing

Ivan Zhang

Options, Forex, Stocks, Crypto, and Startups. This episode covers it all. My next guest was a professional portfolio manager for most of his career before starting a blockchain company and an investing platform that helps investors earn consistent returns ranging between 4% and 6% per year. In this episode, we talk about his background, biggest losses, biggest gains, and how he’s building a company that allows investors to earn returns with crypto safely. Please welcome Ivan Zhang.

Key Timecodes

(01:03) - Show intro and background history
(02:34) - When did he personally start to invest in the stock market?
(03:42) - His investing strategy and challenges
(05:23) - When did he transition to more safe strategies?
(07:46) - What does he look for when investing in individual stocks?
(10:21) - A quick 4M analysis of his preferred factors looking for individual businesses
(12:17) - Deeper into his strategy using options to create residual streams
(14:22) - How many stocks does he currently hold in his portfolio?
(15:56) - When was his last investment?
(17:10) - What percentage of his income does he invest in the stock market?
(17:42) - Deeper into his returns in the last years
(20:35) - What is his biggest investing mistake?
(22:18) - What is his biggest investing win?
(25:22) - Understanding his company's business model
(29:08) - How does the mobile app work?
(29:25) - Any restriction only to accredited investors in the US?
(30:20) - What are the individual assets behind the scenes?
(31:15) - Is there any algorithm running the platform?
(31:39) - What is the minimum investment amount to get in?
(32:13) - What are the returns on that platform model?
(32:59) - How long has the platform been around?
(33:23) - How big is his team?
(33:27) - And how is the business funded?
(33:43) - How does the platform generate revenue for the company?
(38:23) - The worst business or investment advice he ever received
(39:42) - The best business or investment advice he ever received
(38:34) - How long did he validate his ideas before starting a project?
(41:02) - Guest contacts

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