Investment Strategies for Young Professionals in China, with author Andrew Stotz

Do you manage your own portfolio? Or are you just getting started with investments and want a place to start?

Please join us June 2 to hear visiting author, professor and financial expert Andrew Stotz, as he helps us understand investment principles for China-based young professionals.

While everyone can see that China's stock markets are on a roll, what should your long-term investment strategy be? Financial planning doesn't have to be hard or complicated if you follow some simple rules. Andrew's 12 principles for investing will help you manage your own money, for life.

Andrew will also share his impressions of stock markets in Asia, and his thoughts about investing in China, so whether you are investing here or abroad there will be something for everybody at this great event.

Based in Thailand, Andrew has built several companies in his two decades of experience. He is a successful stock analyst and researcher, a university lecturer, and he is even a coffee wholesaling co-founder and CFO. Don't miss this opportunity to hear a visiting guest speaker!

Agenda:

6:30 - Doors open

7:00 - Networking, appetizers and pre-event activities

7:30 - Introduction of event

7:35 - 8:30 - Presentation

8:30 - 9:00 - Q&A and group discussion

9:00 - 9:10 - Final remarks, upcoming events and lucky draw

9:10 - 9:30 - Networking

10:00 - Venue close

Date:

June 2 (Tuesday)

Venue:

The Book Room, 393 Weihai Road near Shimen No. 1 Road (Close to the Puxi Four Seasons, and walking distance from Nanjing West Road Station Line 2)

威海路393号，靠近石门一路(近浦西四季大酒店，二号线南京西路站）

Baidu Map Link: http://j.map.baidu.com/rtiu3

(See Google Map image below)

Charge:

100 RMB per person, including coffee, appetizers and desserts.

About the Speaker

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Andrew Stotz is an award-winning stock market analyst with twenty years of experience at various investment banks. He is the CEO of A. Stotz Investment Research, an independent research firm. The firm helps companies improve their financial performance; and helps individuals and institutions build wealth through stock selection and portfolio management. He has been a university lecturer in finance his whole career, and is a PhD (finance) candidate at the University of Science and Technology of China. He is a co-founder of CoffeeWORKS Co. Ltd., a leading specialty coffee roaster, and Jcademy.com, an innovative online learning platform. Andrew has authored two books: You Won’t Get Rich in the Stock Market… Until You Change the Way You Think about It and Transform your Business with Dr. Deming’s 14 Points. He currently serves as the President of CFA Society Thailand and has been a Chartered Financial Analyst since 2001. He is an infectiously positive person, an avid yoga student, cyclist, and wellness aficionado.

Find out more about or contact Andrew:

Website: andrewstotz.com

Linkedin : linkedin.com/in/andrewstotz

WeChat: AndrewStotz

More about Andrew's Upcoming Book

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Would you like to become financially independent? Do you want to take control over your own finances but don’t know how? What if you could achieve this without any prior financial knowledge and with just a few hours of reading?

In this book, Stotz takes his lifelong experience about investing and distills it down to 12 easy-to-understand investment principles. Through extensive research that Stotz has conducted over the years and the research of other distinguished professionals, he debunks many of the myths surrounding investing. You will be ready to go with your own financial plan as soon as you put the book down and you will have a unique advantage by having changed the way you think about investing.
Read more about the book and find out when it is released here:

http://andrewstotz.com/ywgr/

About the venue:

The Book Room is a restaurant cafe in the center of downtown Shanghai, just outside People's Square across from the Shanghai Media Group buildings and near the Four Seasons hotel on Weihai Road. The Book Room offers delicious food and beverages seven days a week and has a large meeting room on the 2nd floor available for rent.

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More information:

Address: 393/399 Weihai Road, near Shimen No. 1 Road

WeChat ID: TheBookRoomCafe

Map:

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Dianping: http://www.dianping.com/shop/20877096

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Frequently Asked Questions:

Is there any charge for this meetup?

Yes, there is a 100 RMB cash charge per person. This fee includes coffee and snacks for guests, and you will have a chance to win a prize in the lucky draw.

Is it okay to arrive late or early?

RSVP sign-in begins at 6:30 p.m. and food and beverages are served by 7 p.m. We usually start at 7:30 and the meetup has been scheduled at that time to allow people to finish work and get to the venue, which is in central Shanghai. Based on RSVPs, we will start officially when all of the attendees have arrived or punctually at 7:30, whichever is earlier. Please try to get there before 7:30 p.m. for networking and to reserve a seat. Once full the venue will not allow additional attendees, no matter the time. The organizer will be there from 6:30.

This event is also on Shanghai Forum Meetup, do I need to register twice?

No, you only need to register once. The founder of Shanghai Forum, Jason Inch, is managing both groups. Please register wherever is most convenient for you.