David Yang

Profile: David Yang got his BA in computer engineering from Beijing information Science&Technology University and then received his master degree in MIS from Beijing University of aeronautics and astronautics. He started his software development career at the Bank of China and then provided consulting services to different industries mainly in financial and retail. With over more than 15 years hands on experience in successful software development, David strongly believes that technology plays an active and powerful role in financial investments and significantly improves the return on investment.He developed leading software for banks and financial companies to analyze massive amounts of stock and mutual fund data using technical indicators and data models before he joined stocknod.com in 2008.

Investing Philosophy:
David Yang invests in a wide array of investments ranging from fairly traditional value stocks to more esoteric investments like distressed debt, liquidations, and foreign equities or bonds.  Yang doesn’t mind “doing nothing” on occasion depending on the pulse of the markets.  He is completely unperturbed by the idea of sitting on the sidelines holding cash whenever investment opportunities are scarce. In fact, in 2005 and 2006, nearly half of his portfolio was held in cash. Investing, he cautions, is more than just producing absolute returns. Too often investors focus on that one easy number “return” and ignore the risks incurred to generate that number.