Eugene Ng – Keep Playing the Long-Term Game of Investing

<p><strong>BIO: </strong>Eugene Ng is the Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Vision Capital &amp; Vision Capital Ventures. He is also the author of the Amazon best-selling book <em>Vision Investing: How We Beat Wall Street &amp; You Can, Too!</em></p><p><strong>STORY:</strong> Eugene invested in a three-day course in a bid to accelerate investment learning. The course involved playing a simulated stock investment game. Eugene lost in the early stages of the game due to overconfidence.</p><p><strong>LEARNING:</strong> It’s okay to make a mistake. Keep playing the long-term game of investing.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><blockquote class="ql-align-center"><strong>“If you want to invest long term, avoid playing Russian roulette. You don’t want to be a hero and then end up in a cemetery sooner or later.”</strong></blockquote><blockquote class="ql-align-center">Eugene Ng</blockquote><p>&nbsp;</p><h2>Guest profile</h2><p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/eugene-ng-visioncapital/?originalSubdomain=sg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Eugene Ng</strong></a> is the Founder and Chief Investment Officer of <a href="https://visioncapital.group/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Vision Capital &amp; Vision Capital Ventures</a>. He is also the author of the Amazon best-selling book <a href="https://amzn.to/4223ju7" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Vision Investing: How We Beat Wall Street &amp; You Can, Too</em>!</a> He also teaches investing once a year to educate new investors and to give back.</p><p>Born and raised in Singapore, Eugene studied economics and finance and received his Summa Cum Laude from the Singapore Management University in 2008.</p><p>Eugene’s career in finance spans over 11 years. His career started in 2008, joining Citi as a Management Associate for 3 years. Subsequently, he was with J.P. Morgan providing FX and Interest Rates sales &amp; advisory for corporates for over 8 years, where he was a Vice-President.</p><h2>Worst investment ever</h2><p>Eugene had a near-death