Klein: Long-Term Investing Requires Making Sound Short-Term Decisions
Aaron Klein · 728: With $24m Raised, Why is He Buildling FinTech On Back of Advisors? · Jul 22, 2017 · at 3:05
Aaron Klein, co-founder and CEO of Riskalyze, discusses the behavioral investing philosophy behind the company's risk profiling framework.
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“Somewhat counterintuitively, the only way to become a long-term investor is to make a bunch of really great short-term decisions along the way.”
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