We analyse Grant Watson, joint manager, Old Mutual Alpha Fund, Old Mutual Investment Group If someone came to you tomorrow with R100m to invest in just one company, which would it be? Advtech I’m an investor, not a speculator, so I would invest the R100m into the Old Mutual Managed Alpha Equity Fund. Which talent would you most like to possess? The ability to read other people’s minds. What was your first job? My first formal job was trading currency derivatives. What’s your biggest regret? II don’t have regrets. We can’t change the past., we We can, however, learn from our experience and the experience of others. Apple or Samsung (or Nokia)? Samsung. What was is the worst investment mistake you have made? My worst investment mistake was to confuse Selling a few properties on the Atlantic seaboard sea board too soon. What’s the best investment you’ve ever made? Buying property on the Atlantic seaboard Sea Board in the late 1990’s. If you found a lottery ticket tomorrow that had won ...
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