Cayden Chang: Value Investing Simplified

Talking Billions with Bogumil Baranowski

Cayden Chang is a Singapore-based Value Investor with over 20 years of experience; he says that he spent a third of it making all the foolish mistakes that anyone has ever made and the other 2/3 building a family investment fund. He is the founder of the Value Investing Academy, where he hosts guest speakers, among them Lauren Templeton and Todd Finkle, both of whom have been earlier guests on Talking Billions. Cayden also built an endowment fund with Singapore Management University (SMU) to give away the returns to students who are financially challenged. He is a Campaign Ambassador With National Cancer Centre of Singapore to help raise $150 million for the next 5 years. Cayden is the author of 4 books: (a) “Do You Have What It Takes to be Boss?” - all sales proceeds were donated to The Straits Times School Pocket Money Fund (b) “The Book of Hope by Cayden Chang” - all royalties were donated to Singapore Cord Blood Bank & National Cancer Centre of Singapore (c) “Beginner’s Guide to Investing” (in Japanese); books were launched in the largest bookstore chain in Japan, Tsutaya - all royalties were donated to Children Cancer Association of Japan (d) “Value Investing Simplified,” with a foreword written by Ms. Lauren C. Templeton —- it’s a delightful read; we talk about it in our conversation. Been featured in more than 30 different media in total in Singapore 🇸🇬, Hong Kong 🇭🇰, Japan 🇯🇵, Cambodia 🇰🇭 and Malaysia 🇲🇾 Honouree of Lifelong Learners Award 2008 by Minister of Manpower, Mr Gan Kim Yong Honouree of Personal Brand Award (Value Investing) 2017 by Marketing Institute of Singapore Today, Cayden shares a very intimate family story with me that sheds more light on his true passion, not just for investing and value investing but, most of all, teaching others about investing. We talk about his early investment, and his experience of starting and running the famous Value Investing Academy. Cayden makes a very compelling case in favor of owning businesses and explains how it is one of the best ways to become wealthy. Stay tuned until the end, when we talk about investing myths, value investors and technology, and so much more. Cayden is yet another Singapore-based Talking Billions guest — I spoke earlier with a good friend, Eugene Ng, the author of Vision Investing and the founder of Vision Capital. Eugene has been very generous with his advice and feedback on a few occasions, and we had a chance to meet and chat in Omaha as well. Chloe Lin is based in Singapore, and she was a guest on Talking Billions with Mary Buffett. Also, I’m about to record with Thomas Chua from Steady Compounding… what’s your secret Singapore? NEVER INVESTMENT ADVICE.