Wrote a “poem” about investing while I was at our investors’ lake house last year.
If you missed the best lake in BC I wrote about last week, you can read it here:
https://ecresearchgroup.substack.com/p/summer-lake-fun
Haven’t had a chance to share.
I put quotation marks around “poem” because not every line rhymes.
That being said, I had fun writing it.
I’m enjoying the beautiful summer… finally after getting a bit of rain here in Alberta.
Hope you’re enjoying the summer too!
Wayne Gretzky’s most famous quote
“I skate to where the puck is going to be”
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It’s a simple catch phrase
Yet not so simple to do
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Investing is the same thing
Investing is about the future
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To see where the puck is going to be
To see where the market will be
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It’s both art and science
Science to look at the data, and art to go with the intuition
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The past doesn’t predict the future
The past does leave clues
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Studying all the data in the world doesn’t guarantee success
Because no one has a crystal ball
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That’s what makes investing interesting and challenging
And why it’s not so easy for most people to get it right
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It takes years to study the data
And years to develop the intuition
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When you get it, you get it
You ended up seeing what many don’t see
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Hearing what many don’t hear
And doing what many won’t do
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To swim to catch the next wave
And skate to where the puck is going to be
If you like my work, I invite you to share it with others.
Eric Chang
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
August 19, 2025
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