Dear students,
Before sharing the teacher’s message of this week, here comes the Chinese New Year greeting from our Dean of Students, Prof Ellis Fok, click here (clubhouse mode on 😂).
大家好，我是Edwin，好高興在上一年加入和聲大家庭。
我來自金融學系，平常有不少同學問關於投資的事，最近最多同學想知就是有關Gamestop的分析。但Gamestop事件比較復雜，牽涉到價值投資，沽空機構，挾淡倉，甚至意識型態上的爭議。很難在這裡一一解釋，那不如我答另一個同學有興趣的問題—現在最得投資的是什麼呢？
虛擬貨幣,電動汽車股,還是新股？這些都可能是好投資。但我認為對同學們來說,最值得的投資就是你自己。人生奮鬥可以改變自己未來的時間有限，大學這幾年，絕對是最關鍵。把資源和時間放多點在學習新知識，擴闊視野，建立人脈，和嘗試踏出舒適區。把自己裝備好，到機會來臨時好好把握，對人一生的回報絕對要比股票投資高很多。
和大家分享自己一個經歷，很多年前剛畢業在找工作時，突然收到一個大學時期的同學電話（那時還沒WhatsApp，可想而知有多久前）。心想，以前好像和他沒有兩句，難道他要派請帖還是問我對投資計劃有沒有興趣。幸好，在我開口前，他跟著就說，在朋友口中聽到我在找工作，所以就打算問我有沒有興趣到他的公司工作。我當時很開心，但也有點錯愕，問他，你為什麼找我呢？他說雖然我們在大學時沒有說過話,，我們很多科目也有一起上，那個像妙麗一樣不斷舉手答教授問題的我，他早就認識。
人生就像投資，將來的果，就來自今天起一點一滴的努力。當然享受大學生活也是很重要，相信大家好快學會如何work hard play hard，就讓自己在這幾年變成像Tesla一樣的增長股！
Hello everyone, my name is Edwin and I am happy to join the Woo Sing family last year.
I come from the Business School, and the most-asked questions from my students are usually about investment. Recently, the hottest topic is the analysis of GameStop. But the GameStop is a complicated incident that involves value investment, short-seller, short-squeeze, and even the controversy on the ideology. It is difficult to explain one by one here. Thus, I think It is better for me to answer another most-asked question from the students – what should one invest now?
Cryptocurrencies, stocks of electric car companies, or initial public offering (IPO)? While these may all be good investments, I guess the most worthwhile investment for our students is to invest in yourself. There is a time window when one can determine one’s own future, and I would say the few years in university would be the most critical. Allocate the resources and time on acquiring new knowledge, broaden your exposures, build connections, and try to step out of your comfort zone. Equip yourself and grab the opportunity when it comes. The rewards in life enrichment are definitely better than stock investment.
I would like to share with you an experience. When I was looking for a job after graduating many years ago, I suddenly received a call from a classmate (there was no WhatsApp at that time, so you can imagine it was a long time ago). It was a surprise to receive his call because we were not that close. I was guessing if he wanted to send me an invitation to his wedding or to convince me to make an investment. Fortunately, before I spoke, he said that he knew I was looking for a job, so he planned to ask if I was interested in joining his company. I was very happy, but at the same time quite shocked about the invitation, so I asked him, Why me? He said that he has known me because we took many courses together and I was the one who was answering the professors’ questions like Hermione in Harry Potter, although we haven’t actually spoken to each other.
Life is like making an investment. A little input from each day will add up and shape our future. While enjoying U-life is also important, I believe you will learn to “work hard and play hard”, so that you can become a growing stock like Tesla (TSLA) in the years to come.
About Dr MOK:
Lecturer of Department Finance, joined Lee Woo Sing College in 2019. He is interested in corporate finance, empirical asset pricing and IPO markets. If you would like to know more about Dr Mok, please visit https://www.bschool.cuhk.edu.hk/staff/mok-edwin-k-m/.
Wish you a healthy and prosperous Year of Ox!