Hi, my name is Danielle Bell, and I’ve been investing in my personal accounts since college. I remember my first big “play”; It was only $2,000, but that was right after the coronavirus shutdown happened and the market tanked. I used a Robinhood account in which I had to search for companies according to three criteria that I thought made sense: 1. They had the biggest declines after the shutdown, 2. They were growing beforehand, and 3. They had high caps. In this way, I was able to find many well-managed companies that were severely affected by the lockdown, but were unlikely to go completely bankrupt before recovering. I was able to make about $1,000, or 50%, in only about 6 months. That’s what really got me into value investing. Since then, I have been an active investor. I’ve lived in Texas for nearly five years, and in my personal finance life, I started looking for opportunities to invest on a medium scale in Central African countries, especially Rwanda, but also Burundi, Kenya, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, etc. Aside from this, I’m excited to contribute to the Seeking Alpha community!
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