Liquid Millionaire - isaco

Stephen Sutherland
• Undeterred due to my conviction that something big was about
to happen, I moved to Plan B which was to raise cash by equity
releasing money from our home.
• Because of my absolute certainty and belief in my abilities, I
decided to bet the ranch. Th is was also based on my concrete
belief that we had just entered a brand new bull market. After
all, highly successful stock investor and philanthropist George
Soros did once say: “If your investment is going well, follow your
instincts and go with all you’ve got.”
• Th e money I was using to trade with belonged to a joint account.
And so I had to convince my brother Paul that it would be a
sound idea to release close to quarter of a million pounds from
our home. Paul backed me all the way.
• In May 2003, I took the money from the equity release and wired
it to my trading account. Th is amounted to $416,472.90.
• I was right about my prediction that a new bull market had
begun. 41 My decision to raise the money and get it into the
market started to pay off .
• Early on in the bull run, I latched onto three beauties which I
later named “ Th e Th ree Amigos.” Th ey were three white hot
Chinese internet stocks with stock ticker symbols SINA, NTES
and SOHU.
• My formula for picking the best stocks was right on the money.
Th ese 3 companies turned out to be probably the 3 biggest
winning stocks of the 2003-2007 bull market. SINA made a
gain of 4753% in 27 months, 42 SOHU jumped 8246% in 27
months 43 and NTES surged 13746%, again over a 27 month
period. 44
• By investing heavily into these stocks and using leverage from
Ameritrade and day trading buying power (even more leverage),
it helped me to control over $2 million worth of stock.
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