Wayne Gretzky Would Have Been a Great Investor As Well

Wayne Gretzky Would Have Been a Great Investor As Well by Felix Narhi, CFA, Pender

“Skate to where the puck is going, not to where it has been” – Wayne Gretzky

Despite the Edmonton Oilers of the 1980’s being a dynastic team, loaded with superb talent, we could not help but be reminded how Wayne Gretzky was by far the best player on his team, and of his dominance of that hockey era. Studying “the best of the best” has always struck us a sensible path to potential self-improvement. We thought we would ponder how Wayne might have fared had he applied some of the methods that helped him become “The Great One” in hockey to investing instead.

When he...