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Skaffold : Co-founder & General Manager
Chartered Financial Analyst
Insightful analysis of equity securities
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Skaffold


www.skaffold.com

Media and published articles


Advisers looking further than safe havens, Wealth Professional - 9 April 2014
Savvy advisers seeking value beyond miners and banks, Professional Planner - 7 April 2014
Floats and IPOs either sink or swim, Sydney Morning Herald, The Melbourne Age - 19 February 2014
Be choosy with pricey shares, analyst warns, The Australian Financial Review - 13 February 2014
Underperforming IPOs: 4 steps to avoid them, Wealth Professional - 28 January 2014
Quality beyond blue chip stocks, Morningstar - 21 November 2013
Skaffold stock research software encourages SMSF engagement, SMSF Advisor - 21 November 2013
Aussie investors look to overseas markets - 24 May 2013
Appetite for overseas markets still overshadows ASX, Money Management - 20 November 2013
Skaffold adds to investor-adviser relationship, IFA - 20 November 2013
How to build the worlds cheapest SMSF, AFR Smart Investor - 11 November 2013
SMSFs missing out on overseas performance, Financial Standard - 19 September 2013
SMSF trustees looking offshore, SMSF Essentials - 16 September 2013
SMSFs show appetite for direct overseas shares, Financial Standard - 16 September 2013
Top six stocks agreed by all, Wealth Professional - 16 September 2013
SMSF investors hungry for global equities research, Self Managed Super - 16 September 2013
How to spot a winner, Money magazine - June 2013
Advisers upping game on stock-picking, IFA - 22 April 2013
Skaffold General Manager's SMSF makes 100% from top stocks - 20 May 2013
Interview with Peter Switzer about global stocks - 17 April 2013
Webinar: How to hunt for yield stocks - 19 April 2013
Yield that has a future, Money magazine - December 2012
When to sell stocks, Money magazine - September 2012
Debt can be a drag, Money magazine - May 2012
A case study of Australia's Big 4 banks, Money magazine - March 2012

Read artiles from Chris' column Professional Planner column, Ask an Expert.
I want my rights! Or do I? - 8 September 2009
Bonds are back - 24 July 2009
How about a hybrid? - 11 May 2009
Has the time for contrarians arrived? - 20 March 2009


Interviews
Prof. Warwick McKibbin - Carbon Emissions Trading scheme - 4 August 2008

Brief Bio

Chris Batchelor CFA is a specialist in equtiy markets and securities. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst and has 20 years experience in financial markets.

In 2010 Chris and three colleagues founded Skaffold. Skaffold is an innovative stock research tool which makes the task of analysing and selecting stocks simple and fun. Chris was responsible for a lot of the financial theory and algorithms that underpin Skaffold and enable in-depth insight into all the stocks listed on the ASX and 2000 from around the globe. Chris is now the General Manager of Skaffold, leading a dynamic team of eight highly talented people in a fun and innovative business.

Previously Chris has been in education roles with Kaplan (and predecessors Finsia and SIA) where he developed content for the Masters of Applied Finance in the areas of investment analysis, valuation and investment management. He also ran his own consultancy firm and worked for a major fund manager.

His passion to help people resulted in a lot of Christian missionary work, including spending two years in Thailand. He is fluent in spoken and written Thai.

Organisations I support

C3 Church
Compassion
Peter Ainsworth Memorial Scholarship
Schizophrenia Research Institute
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