Malcolm Kleu

Mechanical engineer and investing experience contributor

Malcolm Kleu is a degree-qualified mechanical engineer whose contribution to The Lightbulb Moment draws on work in transport and manufacturing. He describes studying in South Africa, working in locomotive maintenance and later holding engineering and maintenance responsibilities in Australia and New Zealand.

His biography includes project management, design, cost estimating, programming and maintenance strategy. It also describes involvement in a fig and olive farm business. These practical and analytical interests form the background to his later study of financial markets.

Trade With Confidence recounts the losses Malcolm experienced while managing investments during the global financial crisis. He discusses the research and learning that followed, including an interest in technical analysis and the development of educational material.

Malcolm's contribution presents an engineer's personal investing experience, including mistakes and the time required to learn. The chapter acknowledges trading risk. His engineering qualifications and account of study do not establish that a trading method will produce returns for another person.