Bradford Woods has been investing and trading in various financial instruments across both domestic and international markets for some forty years. This has included real estate, equities, options on futures, and share option strategies. Brad holds a bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Sydney, Australia, and a Master of Engineering Science degree from the University of New South Wales, Australia. He has also undertaken many short courses in trading, investing, and finance, including completion of an MBA unit, Management Accounting from Macquarie Graduate School of Management (MGSM), Australia. Brad has had a varied career traversing several industry sectors including downstream oil & gas, mining and minerals processing, engineering & environmental consulting, asset-based finance, and business consulting. He is widely read and practiced in structuring and trading stock option strategies, stock investment, portfolio management, and technical and fundamental analysis. Brad's methodical approach to investing is inspired by and based on the teachings of Warren Buffett and Ben Graham. His step-by-step filtering process involves researching and understanding businesses, conducting extensive fundamental analysis, categorising, valuing, shortlisting, then when the time is right, investing in quality companies at a discount to intrinsic value. Brad is retired and lives in Sydney, Australia. Much of his time is dedicated to researching, analysing, and investing in quality companies. He has three wonderful adult children. When he is not investing, he enjoys travelling, playing keyboard, swimming, walking, golf, and modern jive dancing.