Personal Message by Founder
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I have a Bachelor’s degree in finance from University of Florida and an MBA degree with focus in finance from the University of Tampa and I learned little about the strategies of top investors in the classes I took. I graduated with honors from both universities but that did not stop me from losing money when I invested in the stock market
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So why TIVLU?
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It all started with a challenge and the fact that I am enthusiast about investing and innovation, specifically automation. I did my research and found out that some websites may show portions of the top investors’ information and then charge you for the rest of the information. I did not want to pay a couple of hundred dollars for information that is publicly available. It also intrigues me how many websites sent you emails or advertise stating that they can reveal a great secret and tell you what the top stock picks of super investors such as Warren Buffett are. Well, the truth is that this is not top secret and is publicly available information submitted through the SEC (Security Exchange Commission). You can do your own research at the SEC website www.sec.gov . The problem is that SEC filings are not in the most user friendly format.
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I started TIVLU with the idea to make the top investor data in a more readable and user friendly format for free. When I found out about what other companies charge for this type of financial information, I decided to take on the challenge and automate the process of parsing SEC investment data from text and XML files to more user friendly spreadsheets.
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Daniel Totev, Founder
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