Jonathan Hobbs

Jonathan Hobbs has been actively involved in the investment industry for the past 15 years. He graduated in Finance and Economics from the University of Cape Town, South Africa in 2006, and he holds the Chartered Financial Analyst ® designation. Jonathan has worked at Morgan Stanley, HSBC, and M&G Investments, where he specialised in valuing complex assets. His articles and market commentary have featured in Cointelegraph, ETF Strategy, and the London City AM. In 2017, Jonathan left his work in the city to become a full-time entrepreneur, author, and investor. It was then that he founded the Stopsaving.com investment education blog and wrote his first book, 'Stop Saving Start Investing: Ten Simple Rules for Effectively Investing in Funds'. In July that year, Jonathan became fascinated by bitcoin and digital assets. So much so, that by April 2018, he had already written his second book, 'The Crypto Portfolio: a Commonsense Approach to Cryptocurrency Investing'. This led him to consult on the investment strategy for digital asset hedge fund Ecstatus Capital in 2018, before serving as the firm’s chief investment officer for a time. He now independently advises financial institutions on the various nuances of digital asset investing, and has just finished his third book: 'Digital Assets: Your Guide to Investing and Trading in the New Crypto Market'. Jonathan strongly believes that nobody can predict the future of financial markets. For this reason, he simplifies his approach to investing with basic investment rules and strategies that work well over time. In his personal portfolio, he invests in stocks, bonds, mutual funds, start-up companies, gold, silver, and (of course) crypto. He lives in London with his wife and son.