Accampo, Paul W.

DURING a thirty-year career in marketing and sales at Hewlett-Packard, Paul Accampo pursued a passion for investing, reading over fifty books and countless articles. Making his first stock purchases in the 1970's, he immediately learned flexibility, when investors at the time cast off stocks for gold, real estate and certificates of deposit. He and two close friends tried and discarded many investing ideas, growing their portfolios over two decades, while learning to avoid major damage from events like the Crash of '87.

Paul's extensive travel precluded managing a large stock portfolio. Hav...