Ali Khan has been an avid market investor for over ten years. His focus has been in value oriented positions which provide long term security coupled with below average risk. Ali spends his time researching the portfolios and principals of value investing - Benjamin Graham, Warren Buffet, and Philip Fisher. He recently began writing about his investment and entrepreneurial successes and failures at http://www.investmentplayground.net (http://www.investmentplayground.net), and is working to build a sizable readership of the blog by providing quality and timely posts. His professional experience ranges from direct investment and stock analysis, private equity, real estate, and business execution and strategy. Ali is a graduate of the University of Connecticut in economics and finance, and is currently undergoing his MBA at the same institution. When not investing, he spends his time volunteering at local nonprofit religious institutions, helping raise awareness of the Islamic faith in a positive light.