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Good financial planning is making choices that allow you to live the best possible life for yourself – both now, and in the future. I
Our clients and friends who have attended our Asset Allocation Seminar would remember our advocacy for equities (between bond, equities, precious metals, real estate & cash) as the preferred asset class since almost 2years back..
Despite having a long term preference over certain asset class, it is important to understand that patience and Continue reading News that caught my eyes: resale & rental prices of non-landed private homes
Some have the time, but no patience.
Some may have the patience, but no time to realise it.
I recently read an interesting article on how Self Employed are not saving enough for Retirement and it got me thinking about the self-employed in Singapore. Well, mainly because I am a self-employed myself and because many of my clients are business owners. The conclusion I came to?
But first off, here are some key points from the survey:
This is one of my favorite concepts in life. It is actually Warren Buffett’s belief towards investing – to only pick and analyze companies which he understands. To focus investors on areas that they have an edge in. This is his way to win.
Personally, I also believe that this applies to life – that if we focus our effort and commit to one area, we will become highly successful in it and that we will win in life, too. I am also in the midst of building my career in this one singular area so I cannot say for sure that it WILL definitely work.. But based on the many successful individuals, I believe it to be true.
this recent article I came across on Business Insider illustrates this really well:
“If you want to be the best tennis player in the world, you may start out trying and soon find out that it’s hopeless — that other people blow right by you. However, if you want to become the best plumbing contractor in Bemidji, that is probably doable by two-thirds of you. It takes a will. It takes the intelligence. But after a while, you’d gradually know all about the plumbing business in Bemidji and master the art. That is an attainable objective, given enough discipline. And people who could never win a chess tournament or stand in center court in a respectable tennis tournament can rise quite high in life by slowly developing a circle of competence — which results partly from what they were born with and partly from what they slowly develop through work.”
Recently, I met with quite a few people who have a keen interest to start their own business but whom have put off their aspirations because of their lack of capital. As a result, they also do not build on their competency, which is a HUGE waste… because out there, there are people whose ‘edge’ is that they are rich and they are willing to invest. Food for thought for all of us? To build a circle of competence, regardless .
It’s life. In retrospect, everything makes sense. But looking forward, there are always two sides to the story..
“U.S. quantitative easing will be reduced eventually, but that won’t have much of a negative impact because it happens on the back of the strong economic recovery,” said Gentoku Kiyokawa, Tokyo-based head of the Japanese investment management department at BNP Paribas. “Japanese stocks will keep climbing toward their May high and pass that level by the end of this year.”
Prices for Japanese equities already reflect the U.S. economic recovery and Yellen’s support for longer stimulus, leaving them vulnerable to declines, said Goya Nakao, a senior investment manager at Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Asset.
There will always be varying views and making investment decision under such a climate isn’t easy. (And that’s even before the the stock/fund selection consideration)
But in the end, maybe it’s the discipline in actually making the investment decision that makes the difference. The choice of action.
Source: washpost.bloomberg.com/Story?docId=1376-MWAM5F6JTSEA01-3T009A07I7B88BJNPQPOI9JO7S
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