This blog is authored by an old multi-bagger blue chips stock picker uncle from HDB heartland!
"The market is not your mother. It consists of tough men and women who look for ways to take money away from you instead of pouring milk into your mouth." - Dr. Alexander Elder
"For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them." - Aristotle
It is here where I share with you how I did it!
FREE Education in stock market wisdom.
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CW,
ReplyDeleteLOL!
You really typical kiasu Singaporean!
Other people have, you also want to have also!
To the extent of "inventing" your own definition again ;)
Want to copy?
Don't copy nouns; copy adjectives.
Profitable, money making, successful, consistent; etc.
Now that's sexy!
Another way is to count in money ;)
My leveraged yield 8%!!! How much in money? $50,000!
Your unlevered yield only 2%? So sad... Oh! Idiot! In money its $200,000!!!
Who's your daddy now?
Ha ha!
Hoho ... before a person takes risk ... should answer whether there is a need, ability, & willingness.
ReplyDeleteIf any 1 of the above 3 is a "no" then shouldn't take the risk.
Uncle8888 ... surely there is no need for you to leverage lah, kekeke!
The basic questions also apply to other risky endeavours & also plain vanilla investing in common ETFs or investment-grade bonds.
That's why for many people who are in professions with above average incomes, they don't see the necessity (need) to invest traditionally in stocks & have no inclination (willingness) to bother reading or learning about it (ability).
Just normal prudent savings can allow them more than enough retirement savings, and if they want to preserve their wealth for future generations, they rather go into properties which may be easier for them to understand & that can appreciate by inflation rate in a mature economy.
Those more adventurous will rather leverage on their profession expertise & open a business.
CW,
DeleteYour reader Spur power or what!?
I couldn't have said it better myself ;)
Powerful Spur!
DeleteHuh ... no lah ... this was something I read during the dot.com bust days ... before SARS.
DeleteDidn't appreciate it myself until after 2008-2009 LOL!!
From anecdotal observations of friends, family & colleagues over past 16 years, most people tend to overestimate their "ability" and "willingness" especially during bull times ... oh they're willing all right ... until they start experiencing pain & bad stuff!! Hohoho!!
And bull runs are at their strongest in the final 2 years of a cyclical trend! ;)
Problem is no one can foretell whether we're in the last 2 yrs or not ... beginning? middle? ending?? Are we there yet?? Kekeke!!
Prepare ... prepare ... prepare!!