More of a sensible, real life situation blog, it outlines my financial adventure through all aspects. Not so technical, much more practical, they are a young professional's journey to a dream.
The thing about investing, or in fact spending money in general, is that 90% of people don't really do something called BUDGETING.
Or, to be more precise, they don't budget an amount for investing. For investing, budgeting includes risk, money, and time.
I will show you what you should do, in order to balance out the investment part of your life, to get success in the future!
First thing a possible investor needs to understand is that markets can go down as well as up. Generally though, most people want markets to go up!
Remember that the market is a psychological thing, and since most people want the market to go up, then generally, it will go up!
The thing is, in the process of going up, downs will occur.
For an investor looking for security and growth, the only way to do that without significant investment in time is something calledSMOOTHING.
This means that even if markets are down...wait,ESPECIALLY if markets are down, you invest as well, hoping to ride the wave when it goes back up again.
Ok, so in order to do that, you will need to apportion a % of your monthly income for investment, forever!!
Well, don't worry, because the ultimate goal is that one day your investment will run itself, generating enough income for you to have financial freedom!
You will need to budget off an amount that you can afford to not touch from your income. generally, 10% is a good starting point. the amount you budget should be small enough that you don't miss it.
Financial products like unit trusts take a minimum investment of RM100 per month, which is quite a small amount.
Of course, there is slightly more to learn than just budgeting, but it is a start, that no matter what, you will not touch the money that you have invested, until it is time for you to touch the money, to achieve your financial dreams.
in a period of recession, you might want to invest even more, to take advantage of low prices!
Remember that if you sell off your investments during a recession (here i'm talking about long term investors) you will essentially be feeding the big fish...why let them take profit from your loss?
This book is the result of the author's many years of experience and observation throughout his 26 years in the stockbroking industry. It was written for general public to learn to invest based on facts and not on fantasies or hearsay....