Book of Wise Investors

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“We believe that according the name investors to institutions that trade actively is like calling someone who repeatedly engages in one-night stands a romantic.”

Perhaps to some older generations, investing = gambling for them. That’s what you learn from in Hollywood anyway, looking at bickering screens of stock prices and talking to some people on phones at the same time. It is a mistake and a tragedy to assume that investing in stocks or any other things is equated to…

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Since investment is such a critical part towards achieving financial freedom for most of us, and mutual funds is one common vehicle for that, one does need to know what is contained inside the portfolio of fund. Think about it, do you buy a new house for primary residence simply by looking at it from the outside. You won’t, simply because a house represents significant financial commitments, with mortgages that stretches to more than 20 years for most, I don’t think anyone will anyhow buy without looking at every single thing inside.

The same goes for investing in mutual funds,…

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When it comes to investing for greater returns for ten years down the road, dollar cost averaging every single month of the year regardless of the prices of the stock market is not a very wise choice, especially since prices of equities always swings like a pendulum. While we all cannot determine the top and the bottom, we can at least know where the general top and bottom areas lie.

Be it enter the stock market through direct stock ownerships, actively managed mutual funds or passively managed index funds, it will be wise to at least know how to detect…

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With an increasing educated population, particularly in personal finance and investing area, people are more likely to take charge of their financial affairs themselves rather than leave everything and blindly listen to financial advisers. As exchange traded funds is one essential investment vehicle for the masses, there is a need to provide a good introduction on it.

This blog post will touch on this type of product from several different aspects, including costs, size of markets that ETFs tracked, trading details, and tax considerations.

Exchange traded funds is without doubt, a very cost effective tool for constructing a…

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Most of us are either working for or own businesses. It doesn’t matter, be it employees or employers (business owners), we still need to increase the profitability of the businesses. In simple words, more profits simply mean generate more revenue than expenses.

We always heard that productivity is important if employee wants to do well in his career and companies want to do well in their businesses. To use an engineering perspective to explain productivity – amount of work done per unit time. I know it should be called power in physics and engineering. As you can see, the more…

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There is more we can do for a fulfilling life, and increase our bank accounts values along the way.

Another year has passed; do you lament at another forgettable year or feel satisfied at a life well live?

End of a year is a good time to review your investment performance and career progressions. For students, other than checking examinations results, read widely, doing self reflection and learning about managing own personal finances now is equally important.

No one knows what 2010 holds, maybe new world order? But there ways to make it less than ordinary and an unforgettable year.…

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