Being a fan of kungfu movies, especially the profound interlinking of blocks and punches unique to Wing Chun, the obvious movie of choice for me during this period of time will be Ip Man 2 and not really Iron Man 2, though I would recommend most to simply watch both. With the relatively good plot, theme music and fighting scenes of Ip Man 1, there was much anticipation to the sequel of the first Ip Man movie.
There is a Chinese saying of life experiences reflect movie stories and movie stories reflect life experiences, (人生如戏，戏如人生), it is due to the…
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We buy physical properties, as well as other investment vehicles like stocks, for the purpose of earning a return much higher than inflation 5 years or more down the road. As we defer consumption for the purpose of having something to live on when the day comes that we cannot physically work, or simply don’t want to spend our life working for money, there is a need to do more due diligence when it comes to substantial financial investments like in the case of real estate.
Economics 101 tells you that when there are too much money running after too…
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There is no doubt that when it comes to long term investing, of at least 5 years or more, value investing is the best investment strategy when it comes to stocks. What most people don’t know is that when it comes to physical properties, value investing, invented by Benjamin Graham, perfected by Warren Buffett, is also the best strategy, at least in my opinion.
The distinctive key of value investing lies in it using multiple benchmarks when deciding on the value of an asset, instead of subscribing to modern finance theory of prices of asset already reflect the value of…
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