Book of Wise Investors

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.…

“Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.”

This verse is by the Sage of Omaha but is actually similar in words and meanings to an old Chinese saying.

Advances in science and engineering depend very much on concepts and knowledge generated by previous pioneers in the respective fields. Albert Einstein once learned Newtonian Mechanics before coming up with the ideas in General and Special theory of relativity that revolutionizes the whole of Physics.

When an inventor set out to invent a certain thing, he don’t start to go about the process…

I know this sounds similar to ask what you can do for your country and not what your country can do for you.

Most people are interested in how to become rich but this is not the first question to ask yourself if you really want to become rich. As eventually, how to do certain things is most probably figured out by other earlier people already. You only just need to research to find out them. To echo the words of Anthony Robbins, a strong enough why can bear almost any how.

Hence, the most important issue is ask yourself…

There is no doubt that all of us want to be rich, but of course rich is subjective, maybe achieving financial freedom is a more appropriate goal for each of us than simply being rich.

The definition of financial freedom is income from assets exceeds living expenses, which is income that comes regardless of whether you work or not. Living expenses not only includes basic necessities and also some basic luxuries like broadband Internet access, pay TV and others depending on one’s definition.

The key towards achieving financial freedom faster is simply to plant many seeds at the same time,…

There is a general belief that people of higher authority predictions are much more accurate in predicting the future than lesser mortals. However, take a look at the following sayings or should I say predictions of people in higher mortals and those of lesser mortals.

Man will fly, but the craft will be the size of a matchbook and carry any insect for a passenger.

Simon Newcomb, a respected scientific authority December 1903

A man carrying airplane will eventually be built, but only if mathematicians and engineers work steadily for the next one to ten million years.

New York Times

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As most of us know by now, life long employment is going to become extinct like dinosaurs in the near future. Corporations and businesses are placing profits first in the midst of globalization, translating into extreme cost cutting measures like retrenchments with minimal compensations.

Honestly speaking, it will require many long hours of self study on financial concepts and investigations into various investment vehicles. This website alone will not provide every piece of knowledge you need; neither will any single book and magazine in personal finance and investing. Constant ongoing learning and relearning, knowing what is going on in every…

The month of July or before and after is usually the month of commencement ceremonies for most universities around the world.

Commencement speech given by Harvard and Stanford is one of the most inspiring, of all the speeches; they usually invite people from various walks of life that are considered success in their own right instead of first class honors only. Usually the persons giving the speech did not have stellar academic achievements, did not get straight As all the way like Valedictorian, did not even complete college degrees but those that went on to achieve greatness. Sometimes you do…

Do intellectuals and rich have a moral obligation to do something when we realize that there is something wrong with the world?

If intellectuals and rich don’t care, only concerned about every man for himself, then who will?

I leave it to humanity to decide whether following poem will be read from top to bottom or from bottom to top in the foreseeable future.