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What is the difference between investment and speculation?

May 7th, 2009 wiseinvestor No comments

People have always likened investment in stock market with gambling in different areas other than casinos.

Now let us look at what other well known names who built their fortunes from investing in stocks have to say.

If you are an investor, you are looking at what the asset – in our case business – will do. If you are a speculator, you are primarily forecasting on what the price will do independent of the business.

Warren Buffet

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Basic Knowledge in Economics is essential to Investing

September 3rd, 2008 wiseinvestor No comments

Economics isn’t a theoretical academic disciple that is out of touch with the real world. In fact, some basic and essential knowledge in Economics enables you to interpret crucial economic indicators which in turn assist you in tracking down investment ideas. The details of which shall be further explored in this blog.

After all, the prices of all goods and services we purchase, from food, energy, automobiles, clothing, and new apartments determine the profitability of businesses involved in procuring them. A sharp rise in oil barrel prices somehow translate into a few billions dollars more of profits for major oil…

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Which Industries you worked or invest in?

August 24th, 2008 wiseinvestor No comments

Remember during the good old days of high school time, in the learning of basic sciences, classification is one common component among all science subjects, from Physics, Chemistry, and Biology to even Geography.

By using classification, information and knowledge are more manageable. In Chemistry, specifically organic Chemistry, organic compounds are grouped based on their functional groups, and each functional group react in a specific way. Of course, there are a dozen ways to group organic compounds to other features. But as Chemistry is a disciple that deals with the study and prediction of reactions between matters, this method of classification…

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Viewing the world through investment lens

August 21st, 2008 wiseinvestor No comments

Engineers, scientists, monks, economists or pastors looked at this world differently. In other words, they have different perspectives by which objects and events are seen as.

To be a wise and successfully investor, you need to look at the place we live in through an investment paradigm.

When a hard core engineer walks into a Starbucks café, different images and sets of questions run in his head from an investor.

Looking at the coffee maker, questions that ran through the engineer’ head are what are the raw materials that are used for its constructions? Metal and plastics, specifically what type…

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