They could be in international or private schools and I believe more and more parents are also sending their kids overseas at the junior high level if they could. The end of the day will be for winding down with light reading, playing with kids and so on. I am hoping equities will continue to provide a better return than bonds so I will continue to tilt in their favour for a while longer. I probably have done OK but no better than average most of the time. Since reading Tim Hale’s ‘Smarter Investing’ it has brought home to me that I really need to bring more discipline to my process and try to eliminate some of those irrational decisions which are detrimental to better returns. This article will highlight some of the great benefits that you can enjoy with a town home and I will also throw some light on some important points that must be remembered before investing into a new town house.

For example, employees will know the shortest routes to take and therefore reach their destination quicker. Investing in bonds can be profitable but you must know what the interest rate environment is and also the default risk of the bond you are buying. These investments usually pay high rates of interest, however, investors always run the risk of a company failing. A few months ago, I realised that I should begin to learn how to make business investments instead of financial investments. Either the stock prices recover, which means value investors make money, or the earnings fall, which means value investors got stuck. Do you have enough time left in your life to wait until the value goes back up and your investment is again worth its original value? And while there were several multi-baggers achieved through value investing, it also created a number of salted fishes whereby the stock had dropped to almost no value or was delisted.

Well, the first thing to say is I accept there are no perfect strategies – what works for one investor possibly will not work out for another. Will the ones that have disappointed recover – will the ones that have done well stumble? However, since starting my blog, I have been educating myself via other blogs as well as the many contributions to the comments section. However, there are really not many growth stocks available at reasonable prices. However, the more you diversify the more you can only earn market returns. Although O&G stocks are in a very bad shape, the above checks have nevertheless helped to sieve out companies with high debts and allow the problem to be more manageable. Companies in poor financial shape have to offer higher interest rates or no one will loan them money, but the higher interest comes with the risk of the company failing to return the loan. This post will cover the risks faced by all investors, irrespective of the type of investments. Therefore the plan has been to generate income from my investments so that I have the option not to need to pursue further paid employment. Every single plan of retirement has to be crafted or tailored to one person.

Back then I was focussed on a portfolio of individual higher yielding UK shares combined with a ‘basket’ of investment trusts to generate the natural income I required in retirement. Outside of my cash portfolio, I started contributing to my Supplementary Retirement Scheme (SRS) account in 2006. That created another pool of money for investing. For the last few months, I have been investing in some Singapore dividend stocks purely for the dividends. I have a conceptual model for understanding the various O&G sectors in What Moving Averages Can Teach Us About O&G Stocks. Finally, we have come to the grand finale on the Oil & Gas (O&G) series. Finally, make sure your investment is with the drilling operator directly. You’ll want to bookmark this article so you can refer it to it often as you make your trades. They can make a beginner want to say WTF. If you want to run a computer repair service, but you don’t want the risk involved with building one from the ground up, consider investing in a computer repair franchise instead.

As a response, we have initiated the ’Tragedy of the Horizon’ research program to quantify time horizons in the investment chain and elevate long-term risk assessments in financial markets. The expansion of the futures and ETF markets have played a major role in this. Depression is a serious sickness not unlike other major illnesses such as dementia, strokes, cancers and heart problems. One reason for this is that you’re competing against some major players: governments and central banks. Nothing is worth less than one hundred percent, and if you put in any less effort, the outcome is bound to be less as well. When you realise that a long-held strategy does not work as well as expected and there could be other forces at work influencing your returns, you will be willing to open up your mind to other investment strategies. Be transformed by the renewing of your mind ..