Tag: risk
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Risk: Foreign Currency Effects on Foreign Investments Return
Below is my StashAway investment return on Friday, 23rd July 2021 denominated in US Dollars (USD). Total Investments (USD): $218.20Total Returns (USD) : -$2.61Current Value (USD) : $215.59 As shown above, I’m currently making a loss of -$2.61 🙁 but what about my returns denominated in Malaysian Ringgit (MYR)? Total Investments (MYR): RM901.00Total…
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How StashAway Diversify and Hedge Their Investments
I was first introduced to StashAway a few years ago by a friend residing in Singapore. I looked them up online and realized it was a “Robo-advisor” platform. Back then, I was skeptical of these Robo platforms. I remember reading a particular article that stated nearly 80% of “Robo investment” platforms in North America ended…
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When Math and Emotion Collide
In my previous Discount Rate is not Markup Rate post, I explained how the mark-up rate is always higher than the discount rate. This point is crucial when it comes to investing. Say a stock price has dropped in value from RM10 to RM5. If you were to purchase the stock at RM5, it simply…
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Diversification: It Is Not A Competition
My Investment Analysis lecturer always repeats the following mantra. “When you speak about investment, concentrate more on risk and less on return.” The common mistake we tend to do is to seek for investment instruments with the highest return. We then proceed to invest in them without taking any consideration of the purpose or risk…
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Stockdale Paradox: Realist vs Optimist vs Pessimist
The law of karma is the law of cause and effect. Effect is determined by the nature of the cause. So the result of action is determined by the nature of action. Action is only an extension to the thought processes of the mind. Therefore action is determined by the nature of your thought. The…
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Objective: What’s The Point Without One?
I had the opportunity to study Strategic Management (SM) during my MBA course. The lecturer I had for the course was always a friendly person but I have seen him going nuts over some trivial matter. One of them is working on something without an objective. Mind you, this was a few years ago. Back…
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Why Do We Fail as an Investor?
I’ll start this post by admitting I have failed as an investor previously. I’m sure I will fail again in the future, but the difference is now I have a better coping mechanism when it comes to losses, especially unrealized losses. I guess I got better at managing my investment risks. Returns There was…
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Compounding, Time and Patience
I’ve just completed reading Atomic Habits written by James Clear and planning to re-read again. This is by far the best self-improvements book I have read. To summarize, it’s about how habits are cultivated from the compounding effect of minuscule actions. I highly recommend this book as the system shared by the author can be…
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I’m Stupid When I’m Desperate
When you are desperate, you think and act stupidly. This was my story a few years ago. I was in a bad position financially. I didn’t know how to earn more, I didn’t know how to limit my expenses. I’m only left with a constant worry about my financial state. Every thought I had was…
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Risk, can we get serious now and talk about it?
In my previous post, I shared a simple investment strategy. Personally, I prefer calling it Risk Management, the reason being an investment is all about the risk an investor willing to take to earn the desired return. The one problem I have noticed among investors, they spend most of their time talking about return and…
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