Where to Invest?
Finance May 28th. 2008, 7:37am
(Picture courtesy of Bespoke Investment Group.)
When I was a kid, my parent told me to invest in real-estate. Why? The number of population in the world is growing while the earth is not growing. Theoretically, the housing real-estate is a sustainable investment.
Unfortunately, this is not always the case. The recent study from S&P/Case-Shiller shows the median housing price in the US dropped very significantly. The composite 10-city index was down 15.3% in the last 1 year. The composite 20-city index was down 14.36%. It sounds really scary, isn’t it?
Where to invest now? How about stock market? Well… the figure below shows the history of Shanghai Composite Index in the last one year. It doesn’t look good either.
(Picture courtesy of Yahoo Finance.)
May 28th, 2008 at 6:38 pm
I agree that even property investment has a risk and stock market in a bad condition.
May 29th, 2008 at 1:21 am
SHORT SELL
May 29th, 2008 at 7:27 am
@thermo: Good suggestion. Unfortunately, I normally don’t try short-selling. The risk is unlimited. Trading options (like buying put) may be another way.
June 11th, 2008 at 4:08 am
hi,
How about mutual fund.But best investment would be where you can grow your carer why not have your own development house and start your business.
June 11th, 2008 at 7:06 am
@kshitiz: Mutual fund is also risky. If you read my other posting, http://life.antonypranata.com/2008/05/31/rethinking-my-retirement/, my retirement saving that was invested in mutual funds for 3 years is decreasing. It’s even more worse when I include inflation in the calculation.
June 12th, 2008 at 9:59 pm
i tired to open that link but i get Error 404 - Not Found Note a wise investment is a investment that you make in all funds you cant put your money in 1 fund.if nothing works and you feel it will not give you fruits then best invest in what you are confident about,..set up your s60 Development company.
June 13th, 2008 at 6:30 am
@kshitiz: The link should work. Try this one, http://bespokeinvest.typepad.com/bespoke/2008/05/march-spcase-sh.html