Comments on: The Real 10 Commandments of Investing http://www.investingintelligently.com/2007/11/23/the-real-10-commandments-of-investing/ Not just another (Canadian) financial blog Sat, 16 Oct 2010 15:22:19 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v= hourly 1 By: Marc Ryan http://www.investingintelligently.com/2007/11/23/the-real-10-commandments-of-investing/comment-page-1/#comment-8336 Marc Ryan Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:23:52 +0000 http://www.investingintelligently.com/2007/11/23/the-real-10-commandments-of-investing/#comment-8336 This a good list of investing rules of thumb. I would add one other: asset allocation. It explains 90%+ of the long term return of a reasonably diversified portfolio. If an investor is going to spend money on financial advice, getting the right asset allocation should be priority one. Regards Marc Ryan IndependentInvestor.info This a good list of investing rules of thumb. I would add one other: asset allocation. It explains 90%+ of the long term return of a reasonably diversified portfolio. If an investor is going to spend money on financial advice, getting the right asset allocation should be priority one.
Regards
Marc Ryan
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]]> By: BIGINTOBONDAGE http://www.investingintelligently.com/2007/11/23/the-real-10-commandments-of-investing/comment-page-1/#comment-8322 BIGINTOBONDAGE Sun, 26 Apr 2009 16:36:52 +0000 http://www.investingintelligently.com/2007/11/23/the-real-10-commandments-of-investing/#comment-8322 People need only one simple rule to follow for their entire investment life. take 90-95% of your capital and put it in investments where there is virtually zero chance of losing the principal. take the remaining 5-10% of your capital and put it in the riskiest investments you are interested in. this way, you are making no claim to the future performance of your investment beyond what you stand to lose: 5-10%. ok, use the bond ladder strategy combined with this one simple rule and you will never fail as an investor. People need only one simple rule to follow for their entire investment life.

take 90-95% of your capital and put it in investments where there is virtually zero chance of losing the principal.
take the remaining 5-10% of your capital and put it in the riskiest investments you are interested in.

this way, you are making no claim to the future performance of your investment beyond what you stand to lose: 5-10%.
ok, use the bond ladder strategy combined with this one simple rule and you will never fail as an investor.

]]> By: Dave http://www.investingintelligently.com/2007/11/23/the-real-10-commandments-of-investing/comment-page-1/#comment-7793 Dave Sat, 08 Mar 2008 18:51:33 +0000 http://www.investingintelligently.com/2007/11/23/the-real-10-commandments-of-investing/#comment-7793 Norak, you're right that choosing to only index the US is akin to investing only in one sector, like the US health index. I've never said to only index in the US or Canada. Personally my assets are invested in the world in accordance with how what percentage of the world's total market capitalization each part of the world has. For example, read this article on "<a href="http://www.efficientmarket.ca/article/Global_ETF_2" rel="nofollow">Building A Globally Efficient Index ETF Portfolio (updated)</a>" Norak, you’re right that choosing to only index the US is akin to investing only in one sector, like the US health index. I’ve never said to only index in the US or Canada. Personally my assets are invested in the world in accordance with how what percentage of the world’s total market capitalization each part of the world has. For example, read this article on “Building A Globally Efficient Index ETF Portfolio (updated)“

]]> By: Norak http://www.investingintelligently.com/2007/11/23/the-real-10-commandments-of-investing/comment-page-1/#comment-7790 Norak Sat, 08 Mar 2008 15:04:09 +0000 http://www.investingintelligently.com/2007/11/23/the-real-10-commandments-of-investing/#comment-7790 The idea that you should just stick to the index begs the question: which index? The most obvious one would be the MSCI World, but indexes often say an index like the S&P500 is enough to track, but the S&P500 is a sector of the economy (the US sector) and choosing this index is no different to choosing one particular sector of the S&P500, say, a US health index. The idea that you should just stick to the index begs the question: which index? The most obvious one would be the MSCI World, but indexes often say an index like the S&P500 is enough to track, but the S&P500 is a sector of the economy (the US sector) and choosing this index is no different to choosing one particular sector of the S&P500, say, a US health index.

]]> By: Dave http://www.investingintelligently.com/2007/11/23/the-real-10-commandments-of-investing/comment-page-1/#comment-7566 Dave Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:42:10 +0000 http://www.investingintelligently.com/2007/11/23/the-real-10-commandments-of-investing/#comment-7566 CC: I had realized that after I drafted this...that in no part of the body of the article was the word "commandment" written and realized that Carrick wasn't to blame at all. I like DeCloet and a few others but otherwise the Globe's business section is nothing to write home about. CC: I had realized that after I drafted this…that in no part of the body of the article was the word “commandment” written and realized that Carrick wasn’t to blame at all.

I like DeCloet and a few others but otherwise the Globe’s business section is nothing to write home about.

]]> By: Build & Succeed - My Personal Finance Blog » Top 5 Personal Finance Links http://www.investingintelligently.com/2007/11/23/the-real-10-commandments-of-investing/comment-page-1/#comment-7550 Build & Succeed - My Personal Finance Blog » Top 5 Personal Finance Links Mon, 26 Nov 2007 19:43:26 +0000 http://www.investingintelligently.com/2007/11/23/the-real-10-commandments-of-investing/#comment-7550 [...] The Real 10 Commandments of Investing  by Dave at Investing Intelligently. This sums up the most important things that people should do when investing. It makes sense and it is well written. This entry was written by admin and posted on November 26, 2007 at 3:43 pm and filed under Best of PF Blogs. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Post a comment or leave a trackback: Trackback URL. « 5 Best Things to Say When Caught Sleeping at Work [...] [...] The Real 10 Commandments of Investing  by Dave at Investing Intelligently. This sums up the most important things that people should do when investing. It makes sense and it is well written. This entry was written by admin and posted on November 26, 2007 at 3:43 pm and filed under Best of PF Blogs. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Post a comment or leave a trackback: Trackback URL. « 5 Best Things to Say When Caught Sleeping at Work [...]

]]> By: Canadian Capitalist http://www.investingintelligently.com/2007/11/23/the-real-10-commandments-of-investing/comment-page-1/#comment-7549 Canadian Capitalist Mon, 26 Nov 2007 14:24:24 +0000 http://www.investingintelligently.com/2007/11/23/the-real-10-commandments-of-investing/#comment-7549 Man, you are tough on Rob these days! You probably can't blame him for the caption though. Usually reporters don't write the headline... Thanks for the link to Alan Haft. Man, you are tough on Rob these days! You probably can’t blame him for the caption though. Usually reporters don’t write the headline…

Thanks for the link to Alan Haft.

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