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vincentwmh
post Feb 9 2012, 04:42 PM

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Ask those who went thru'88 and '97 slowdowns.

wahh!!! 88 still paying final yr tuition fees heehee..
but 97, i don call it 'slow-down'. i call it 'shut-down' instead. i was badly hit cos no experience and totally caught off-guard. i remember i did part-time (nite) at those "illegal house betting machine outlets" then.. paid good monies but bad influences. CC debt shot-up till yr 99..
anyway due to these bad years, i have managed to learn what is "BE PREPARED" for the fort-comings.. hence, managed quite well over the next two mini downs at 03 & 07, this time i learned what is "CASH IS KING"

vincentwmh
post Apr 9 2012, 03:33 PM

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[quote=wongmunkeong,Apr 9 2012, 02:05 PM]
Heheh my dear Kripton888.
b. then have a planned asset allocation to hold, at least in 3 major asset classes: Fixed Income (cash, FD, EPF, Bonds, Bond Funds), Biz Equities (your own biz, normal stocks, normal Equity funds) and Real Estate Equities (Properties, REIT stocks, REIT Equity Funds)


hi wongmunkeong & kripton88 (soory for stepping in uninvited)

apart from the emergency cash put aside, what is the advisable approtion for the 3 major asset classes should one do on his/her bal $$? isit 4:3:3 for a medium risk taker?
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post Apr 10 2012, 12:01 PM

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QUOTE(wongmunkeong @ Apr 9 2012, 04:04 PM)
Hi VincentWMH (ooo.. so close to my initials WMK tongue.gif),
No worries - this is a forum for airing, bouncing and poking ideas / plans around mar.

As a "calculated risk taker" (ie. medium risk taker), there are no hard/fast rules as to the Asset Allocation (excluding emergency funds).
Generally, if unsure, i'd suggest 1/3 for EACH, thus, even if U total up your Equities, it's 66.66% vs 33.33% Fixed Income, which is near the "traditional advised" of 60% Equities vs 40% Fixed Income.

Personally, since i'm a "backside" itchy feller that wants to have some leeway to trade or test some investing methodologies, my planned holding is:
5% gold/commodities/trade/testing
(1/3 - 5%) for Fixed Income (note - i've a 1 year emergency fund which is NOT included in my Asset Allocation)
1/3 for Biz Equities
1/3 for RE Equities

My investing methodologies for Biz & RE Equities are 50% programmatic (every quarter invest based on value and dollar cost averaging) + 50% opportunistic (value buys, trend buys). Note - these excludes my 5% crazy money which i try out things like gold, commodities, FUTURES, options (my next test hehehe - after i  recover from my stupidity in Index Futures), etc.

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(ooo.. so close to my initials WMK tongue.gif) heheee.. icon_rolleyes.gif we have got exactly the same Wong Mun but a 'K' to yourself and an 'H' to me.

thanks for re-affiming my 'sort-off' existing asset allocation and 'new to me metho-do-logies' on the "50% programmatic (every quarter invest based on value and dollar cost averaging) + 50% opportunistic (value buys, trend buys)" thumbup.gif gonna shift my gear towards this

secondly, i will want to top up my emergency fund from current 9mths to 12mths too but i define this as ?mths x $net take home/mth

i'm a 'front&backside' itchy fella myself also, each year i allow 10% of the 40% fixed income or cap<12K/pa for 'fun-luck' rclxm9.gif eg casino gaming, 4D, big sweep lottery.

thanks again WMK!!


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post Apr 10 2012, 02:29 PM

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[quote=wongmunkeong,Apr 10 2012, 01:53 PM]
Heheh - you're welcome dude.
The normal "emergency buffer" is based on average expenses per month, not net salary per month.
Thus, if say U have 12 months' emergency buffer, it should be U can go zzz for 1 year without work and still be able to pay all your bills

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hahaa.. go Zzz.z a nope nope. one will turn LAZY after a too long Zzz.. i'm oledi in my early 40+ so i'm on 'carborator' not like the young ones in 'fuel injection'.. enjin got too cold sure damn susah to start again.

the 12mths emergency fund is just an addition to, in the event that i need to face re-employment (touch-wood) at my age rclxub.gif ..just some extra lead months of 'non-panic' icon_idea.gif

anyway, its HO??

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post Apr 10 2012, 05:01 PM

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QUOTE(va1kyr13 @ Apr 10 2012, 04:52 PM)
Im doing what the development company does. Invest in the land that spare for the future developement.
As much as i concern, the land currently are in phase 2 which mean in the next 4 or 5 years in gonna be develope to residential.
This is not in Malaysia. The land are not for own possesion but we shared to make business. Which mean we are the land owner and we are the one who make decission to exit. As simple as that.

On the other wise. its much more like a long term FD. But we gave you a land to hold on.

Buying RAW land --> Rezone and apply for concept plan approval --> Develop

3 Stages of Program.

This is what it all about.  thumbup.gif
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let me guess.. its Chistmas Island???

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