'I am talking abt investment knowledge, not accounting or economics.'
Very good points being debated and put forward by MGM and dasecret,...
I go back to my earlier points again which was : why are U students in Sgp able to spare time to learn aboyt investments and our students are not able to ??
Very true about what dasecret said : Do you hand hold them out of poverty or do you teach them how to fish ?
I guessed our Gov't has been handholding them out of poverty all these years, and the culture just could not stop anymore. But OTOH, if the Gov't can continue to handhold, like what I am seeing now with the ASX funds, then what's the problem ? The only slight problem I'm seeing is the dividend yield for ASX has been dropping over the years - this is the problem,.. Will it drop further moving forward ?
Will it drop to a level that is not able to match inflation in Msia ? That would be a very important question.
What MGM said is true - we are talking about investment knowledge,... not deep economics and accounting,... but what dasecret said is true also - investors or financial analysts would have a competitive edge if they were from the accounting/finance background/professions. Hence, we must come up with a model of......how much and how deep a level must a student of investment knowledge go in order to be sufficiently equipped to make good investment decisions.
The above is still being debated upon,... as I have found out among my peers and the students that I have helped out. There is still not good syllabus out there yet for investment-related courses. I/We continue to debate with the proper educational authorities on how to structure such a syllabus.
Handholding is good if done right. Look at Norway, economy more or less same like malaysia but everyone is practically a millionaire as the government saves for them. No one gets left behind. Remember not all people can invest. Poor people will prioritise food on the
I believed currently inflation = ASX dividend. Just my gut feeling. That's why I am looking at stuff able to give >6%.
Definitely those in the financial field have the edge compare to lay person like me.
Best experience is discussion and experience. No textbook can teach you this kind of real life skills.