tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7944902213075756335.post6150340904293359068..comments2024-03-28T10:39:01.047+08:00Comments on A Singaporean Stocks Investor (ASSI): Towards a modern day good life.AK71http://www.blogger.com/profile/16832145412062954289noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7944902213075756335.post-66569486290129734762012-02-01T09:40:17.536+08:002012-02-01T09:40:17.536+08:00@David,
I don't disagree with "buying&q...@David, <br /><br />I don't disagree with "buying" time in your case or AK's. But I argue that time needs to be borrowed first during the capital build up phase. My argument is doing a normal job without much sacrifice of time (through side jobs or long overtime to earn commissions and bonuses) the average wage worker wont earn too much to build a capital fast enough.<br /><br /Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16883833861386039879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7944902213075756335.post-85661938073119442642012-02-01T00:54:08.955+08:002012-02-01T00:54:08.955+08:00@ray,
actually Time is 'buyable'. For exam...@ray,<br />actually Time is 'buyable'. For example when you put your capital into a business and not get involved in its' running but by taking a certain risk, am able to make returns out of it, then you're 'buying' the expertise of the business owners to create a revenue stream for yourself. REITs is similar. The catch 22 is that to do this you need capital, and you need Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11081253033362624301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7944902213075756335.post-89329534730130300032012-01-27T11:53:17.299+08:002012-01-27T11:53:17.299+08:00Hi Ray,
The paucity of comments could be due to t...Hi Ray,<br /><br />The paucity of comments could be due to the fact that I have disabled anonymous commenting as an option. This is a suggestion made by a fellow blogmaster when he saw how I kept asking people to include their name or initials in the last two years.<br /><br />Your perspective on borrowing time now in order to have more time in future provides an interesting bend to this blog AK71https://www.blogger.com/profile/16832145412062954289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7944902213075756335.post-52392072198805121312012-01-27T08:09:10.595+08:002012-01-27T08:09:10.595+08:00Read this post a few days ago, surprised to see no...Read this post a few days ago, surprised to see no comments so let me start the ball rolling? :)<br /><br />I firmly agree with your 4 pointers below but I find that Time is really not "buyable". Perhaps you can "lend" it first.<br /><br />See, if you want to have sufficient passive income in future, it means you got to have quite a pile of capital for investment. But in orderRayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16883833861386039879noreply@blogger.com