What do you need as an investor?

This conversation took place when IREIT Global's unit price declined to 71.5c after going XD not too long ago.

AK bought more.




And this was another conversation with another reader at around the same time, maybe, about 2 days apart:

Reader:
Hi AK, I'm on of your readers. I'd like to know what you think of IREIT Global, which I understand you have in your portfolio. 

Recently, the stock seems to have taken a beating after going ex-dividend. Some days the drop in stock price is on large volume. 

Do you think there's anything to be concerned about, now that there is new management?

Sorry if i contacted you via the wrong channel, couldn't find any email address on your page






AK:
I don't know why the price fell. 😉
I only know that I bought more because lower price means better value for me.

Reader:
Ok thanks, that's reassuring coming from you 🙂

AK:
Oh, I don't mean to reassure you or anything like that.
If you need reassurance from me, cham...
Know what you want. Know if something does the job for you.

See:
http://singaporeanstocksinvestor.blogspot.sg/2017/02/would-ak-invest-in-ireit-global-today.html#comments
Would AK invest in IREIT Global today?




Reader:
Haha no I am planning to hold and not sell. But I find that your judgment is good so just wanted to check with you if there's anything I missed, be it in the results or whatever, that could be cause for concern

So that's what I mean by reassuring, I.e, no specific concerns and no specific reasons for the price decrease

AK:
I dunno everything de
We must accept that we dun hv perfect knowledge
which is why position sizing and war chest are important

See:
http://singaporeanstocksinvestor.blogspot.sg/2015/02/how-to-have-peace-of-mind-as-investor.html
How to have peace of mind as an investor?

Reader:
Yeah that's true. Thanks for the advice 🙂

I only started to take charge of my portfolio one year ago.

So it's good to have someone like you that writes investing advice





AK:
I dun give advice de
BYHW

Reader:
I also invest in US stocks. So far I didn't notice any articles in your blog about US stocks. Do you have any position?

AK:
No lah. I dun have so much money. Singapore market very big for me liao.

Reader:
I'm new to investing so I have a lot to learn

AK:
All in good time. No rush.

So, what do you need as an investor? 

Do you need reassurance or something else?

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Huge losses from trading but tempted to restart.

Hi AK,

I am always tempted to trade and also I see many courses out there on trading and saying that they have earn so much from trading. I never sign up for any of them but there is always a temptation.

should i go and attend trading course and start trading again which I have made huge losses before, or do the AK way, be patient, be pragmatic , be prudent? ie just do income investing?

Hi,

There are different ways to make money in the stock market. 

We just have to find a way that we are good at, a way that suits our temperament.

You should know yourself best. ;)

Best wishes,
AK

Please see related posts below.

Related posts:
1. Trading to put food on table.
2. Trading for extra money.
3. Find our own way to be richer.

What makes us powerful?

This is part of a conversation with a reader:

Reader:
Ur life many admire. world is fighting inside and outside.
You don't need to. That is God greatest gift.
U op for peace.

AK:
I dun wan to either
Peace of mind is priceless

Reader:
If you want fame you won't be wearing mask. You are intelligent enough to know the power and influence of you have over follower and if you had wanted you probably could reap many benefits. But that is not you.

AK:
Privacy is precious
Once lost, it is gone forever.

Reader:
Bc of that the world has not hold on you. That is power! 💪🏻

AK:
Wah! The way you put it makes me feel powerful!

A public service by ASSI.

Trump is full of shit.

I have been asked before to turn my blogging activity into a business but I want to keep blogging as a hobby. Some don't understand why.

I shall end the blog by quoting Ayn Rand, a Russian philosopher:

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Who is AK?

Financial freedom and not enough time (UPDATED).

I met three friends for lunch a few days ago. 

They are all financially free, having sufficient passive income to meet their expenses in life and more. 

They do not spend time chasing after money now.

We talked about a mutual friend of ours who is richer than any of us but seems to be more interested in getting even richer faster, sacrificing what we thought were more important things in life in doing so.











We only need so much money in life. 

The rest is for showing off. 

To be financially free, ultimately, is to be free from working for money.

What is the point of having more than enough money but not enough time to live life the way we want to?





Life is too fragile and I decided to be nicer to myself after a series of unfortunate events which happened in the last couple of years.

A friend told me some time ago:

"You worked so hard for financial freedom. You have the resources to do whatever you want to do now. You should."

Yesterday, I said something similar to another friend who has achieved financial freedom but still drags himself to work because he thinks he doesn't have enough money. 

For some, it could one day be a case of having too much money and not enough time.


We should know when we have enough money so that we can have more time.




How Jack Ma sees his retirement?

“When I retired from the CEO position, I told the CEO team (in 2013) I should have more time playing golf on the beach.

“But I find, oh my God, spent 870 hours in the air last year, and this year, 1,000 hours,” said Ma.

“The thing is, I don’t want to die in my office. I want to die on the beach.”

He famously said his “biggest mistake was I made Alibaba”, because of the enormous pressure and responsibility he has had to shoulder to steer the US$420 billion company with more than 86,000 employees.

“I was just trying to do a small business and [not] grow that big, take that many responsibilities and get so much trouble.

“Every day is like being as busy as a president, and I don’t have any power. I don’t have my life,” Ma said. (Source: SCMP)





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Three point turn.