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I have read up on numerous contents to enhance my knowledge about passive investments from multiple sources. But I am confused about the different terminologies offered. I intend to commit for a long term - since time in market is more important than timing the market - and leverages on the DCA strategy.
I am rather conservative and risk-adverse.
For a start, I have targeted several avenues:
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Pang Zhe Liang
02 May 2020
Fee-Based Financial Advisory Manager at Financial Alliance Pte Ltd (IFA Firm)
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Hey there! Great job on embarking on your investment journey!
The first few things you want to consider is whether you have an emergency fund that can last you for at least 6months to ensure you dont have to touch your investment in the event of a crisis. The next thing is to consider your risk profile and time horizon: how long do you want to stay invested for and how comfortable are you potentially not getting your desired returns/losing your principal? When it comes with passive investment, it's often a long-term affair. So you might want to use Dollar-Cost Averaging as a strategy (setting aside a sum of money everymonth to put in). For beginners, you might want to consider an ETF to track eg. Vanguard S&P500 etc. I wont recommend stock picking for beginners unless you have set aside time to do your own due diligence in researching on companies.
There are many platforms available eg. Roboadvisors like Stashaway are great for beginners :)
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How long will you want to stay invested? E.g. 10 years
What is your risk appetite? E.g. How do you feel about short-term volatility?
What is your objective for investing?
Through a well-defined investment objective, we will be able to create an asset allocation and use the right investment strategies that work for you.
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While the returns may not be spectacular as compared to the potential returns from an investment, you are protected against the downside. Therefore, such tools are definitely worthy considerations for your situation.
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Of course, we can still choose to invest our money. But this will require more work as we attempt to create a well-built investment portfolio that fits your risk profile. Additionally, it helps to have professional advice from global investment firms like Mercer, BlackRock to aid us through this process. In detail, they are able to create an optimised portfolio that suits your risk appetite.
Moreover, we may also adopt investment strategies like dollar cost averaging to reduce short-term price risk.
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In any case, investing yields only non-guaranteed returns. Therefore, we will need to understand you in further detail before we can suggest the right solutions.
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