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Anonymous

07 Jun 2019

General Investing

Would you pay thousands of dollars to attend an investment workshop?

I just signed up for a 3 day workshop and paid quite a big sum for it. Now having second thoughts

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Adrian Goh Jun Wei

07 Jun 2019

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I think there are several factors to take into consideration

  • Level of experience

  • Capital that you have

  • Reviews and speaker's credibility

Level of experience:

If you are a beginner, I personally wouldn't recommend? Think that there are several really good books and free articles online that are sufficient

Capital that you have:

If you are only investing $10+k then I don't really see the point of spending thousands

Reviews and speaker's credibility:

Do some research to see if the speaker is credible and if the course is useful.

Also, do take into consideration the topics and which domain/ aspect of investment is being taught (stocks, bonds, properties?)

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If you are a pure beginner and the workshop offers you lessons such reading balance sheet items, cashflow projections and understanding of management vs minority shareholders and psychology of investing; such workshops are worth the thousand of dollar fee. This is because the mentioned topics are the basic tenents to active investing on your own.

However if the workshop offers by selling you their patented valuation model or secret investing formula, these are workshops I would stay away from.

On a side note, active investing is not just about equipping yourself with knowledge but knowing your own tempearament to investing.

Personally I've gone for a few. Some are duds, but the last one I went for on investment will be pow...

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