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Anonymous

18 Apr 2019

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What is the recommended percentage of my salary I should set aside for investments?

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Tai Zhi

04 Mar 2019

Chief Investment Officer at Autowealth

Let me try to address this scientifically.

Investment markets, particularly stocks and bonds, are yield-generating and therefore makes positive investment returns over the long-term (barring short-term temporary corrections). If you look up the global indices like the MSCI All-Country World Index, you would noticed that they are upward sloping over the long-term.

Therefore, you should invest as much as you are comfortable with and invest as early as possible.

As a reference, the following is the common trend we see after advising thousands & thousands of clients and managing their investments.

Most would invest their available capital after setting aside some rainy day funds. Most would also commit to a monthly/quarterly regular investment plan. The majority of these investors commit around 10% of their monthly salary. Affluent and accredited clients, whose monthly salary is above S$5,000 and S$25,000 respectively, tend to invest almost 20% of their monthly salary.

You may check out our blog posts for other useful investment insights or concepts: https://www.autowealth.sg/blog/

Nicholes Wong

03 Mar 2019

Diploma in Business Management at Nanyang Polytechnic

As much as you can if you want to reach your goals or retire as early as possible.

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