Sunday, September 20, 2009

Investment Tips or Hypes?

I was clearing my mounting pile of mails and came across a newsletter from a local bank on investment.

The key message is: Time and NOT timing is key to successful long term investing

The article carried a chart of the MSCI Work Index and the impact on the index by missing the 30 best days each year. Through peaks and troughs, it is clear that missing out on 30 best days can be detrimental to the overall portfolio value.

The ride can be bumpy and sometimes is hard to stay the course, although the logic is clear.

What would be good investment strategy if time and not timing is key?

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

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PS: Sorry, no idea as to the investing stuff...