On… My first Post

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This is my first post ever and I’m pumped. At a late age of 39 (not that late if you agree with the adage that life starts at 40), I decided to start investing in the stock market and write a blog to go with it. 

Why now and not 20 years earlier? As most would know, Warren Buffett started investing at the age of ten/eleven. So, it looks like I’m thirty years late to the party. I would like to cover the ‘why’ in another post but for now as this is my first post, I would like to cover the ‘what’.

This blog will mostly be about investing and financial planning, with occasional random rants. I intend to post 1 blog every month. I intend to post the companies/stocks of interest monthly. I intend to post my Rate of Return annually and possibly a Quarterly update of the companies I invested in.

So, I guess the question is – with so many stock and financial planning blogs online, will another one be of additional value to anyone?  It might, and it might not, but I feel that it would probably add value to ME. I also must confess that I have almost NO original ideas at all. Whatever I post would just be a rehash of what I read/heard/seen and my take or view on them.

So, if my posts seem familiar, you probably read it some where else first. Here’s to re-reading….

Comments

  1. Eddie LeeJune 19, 2018 at 7:36 AM

    Way to go bro. Blog is always a good start. Malaysian market been bad ever since Tun Ma took over.

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    1. KenboryJune 24, 2018 at 2:45 AM

      In my opinion, normally currency and stock market drops when there is a change of regime. The market is pricing in the uncertainty of a new establishment.

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