http://meshio.disqus.com/enThu, 09 Aug 2007 14:21:00 -0000http://www.meshio.com/2007/08/when-is-the-right-time-to-invest/#comment-2468807<p>There are many techniques used by the fund experts to beat the index, and of course each techniques has got its own pros and cons.</p><p>But one thing has proven to be true again and again, that the longer you have your money in the game, the bigger it will snowball.</p>yowchuanThu, 09 Aug 2007 14:21:00 -0000http://www.meshio.com/2007/08/when-is-the-right-time-to-invest/#comment-2468808<p>I think Yow Chuan had done a great job here illustrating the investment mindset. Nobody can time the market.</p><p>Maximise what we have now - just invest with all the money you can afford.</p>KCLauTue, 07 Aug 2007 11:12:51 -0000http://www.meshio.com/2007/08/when-is-the-right-time-to-invest/#comment-2468806<p>Because the idea of the chart is to illustrate how staying in the game for a longer period of time (even without investing further) is important in accumulating wealth, as opposed to late-comers who cannot afford to take higher risk and having much lesser time to let the compounding interest work. Hence we are looking at a rather rigid example, not something you can easily find in a real-life situation. This figures are mainly used for the simplicity and to illustrate the points mentioned.</p><p>Again, for the sake of this discussion, the risk/return applied here is restricted to fund investment only and not into other ventures such as starting up your own firms/businesses, since the risk factors and rewards are totally different.</p>yowchuanMon, 06 Aug 2007 04:32:32 -0000http://www.meshio.com/2007/08/when-is-the-right-time-to-invest/#comment-2468805<p>I rather phase it out. Aimed for undervalued markets or post divident. The chart above is somewhat bias. The kid seems to not invest anymore after awhile, why?</p><p>But for sure, if u have other venture that makes over 10%p.a. you seriously can rethink your position.</p>Mr. BearMon, 06 Aug 2007 03:40:59 -0000