Proper Planning

NORMALLY THE END OF THE YEAR IS PRIME TIME FOR FORECASTERS TO GIVE US THEIR BEST IDEAS FOR NEXT 12 MONTHS

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Euro yields

10-YEAR SPANISH BONDS YIELDS JUST HIT A YIELD OF 2.17% P.A. AS I WRITE THIS. THIS IS THE LOWEST BORROWING COSTS THE COUNTRY HAS EXPERIENCED IN THE LAST 200 YEARS, WHEN EUROPE WAS LED BY MONARCHIES AND NAPOLEON WAS PLOTTING HIS CONQUEST OF SPAIN

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Modi-Mania

THE FIRST LINE OF RUDYARD KIPLING’S POEM ABOUT STOICISM IN THE FACE OF ADVERSITY HAS BECOME AN INVESTMENT TRUISM: “KEEP YOUR HEAD WHEN ALL ABOUT YOU ARE LOSING THEIRS”

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Leverage

MY FIRST INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO BLEW UP DUE TO EXCESSIVE LEVERAGE WHEN I WAS 19 YEARS OLD. HAVING CONCLUDED THAT I WAS UNLUCKY, I PROCEEDED TO BLOW UP MY SECOND PORTFOLIO THREE YEARS LATER

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