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The Simplest Way to Invest #3

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In the previous post, we tried to create a portfolio using the Market Price / Book Value ratio. We looked at the results of an imaginary ₺100,000 investment in a period of one year and five years.

This post is going to be about the P / E ratio. This ratio, which is defined as the price-earnings ratio, is the ratio of the price per share of a company to the profit per share.

XYZ has one million shares -one million lots- in circulation. XYZ made a million dollars profit this year. So what is the earnings per share? It is a dollar. Let’s say one lot of XYZ is trading at $ 30 on the stock market. This stock you bought for $ 30 will bring you one dollar of profit according to the profit announced in a one-year period. Do you think this is a sensible investment? Of course not. This means that I will invest 30 dollars and only make a dollar profit. In that case, it will take 30 years for me to pay off my investment. That’s the rule. But of course, even a share with a P / E ratio of 180 can make a premium, increase or decrease. Why is that? Because the profit to be announced in the next balance sheet will increase, as a result of their follow-up, investors notice this in advance and start investing. So could there be another reason? Yes, it could be just a speculative increase. Think about it, you will make an investment. An airline stock catches your eye. This is when the Covid-19 cases are on the rise. The shares are on the rise; P / E ratios are very high and P / B ratios are also high; But there can be no sectoral expectations, you are in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic. It is not possible for an airline company to make enough profit to raise its shares in this environment. Here you need to understand that the rise of this stock is speculative and perhaps even manipulative. There will be no stability in speculative ups. Risk is high due to lack of stability. You can buy the stock at a high value and watch its value decrease. So, we need to understand whether the increase or decrease of a share is speculative.

Let’s create our portfolio now. I will create a portfolio from the end of 2014 and the beginning of 2015. We will be watching a one-year performance. Just like I did at the P / B ratio, this time I will select four companies. The companies I choose will be those with the lowest P / E ratio. Remember, a low P / E ratio means the stock is cheap. Well, is there a rule that if it is less than 1 as in the P / B ratio, it is cheap, and if it is higher than 1, it is expensive? Nope. The basic rule here is that the P / E ratio can be at the smallest values higher than 0. Where the price of all is 190, 150 is cheap. If the price of all is 5, 8 is expensive. So, when looking at the P / E value, we will look at “others” and say something relatively. Here, taking “others” as other companies in the same industry will give a better, more reliable result.

For the above timeframe, the four companies I will add to my portfolio are: TUPRS, YKBNK, THYAO and ALBRK. (These are stock exchanges in Turkey.) 

Warning: This is not investment advice. The chart below is from 2015 and is without details. It was created to give an idea. The following companies are in Turkey.

Blue Line: My Portfolio

Orange Line: BIST100 (the average earnings of the 100 largest companies on the stock market in Turkey)

As you can see, the portfolio I created using ONLY the P / E ratio performed very superior to BIST. As my portfolio started the year with an index of around 3800; It ended the year with an index of around 6500. BIST started around 350 and finished around 420. While my portfolio made my ₺100 roughly ₺170; BIST’s overall index made ₺100 to ₺120. The inflation value for 2015 was 8.81%. Therefore, I have achieved a very superior performance as a result of a year investment with the P / E ratio. I was able to make a profit well above the inflation rate. Without tiring myself, without getting lost in many fundamental and technical analysis terms, without watching the indexes on the screen for hours; I could only create a portfolio that I controlled from balance sheet to balance sheet, month to month. This is actually the nature of the investment. Investing is not about trading constantly, but about making a satisfactory profit at the end of a certain period by investing money in the right places.

I will check my portfolio again at the beginning of 2016. I will examine the P / E and P / B ratios of the shares of four companies in my portfolio. I will examine other companies in the same sector, if the P / E or P / B ratio has increased too much and there are no new investments that may come from the company whose shares I bought, I will remove this company from my portfolio. I will look at the stocks of other companies. Since I know that this process will take some time, if I start all this work in early December 2015, I can start 2016 with solid research and knowing what changes to make in my portfolio. In this way, I can maintain around 70% profit per year with simple techniques. If I keep this investment for five years and keep my profit rate of around 70% by making the right moves, my ₺100,000 could reach around ₺1,500,000. Moreover, 70% rate is not bad annually for someone who is interested in the stock market, but it is not exactly what is desired. We expect 100% annual return in the stock exchange. But for this, we know dozens of techniques and follow closely. Therefore, it is not bad to have a 70% return without spending that much effort.

You may have noticed something. Return on investment with P / E was better than return on investment with P / B.

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THE SIMPLEST WAY TO INVEST #2

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The Simplest Way to Invest #2

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In the previous post, we talked about the importance of risk sharing and the need to create a portfolio to share risk. We said that the first step in creating a portfolio is to look at the P / B ratio of the shares we will buy. This ratio helps us to understand whether the lots we will buy are cheap or expensive. You can check the previous post for detailed information on this subject. In this post we will examine a sample portfolio.

Warning: This is not investment advice. The chart below is from 2015 and is without details. It was created to give an idea. The following companies are in Turkey.

In the first quarter of 2015, while looking at the P / B ratios of the company shares, I saw that the P / B ratios of ECILC, DOHOL, VESTL and TRGYO companies were low. This means their shares are cheap.

The blue line in the chart below shows the average earnings of these four companies ECILC, DOHOL, VESTL and TRGYO over 2015. The orange line shows the average earnings of the 100 largest companies on the stock market in Turkey (BIST100).

As you can see, the index created with these four companies has gained value in a year. I formed the index of the portfolio by looking at the values of the last four days of the stock exchange’s closing in 2014. The index of the portfolio was roughly 1480 at the time, while the BIST was around 400. By the end of 2015, while BIST did not even reach 500, the portfolio I created approached roughly 2300. This means that when 100 thousand Turkish Lira was invested, it became 155 thousand Turkish Liras at the end of 2015. If this performance continues for five years, when 100 thousand Turkish liras are invested, it becomes approximately 1 million 280 thousand Turkish Liras in five years. However, this portfolio may not show the same performance for five years.

When we create a portfolio, we need to check the P / B ratios of the companies we buy from their shares, and when we determine that the ratio has reached saturation according to itself and the sector, we need to sell our shares. Now we can get our profit. Then we can buy another cheap stock with a low P / B ratio and add it to our portfolio. If the P / B ratio of the company whose shares we bought does not reach saturation for many years, we can continue to make profit without effort.

Here, it is necessary to mention the loss of value of money. Suppose we buy 100 thousand Turkish Liras worth of shares and sell our shares for 1 million 280 thousand Turkish Liras at the end of five years. When we look at the inflation values between 2015 and 2020, we see that the purchasing power of 100 thousand Turkish Lira at the beginning of 2015 is equal to the purchasing power of 550 thousand Turkish Lira at the beginning of 2020. Still, we made 175% profit.

In this example, we saw that we made a profit without tiring ourselves on an investment we made just by looking at the P / B ratio. If we make the right investment and follow it correctly, we can easily make a profit. To be able to do this, there is no need to stress, watch the stock market for hours, sit in front of the screen all the time, learn technical analysis terms…

If you want to start investing, you can start by trying to identify stocks with a low P / B ratio. If you don’t have any experience yet, create a portfolio and follow it without buying shares. Or buy one lot from each of the companies you choose. This will cost around $ 25-50 on average. Follow the lots in your portfolio for a few months with online banking. By taking such small steps, you can start investing and gain experience.

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Three Ways to Learn How to Own a Business

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Most of the successful business owners have learned to be a business owner by working in companies. This is a form of on the job training. Those who pass family professions on from generation to generation raise their children in the same way. Unfortunately, very few people can get this type of education.

For those who don’t have the chance to work in companies, there are several ways to learn how to own a business.

Management training programs are prepared only to train CEOs. Learning to own a business is something different.

Those who want to have a business firstly follow the path of being self-employed. Most people cannot skip this stage. Because they cannot develop a solid system. So, they become part of a system. Successful business owners have been able to develop systems that operate on their own.

Here are three ways to pass the path and become a business owner:

Finding a Mentor

A mentor is someone who has followed the same paths and has achieved success. Mentor and counselor are different. The counselor tells the client what to do and how. However, they often have no experience in the area they advise. The number of consultants who teach how to be a business owner or investor is quite high. I suggest that you follow the advice of those who have tried and succeeded. If you don’t know someone who owns a business, find and read the biographies, interviews, books or articles of those people. 

You need to learn systems and leadership. Not being a CEO. CEOs may tend to belittle their subordinates, but leaders are aware that they often lead people who are smarter and more talented than them.

I strongly recommend you to read Michael Gerber’s E-Myth Mastery. It’s a unique book to learn the basics of building your own business system.

Probably the traditional way to learn systems is to study undergraduate in economics. In this way, accounting knowledge is acquired and the relationship between company systems and finance is learned. But of course, undergraduate education in the department of economics does not provide business knowledge that will enable to create and build a proper company order.

In order to learn all the systems of a company, it is necessary to work for at least 10-15 years in a large company and learn different aspects of a business. Then you stop being an employee and become a business owner. Working in a company with good systems is like getting paid from your mentor.

Franchising

Another way to learn about systems is to buy franchises. When you buy a business franchise, you are purchasing a system that has been proven to be successful. With a good market research, you can find a lot of very good franchises in the market.

When you purchase franchise instead of setting up your own system, you have more time to train your employees. By purchasing a system, you eliminate one of the uncertainties on the way to own a business. It will also make it easier for banks to lend you money. Normally, they don’t like giving credit to a startup small business. However, banks are aware of the impact of systems on success and know that the risk is reduced when a franchise is purchased.

In order for a business to be sustainable and grow, there must be a harmony in its system. Failure of only one unit leads to crash of the entire system. For example, if the fuel system of an airplane in flight fails, the plane is likely to crash even if everything else is fine. A problem in a person’s circulatory system can cause that person to die, even if all other systems work well. This rule is the same for companies. 

Buying a proven system allows you to learn about unknown or overlooked factors. This is why professional investors tend to support those who will use systems that have proven to work.

Network Marketing

Network marketing is also known as multilevel marketing or pyramid selling. In the beginning, network marketing businesses were deemed illegal as well as franchises. In some countries, those who set up network marketing were penalized. New systems or new ideas may seem strange and suspicious at first.

Many people have been able to build successful network marketing companies. These people have changed the lives and financial situations of many other people thanks to their business. This makes the network marketing system even more valuable. It is possible to become a customer of an established system and starting a business with very reasonable fees. Those who start their businesses thanks to the marketing network don’t suffer from the difficulties of establishing small businesses in traditional ways.

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Formulas That Leads to Being a Billionaire

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Leverage

Control

Creativity

Growth

Predictability

One of the basic formulas of achieving great wealth is this step-by-step process. If you’ve studied the lives of successful entrepreneurs or investors, you’ll likely find a similar pattern or process there. Warren Buffett also uses a similar process when deciding which company to acquire. However, there is a different point in Buffett’s case. Buffet uses analysis instead of creativity. Warren Buffett’s genius analyzes a business and sees its current and future value. Therefore, whenever he acquires a business, he rarely sells it.

Many investors nowadays buy any asset just to sell. They want to buy at low prices and sell at high prices. They invest to earn capital income. In the stock exchange, these types of investors are known as short-term traders. In the real estate market, when a person constantly buys and sells, he is known as a hand changer.

The formula above may seem easy, but it is not easy to make it a reality. Most people do not attempt to follow the process indicated by the formula because they are unaware of its existence. Most people have no idea how some millionaires can gradually increase their wealth.

Some people who knew the formula tried to apply it and failed. Some of them were rich at first but later left broke. The formula has left them alone for the rest of their lives for some reason.

And for some people, this formula has become their life. This formula is their game. It always requires a challenge. It’s their fun, it’s their excitement. Applying the formula can almost be the purpose of their life. Usually these people are the ones who earn nine tenths of the money.

This post is about the decisive moments in one’s life when she makes decisions that will change her life. We all experience moments like this. These are the moments when we discover our characters. We become heroes or cowards; we become honest ones or liars; we either go forward or backward.

I want to show you DMD:

Desire

Motivation

Discipline

Some people have desire. However, if someone has the desire to get rich but lacks motivation, discipline, or both, he cannot gain wealth.

Here is PAS:

Passion

Attitude

Skill

Some people are passionate but never develop their skills. This is because they often have a negative attitude.

And EPE:

Education

Practice

Experience

There are people who are well educated but lack experience. Because of their lack of experience, they may not perform well, get things done on time, and achieve results.

Lastly, my favorite one, MHSH:

Modesty

Honor

Sense of humor

Happiness

Some people seem successful, but they have reached their position in dishonorable ways. Some people are successful but don’t even know what modesty is. Some people lack a sense of humor that they cannot laugh at themselves. Some people are also very successful, but they are also very unhappy.

These factors have enabled rich people to become successful businessmen and continue their lives that way. I say “continue” because as I have emphasized many times, the trick is not to get rich, but to maintain it.

Think of your own life. What are your feelings and attitudes? Do they help you succeed? Or are they stopping you from doing something? Be honest with yourself. Honesty brings clarity, and clarity brings the opportunity for change. By starting to see your life more clearly, you can reach another decisive moment where you will take control over your own life.

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Getting Rich More Quickly

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Study the lives of billionaires who came from nothing. You will find that the reason almost all of them can quickly move to financial freedom is investing or owning a company. Because there is legal convenience for people who earn income in these ways. So, it’s easier for investors or business owners to get rich quick. You can also achieve your financial freedom faster in case your money works for you.

Achieving Financial Freedom

Debts and taxes are two barriers to many people’s financial freedom. To quickly achieve financial security or freedom, it is necessary to own a company or to invest. For this, it is necessary to know that the important thing is not employment security but financial security and financial freedom, and also to understand the difference between them.

The Difference

  1. Employment Security
  2. Financial Security
  3. Financial Freedom

What most people believe is to complete higher education, start a job and retire in that profession. A large segment places emphasis on employment security in this way. They think that employment security is financial security, until they see that they lose their job and cannot find another job. None of them even consider the possibility of losing their job. However, wealthy people do not even speak of the term employment security. They talk about financial security.

Employment Security

People who care about employment security do their jobs very well. Most of them have devoted many years to training and gaining work experience. Although they have retirement plans, they do not know how to invest. They don’t feel safe because they are only trained to work or fulfill their profession.

It’s Always Good to Have Two Legs Instead of One Leg

To get more financial security, you will also need additional income and it will be important to educate yourself to earn those extra income. Whether you are an employee, a company owner or an investor, if you trust your skill, you will naturally feel more secure even if you don’t have much money. Knowledge means power… All you have to do is wait for the right opportunity to use that information and then you will have money anyway.

That’s why we were created with two legs. If we were one-legged, we would always stall, we would not feel safe. A person who is both actively working and investing with his savings is two-legged. Having knowledge on both sides gives us confidence. Those who know nothing but their job or profession are one-legged. Every time the economy goes down, they suffer far more disruptions than two legged ones.

Financial Security

Rather than investing the money in a retirement account and waiting for the highest return, self-taught people to be both employees and investors value financial freedom. I suggest you learn to be a professional investor in the same way we study at school to learn a profession.

The question that the reporter mentioned in the previous post had to ask the investor who earned a million dollars in the asset column but did not pay taxes was actually this:

“How did you get a million dollars?”

This was the main question. It is easy to find legal opportunities to avoid paying taxes. However, earning a million dollars is not easy.

Let’s also take a look at financial security through the eyes of “self-employed” people:

The average American millionaires are self-employed, live frugal, invest long-term.

The path from self-employment to company ownership is followed by big entrepreneurs like Bill Gates. While it is not easy, it is perhaps the best.

Operating in Different Fields

So being educated in more than one field gives more advantages than being well educated in just one. Did you know that wealthy people earn, on average, seventy percent of their earnings from their investments or companies, and the remaining thirty percent as employees or self-employed? No matter how much money you make, knowing how to increase your money will increase your assurance. Financial security is the ability to earn income from both sides independently of each other.

Financial Freedom

This path leads to real financial security, because there is one thing in common between those who earn income as company owners and those who earn as investors: they have people who work for them and make them earn money. Also, they make their money work for them. They work if they want, they don’t work if they don’t. Thanks to their knowledge in two areas, they do not have to work physically.

This is the path the billionaires take. This path shows the revenue models of Bill Gates from Microsoft, Rupert Murdoch from News Corp., Warren Buffett from Berkshire Hathaway, and Ross Perot.

Warning: Owning a company and being an investor are very different. I have seen many successful company owners who have sold their companies for millions of dollars. They like to think that their money is an indicator of how high their intelligence is, so they step into becoming investors and lose everything. A different game is played in each income generation model, different rules apply. Therefore, I strongly recommend that you be informed.

Just like financial security, operating in two areas will provide more stability to the person in the world of financial freedom.

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If You Know the Tax Law, You Can Also Pay Less Tax

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Today, being an employee in America means paying half of the labor in taxes to the state. In fact, this rate is almost the same all over the world. There are no other tax options for employees. Before the employees receive their salaries, the state receives 24% of it.

The only tax cut that the state provides to employees only makes them more into debt. So, the path to financial freedom for employees or self-employed people is much more difficult.

Accountants tell their wealthy clients that if they buy a more expensive house, they can get more tax cuts. This option makes sense for employees or self-employed people. However, employers or investors often do not heed it.

Tax Reduction May Cause Debt Increase

The income tax rate paid by employers or investors is very low. For this reason, it is much easier to increase the money earned as a company owner or investor.

Employees or self-employed people can only benefit from tax deductions by purchasing a larger house. This doesn’t give a person financial freedom. It only brings more debt.

Buying a more expensive home is not wise for employers and investors. Because for them it’s the same as saying, “Lend me a dollar and I’ll give you fifty cents back.”

World History Full of Resistance to High Taxes

America has a progressive tax system. This means that low-income people pay lower taxes and higher-income people pay higher taxes. However, the system does not work exactly like that. Millionaires and billionaires can be the least taxpayers.

The taxes collected in American history have been protested many times. There have been many rebellions against taxation. The American Revolutionary War (1775–1783) opposed the heavy taxes collected from the British colonies in America. Later, Shays’ Rebellion appeared in 1876, Whiskey Rebellion in 1791, and Fries’s Rebellion in 1799. The reason for all these resistances is taxes.

Not only in America but all over the world, there was resistance to taxes from time to time. There have been more than three hundred and fifty resistance, civil disobedience or uprising against taxes imposed since the 16th century.*

Baby boomers begin retiring. What will happen now?

Especially in our modern world, taxes are needed. Problems arise if taxation is not carried out successfully and the collected taxes are poorly managed.

Baby Boomers are already retiring. Within a few years, millions more of them will retire and will cease to be taxpayers and enjoy social security benefits. This will increase the financial burden of the states considerably. So, in the face of rising taxes, the rich will seek other countries where they can invest their money.

How You Earn Money Determines Your Perspective on Taxes

There was an interview with an investor in the newspaper recently. The investor made a million dollars profit and paid no taxes. Because he was able to delay his tax since the money he earned was a capital gain. He was also exempt from tax when buying and selling real estate because he only exchanged property.

A few days later, I saw elsewhere that this same investor was captioned: “He made a billion dollars and admitted he didn’t pay taxes.”

What is written in this title is actually not a lie. However, at first glance, it makes you think that the investor is evading tax. But the investor did not do anything against the tax law.

Different ways of generating income.

This is a good example of the difference in tax perspective of those who make money in different ways.

The truth is that not all income is taxed equally. Some are less taxed and some are not taxed at all.

Those who have gained financial freedom, and especially investors, are familiar with the laws regarding taxes. Thus, it is easier for them to increase their money.

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Advices from Babylon for Those with Financial Problems

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If you are having financial problems or want to have an idea about finance, the first book you should read is The Richest Man in Babylon. Below you can find some summary of the recommendations given in the book.

So let’s start.

You must secure your source of income for your future. Look at the old people, remember that after a while you will be one of them. Invest your savings very carefully so they don’t get lost. Save money so your family can meet their needs when you leave this world. If you make small payments regularly, you will be able to provide such protection. A frugal person would never delay putting aside a large amount for such a clever reason. Consult knowledgeable people for ideas. Listen to the advice of people whose business is related to money. 

Although advice is given for free, it is important to pay attention to what advice is sought from whom. The cost of seeking advice from someone with no experience in savings may be to lose all savings.

A small safe return is always better than risk. High interest rates can cause you to lose all your money. Stay away from them. 

Wealth also grows from a small seed, like a tree. The first money saved is the seed of the wealth tree. The sooner this seed is planted, the sooner the tree of wealth begins to grow. If this tree is fed with regular accumulation, it will have a shade to lie under with pleasure as soon as possible.

Enjoy life while you’re here. Do not force yourself too hard or try to save too much. If you can only keep a tenth of what you earn, be satisfied with that. Do not be stingy while spending. Life is beautiful and full of things to enjoy.

It is necessary to spend only nine tenths of what is earned and accumulate the rest.

Personally, when I started using nine-tenths of my earnings, I didn’t feel like I had less money than before. And soon my money seemed to get more and more. Undoubtedly, the person who does not spend all of his earnings will get money more easily after a while. On the other hand, money escapes from one whose wallet is empty.

What do you desire most? Is it the fulfillment of all your wishes every day, jewelry, better clothes, better food, things that go as easy as they come? Or do you want more permanent things like gold, property, trade, income generating investments? The dollars that come out of your wallet allow you to get the first set of things, and what you leave in your wallet allows you to access the second set.

It is necessary to eliminate unnecessary expenses by making budget planning, so that you do not spend more than nine tenths of the money earned.

What we define as “necessary expenses” increases according to our income as long as we do not make the opposite effort. Do not confuse your desires with real necessary expenses. Each of us desires more than our earnings can deliver. Even if we use all the money we earn to meet our desires, we still have unmet desires. Man’s desires never end. Desires are usually instant pleasures, whereas accumulation helps for a lifetime.

We should make our money work for us. We should increase our savings with investment. 

The first principle of a good investment is the security of the capital. Is it okay to aim for a bigger profit if your capital is likely to be lost? Obviously not. Don’t let your desires to get rich quick get you on the wrong track.

When investing with the money you have saved, take precautions and do not trust yourself. It is much better to take the opinion and advice of those who are used to using money to make a profit. Such recommendations are free and their value is the amount you are willing to invest. Because it will save you from losing that amount of money.

One of the remedies for a weak wallet is to not let your wallet empty after it is full. Only invest your money in ways that your capital is safe and you can get it back whenever you want. Consult the knowledgeable and experienced people for ideas. Their knowledge and experience prevents you from making precarious investments.

Have your own house in a neighborhood where you can pay the mortgage instead of sitting in a rental.

Someone who acts by the rules of wealth should think about the upcoming retirement days, must make fundraising plans and her investment must be safe for years. She should arrange them in such a way that she can easily access the money when she needs to use it.

Look to create an income now for your old age and for your family’s needs.

Generalized goals cannot go beyond weak wishes. A man’s desire to be rich doesn’t make much sense. But a man’s desire to have five grams of gold is a tangible goal, and therefore it is likely to be achieved. After obtaining five grams of gold, he can find 10 grams of gold, 20 grams of gold, and a thousand grams of gold with similar methods, and then he will be rich. By trying to achieve a small goal, he learns to secure a large amount. 

Wealth happens this way: first with small quantities, then more can be achieved with large quantities. Goals must be clear and defined. If goals are too much, too complex, or too difficult to achieve, they will not serve their purpose.

Work by nurturing your own strengths, become wiser, gain more skills, and respect yourself. Thus, you can gain the confidence you need to achieve your carefully shaped goals and increase your earnings.

The wealth that comes quickly disappears in the same way. Wealth that comes slowly brings pleasure and satisfaction to its owner, because it is the product of knowledge and persistent purpose.

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You are the Person to Take Control of Your Investments

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Rich people use much more leverage than poor people. If you want to get rich, you need leverage. If you really want to get rich, you need a lot of leverage.

We mentioned about leverage before. Now let’s talk about another thing we need to achieve a better economic situation, control power.

People who earn are careful about their thoughts. They don’t think they can’t. They don’t say “This is too risky.”. They don’t back down by saying “I cannot afford this.” Instead, they ask “How can I do this?” or “How can I reduce my risk?” or “How can I afford this?” People who invest to earn money are also extremely careful when choosing people for financial advice. Just as Olympic athletes should be careful when choosing foods that go into their bodies, investors who invest to earn must be careful with advice that will enter their minds. This process may sometimes involve cleansing your mind from old thoughts.

Control Power

Investors who invest to earn want control as well as leverage. People think investing is risky because they have no control.

Think of a car. A car with steering wheel, brake, accelerator, gear and engine. Just imagine if you could drive without any of these. If you got into a car without a steering wheel, could you drive that car?

Many people think investing is risky because they lack control. Imagine investing in mutual funds, stocks, bonds or savings accounts without any knowledge. When you invest in these tools without being able to answer the questions of what will happen next, how they will be traded, or how they will be affected by price volatility, you have almost no control over them.

Interestingly, most of the people who invest are not trained in this field. Driving a car requires at least a driver’s license to show that the driver has been trained and can drive a car.

The lack of control of uninformed and inexperienced investment advisors, financial planners and stockbrokers also makes things worse. For this reason, they make recommendations “Diversify, diversify, diversify”. Diversification is something you will need when you are out of control. Warren Buffett doesn’t diversify because he’s investing in a controlled manner. It buys either all or most of the shares of a business.

Lack of Control

Most people feel powerless because they have no control over their work. I know many people who lost their jobs not because they were bad employees, but because their companies were sold. More and more people feel like they are losing control, as there are many jobs shifting overseas these days. It is difficult to feel safe when you have little control over your job and salary and invest in assets over which you have no control, such as blind investments in savings accounts, stocks, bonds and mutual funds.

There are three reasons people find it risky to invest.

– They have very little financial education.

– They invest in investment instruments over which they cannot control.

-They get investment advice from salespeople and these salespeople have no control over the investment.

Once you understand the use of leverage, your next task is to make sure you have control.

Control is all about education. The more financially educated we are, the sooner we distinguish between advantageous and unfavorable situations. It is also much easier to sort out the bad ones among the good ideas.

Life is full of risks. We don’t have full control – at least not as much control as we think we have. But by getting educated, making reasonable choices, and having a positive attitude, we can reduce risk. Many people have achieved magnificent successes, even when “fortune is not on their side.” They have won because they have decided to take control of their destiny and refuse to give up.

One of the ways to gain control is to always have the big picture in your mind. When people talk about the big picture, I usually think of a tapestry. If you look from behind an extremely beautiful and invaluable tapestry, all you will see will be many knots. Sometimes it’s all that people can see, because they haven’t seen the completed design on the other side yet.

One of the ways to gain control is to always have the big picture in your mind. When people talk about the big picture, I usually think of a tapestry. If you look from the back at an extremely beautiful and invaluable tapestry, you will only see many tiny knots. Sometimes it’s all that people can see, because they haven’t seen the completed design on the other side yet.

Someone once told me that there are many knots in his life that he could not untie. I quickly realized that his problem was simply that he wasn’t visualizing his own tapestry. He was quite relieved when I told him about it.

Look at the situations from the other side. It will help you gain control and gain insight into how to deal with problems and people. At the very least, you have to be able to control what is going on around you as much as you don’t get stuck with your life being full of knots.

You may not have control over many things, but you can start with yourself. The real leverage is brain power. Winners accept responsibility and retain control.

Review your life today. Can you choose how you spend your day, or are you told how you should spend your day? Do you direct your financial investments or do you leave this business to someone else?

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Ten Characteristics of Leaders and Successful Investors

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They Think Positive

From time to time everyone fails, moves away from their goals, or becomes disappointed. But only those who do not give up on their goals can achieve success.

Almost every successful investor is a positive thinker. No matter how difficult the conditions are, they manage to look to the future with hope. Moreover, they do not stop improving and walking towards their goals even in the most adverse times. They don’t allow negative people or negative situations to divert them from their path. An average investor experiences dozens of small and big crises throughout his life.

Of course, we are not talking about a naive positivity here. A positive thought, strengthened and supported by knowledge, benefits everyone.

They Make Conscious Choices Towards Their Goals

Great investors and leaders make clear plans for their goals, and everything they do is directed towards that.

For example, Muhammad Ali, when he was a skinny boy, set his mind on becoming a heavyweight boxing champion and started working towards it. Warren Buffett was trying to accumulate capital by distributing newspapers with a profit of 1 cent each.

If we want to be successful, we must make sacrifices in this regard and all our steps must be directed towards this.

In particular, financial independence requires serious learning and practice. Saving can be learned, investing can be learned, but these skills do not come to you. You have to start somewhere. Then, it is necessary to constantly improve yourself.

We will either find a way or make a one. 

Hannibal

Goals Don’t Work Unless Taking Action

Successful investors and leaders “take action”. They must always move. They make and implement their decisions. Of course this requires a solid character.

You may owe a lot and you may not have invested yet. So you have to act now. Because the 100 dollars saved today is not just a piece of paper. It is a step for your new life that you are constantly improving.

“The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.”

A popular Chinese proverb.

Successful People Never Stop Learning

Studies have found two common characteristics of successful people. The first is that they work in many different jobs and take on various responsibilities as a child. The other is reading too many books.

Warren Buffett tells students who ask the secret of being a successful investor: “You should read 500 pages of books a day. Because knowledge is like compound returns. It increases exponentially. But I know that most of you will not do that. “

The Key to Success is Working Hard and Being Persistent

Investing is like a long-term marathon. In this way, you always learn, develop and mature. Successful investors never give up.

Jesse Livermore, despite three bankruptcies, continued to renew his system, take lessons, and work harder. When Tesla first went to America, he had to dig holes for two years, Michael Jordan was kicked out of the basketball team in high school, Einstein received an F in mathematics and did not receive acceptance from the university to become a researcher.

Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.

Thomas A. Edison

Successful People Make Detailed Analysis and Search for the Facts

Famous investors attach great importance to details and work hard to get the facts. While most people forget their mistakes, they confront them and do detailed analysis.

“Plot out your mistakes on charts, study them, and write some additional rules in order to correct your mistakes and the actions that cost you money.”

William O’Neil

“When the facts change I change my mind, what do you do sir?” 

John Maynard Keynes

Successful Investors Focus on Time and Money

Successful investors value their time very much. Being able to say no is their biggest weapon. They don’t let anything get in their way and distract them from their goals.

Focusing and saying no are important to achieving goals.

Success Often Requires Doing Things Different and Innovating

Most successful people have found new ways to do things more efficiently. Most of the time, they criticized the existing.

Sam Walton warns people to swim against the flow of the river, to go the opposite way of everyone’s heading, and to go against the general public belief. “If everyone is doing something the same way, you can find different things only by going in reverse.” he says.

John C. Bogle, who revolutionized the Fund Management industry with low-cost index funds, could not convince anyone when this idea came to his mind. Now, most of the savings in America are parked in low-cost S&P 500 index funds.

Successful People Inspire The Masses

Successful people set an example to others with their lives and words. They are a teacher, motivating coach or inspiration for the masses.

Warren Buffett’s letters to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders are read by millions.

Long-Term Success Requires Honesty and Solidity

Successful leaders are all honest, reliable, and responsible people. They never give up on their principles. Because these principles are the products of experience they have created to prevent them from making the same mistakes again.

Jesse Livermore has never taken a venture with all his money again after losing all his money twice. In addition, he has adopted the principle of cutting his losses after reaching a certain rate. Warren Buffett never invests in businesses he doesn’t know about.

Principles like these have saved the lives of investors.

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You May Lose Money Because You Don’t Invest Enough Time

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There are only two things we can invest with: Time and money. Many people lose money because they don’t invest enough time.

Remember the 90/10 rule of money. I can say that 90 percent of the investors invest with money, but don’t invest enough with time. And the 10 percent who earn 90 percent of the money invest more time than money.

Let’s take a look at the diagram of three types of investors below. This is important to understand the relationship between time and investing.

When we look at this simple diagram, it is easy to understand why non-investors and passive investors say “Investing is risky.” They either have little or no financial training, and they have little financial experience.

Most investors consider investing risky and seek financial advice from finance professionals with little financial training or experience.

Did you know these?

• Becoming a licensed massage therapist takes more time than becoming a financial advisor.

• Less than 20% of all stockbrokers and real estate dealers invest in products they recommend to their clients.

• Very few politicians and legislators have any investment.

• Economics department academics generally don’t have a financial training or experience in investment.

• Many journalists who write on finance issues have little financial education or investment experience.

Wall Street is the only place that people ride to in a Rolls Royce to get advice from those who take the subway.

Warren Buffet

It was discovered that the most used word in English is “time”. The word “money” may also be in the top 100, but it wasn’t even near “time” on the list. 

How you spend your time is very important because lost time can never be recovered. The money lost is often recoverable. As Pericles puts it, ” Time is the wisest counselor of all.”. I recommend that you be mindful of your time and learn to invest your time thoughtfully.

If wasting 15 minutes meant losing $ 500, would you be more conscious of how to spend those 15 minutes? I think you would. If you are in the hospitality industry, going to new restaurants doesn’t mean you waste time and money. What waste is, is different for all of us.

Be aware of how you spend your time. Not all money in the world can make up for lost time.

We are all affected by money, regardless of who we are or where we live or what we do. If there is something that will affect your life, it’s best to learn as much about it as possible. Can you find time to invest in your financial education?

Evaluate how you spend your time. There are 168 hours a week:

Can you devote between 4 and 10 hours a week for your financial education? You can probably do that. The real question is: Will you take the time?

Make a promise to yourself to take more time to learn, and then keep your word! Reading this blog is a good start. But more is always needed. What else can you do?

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