Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Why do you need to invest in 2011 - a new year resolution

Its a brand new year, everyone have their own resolution to come about. Some wants to buy a new house/car in 2011 or get a girlfriend before the end of the year or get promoted or higher increment or save more money or lose weight, and bla bla bla~

So what is MY resolution for 2011? It may look slightly different from whatever I've mentioned. I am aiming to SAVE more money and SPEND on investment. Because the bull is raging, economy is being picked up by the raging share markets, and news are spreading all over the world! I have roughly measured that half of my salary will go to investments on good opportunities.
So my resolution? I want to double-fold or even triple-fold my returns if I made the right decision and right discipline in all.

So what is YOUR resolution for 2011? If its not about money, then the rest of the info I am going to share here means nothing. But if you want more money, then hear me out why you need to invest in 2011...!


Many reasons and many places you can look into. After the economic downturn in 2008, finally we're seeing some growth. Industry that has been falling are starting to move upward once again. Here are some points for the growth all over the world:

  • Talk about US, the indicator of the world's economy. Many countries or even companies monitor the health of US economy as an indicator to the world's status. We're seeing banking industries starting to pick up again, Citibank that used to be hit with worst impact are starting to move ahead (most credit card holder still have Citibank card now right??). New mobile technology has made a new generation impact, I am talking about Iphone/HTC industry or perhaps Ipad/Amazon Kindle industry. The multifold sales of Apple products have boost the economic greatly on the likes of supplies of raw materials, distributions, marketing, mobile service provider, manufacturing plants, etc
  • Now we talk about my home country, Malaysia. Although it doesn't get the hardest hit on 2008 downturn, but it followed the growth together with US economy. We are seeing the banking line moving forward, seeing Maybank growing steadily, CIMB shooting up high in 2010, and RHB which has just set up partnership with US giant, Goldman Sach on funds services. Malaysia's plantation industry will start to take a lead as the exporting business will eventually grow faster in 2011.
  • Our neighbour country, Singapore is not doing too bad as well. Their economy surprised many when they reported GDP growth of 6.9%, strong growth were on manufacturing and service line contribution.
  • China is another big giant that is blooming! Despite the fear of inflation in China, it doesn't stop foreign investor to continue pumping in money to China companies. Talk about Baidu, what is it? Put it this way, the next Google is happening in China. Baidu is predicted to be the next Google in the country with their shares continue to rise up the peak. The internet services growth in China seems to blow people away. Talk about Sina, Sohu and Baidu are some of the investors' bulls eye right now.
  • India market is also the next big thing. They are hidden in the shadow, not being noticed by most investors. Big giant Tata Steel continues to push forward, with the monopoly of price-control they are not affected by the price increase of ore or coal to keep them moving in the economy. While agricultural sector plays a big role in contributing the high GDP for India previous quarter.

Please be noted that all the information above are not copy-pasted articles from any other sites. They are all the information I've read and are expressed based solely on my opinion.
Market are very bullish now, unless if unpredicted future bad news occurs.
So don't stop investing if you know how the right market and method to invest. If you are a bond investor, you can leave bond aside and move on to better money right now.

However, investing requires plenty of info and knowledge, whether it is fundamental or technical aspects, its not a hit-and-run money maker.

 Anywat I am not an expert, I just want to share. Happy investing =)

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