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Re: Ultimate goal in Real Estate investing - Posted by Rich-CA
Posted by Rich-CA on October 06, 2007 at 21:32:10:
My original holdings were all tech stocks because I worked in the industry from before they were the “in” thing and knew a lot of the names and what kind of people they were. Stock investing, to be really good, requires an almost “insider” knowledge of the markets, products, companies and players. So when a lot of people around me lost their shorts during the dot com bust, I made 400%. Because I invested in companies I knew run by people who knew their stuff, supported by a solid technical skill set with a plan to do well that made sense.
I started following ETFs (those are Exchange Traded Funds) a while ago and have been very happy with the performance of the iShares series of funds. My own holdings there have made steady progress. I have money in gold production, natural gas, Brazil, and some others. Yields vary and this is definitely not something where you get in and out quickly. These are like Mutual Funds except they have no load (fees) due to the fact that all the work is in selecting the set of companies rather than buying and selling to make money.
I used to use Schwab for this. They have extensive research posted on their site which telly you about the funds, collects publications that mention the fund, and tracks the performance of the fund up to 5 or 10 years in the past so you can see how volatile it is.
I also have a fund within the Timothy Plan, which is a mutual fund, that has performed very well and has actually gone up during general market declines. Their focus is that they do not invest in companies that advertise on violent, sexually explicit, alcohol/drug related programs or magazines. I was most surprised how removing those companies from the mix really helps the performance of the fund. But, then again, their managers are also very good. Timothy Plan is managed by Quaker Funds at this time.
These essentially are invested in the part of the economy that is not directly tied to the housing industry, which is why is helps diversify your risk.
Oh, and Schwab does have account reps as well as investment classes that can help you understand what you need to know before you put a dime in.
I recently changed over to a managed portfolio because I hit the minimum they require to be able to actively get involved in tracking the things I just don’t have time to since RE takes up too much time. You select these guys by (1) learning enough to know what to ask and understand the answers and (2) questioning them like interviewing anyone else who might work for you.
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Posted by Deric Maxwell on November 29, 2007 at 04:28:43:
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