Other Investments

Anyone who invests purely in one thing or the other is either foolish or poor. Whilst I love Hannes Dreyer to bits in terms of his left of centre entrepreneurial thinking, it is risky to purely expose oneself to one basket of investment such as property. Whilst Hannes talks extensively about business and property the question remains that once one has made some money the question arises as to where to put it.

My friends at my daily free e-news letter have a few suggestions and they focus on the big picture of economics. Their very unpopular point of view is sadly, based on sound economic fundamentals that some economists are completely missing. America is in serious economic trouble. The dollar is at enormous risk because vast reserves of the United States dollar based bonds (debt owed by the US government) is owned by the Chinese and Japanese. If these were to be called in tomorrow, each American household would have to pay, immediately, USD 26 000 odd. That is staggering. It cannot be done. End of story.

The dollar will continue to slide against every other currency that whose country does not have the levels of debt that the US has. My friends have their hearts on their sleeves and you can agree or disagree with them if you like. I have to insist that you make up your own mind, as I have done. And then you have to take stapes to protect yourself from the oncoming fallout. As with any big trend there are winners and there are losers. Spotting the big trend makes all the difference and investing your profits from Hannes' course (see more here) or from your own business, becomes much less risky and much more profitable.

Don't try for these get rich quick schemes. Options trading is a great way to make (or lose) money quickly, but gold is safe and slow and largely it fits in with trends that options trading cannot. If you want to get into options trading, follow those who have done it before you and use their advice and experience to your benefit. Reading the Daily news letters will put you in touch with some of the very best.

So why am I sharing this with you? Am I doing it for free?

There are no illusions on the Internet. Nothing is free - not information that can be used to make money. I derive a small income from referrals and advertising on this site. By keeping it current with current trends I also protect my own investments. By keeping my finger on the pulse, I keep my own senses sharpened and I also get a surprising amount of feedback from others.

I don't pretend to be right. I genuinely believe that these guys are right, and will be proven so over time. The thinking that they espouse is to my mind logical, sensible and based on fact. And my chemical engineering thinking trained into me is of a similar standard. What are the facts and information we have to work with? What can we measure? What theory can we apply to the situation to try and model it? Is this SENSIBLE?

And when dealing with money this thinking has over time ensured that I have not yet lost money on any share I have ever bought, in my modest two year trading spree. Right now I am down about 10% on Harmony Gold, but I will recover that without doubt. Because it is a sensible buy even now.

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