Comments on: How to start investing – A DIY Growth Investment Strategy Part 9 – Make a Financial Plan http://www.thefinancialblogger.com/how-to-start-investing-a-diy-growth-investment-strategy-part-9-%e2%80%93-make-a-financial-plan/ This is where your finance takes place Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:46:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: OneDay http://www.thefinancialblogger.com/how-to-start-investing-a-diy-growth-investment-strategy-part-9-%e2%80%93-make-a-financial-plan/comment-page-1/#comment-5617 OneDay Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:45:58 +0000 http://www.thefinancialblogger.com/?p=1484#comment-5617 Yes and I think that in a Do-It-Yourself program, you need: - to be confident; - to be able to make a plan and stick to it; - to be able to accept your good shots and losses (not having to ask yourself too much: "If only I had done things differently")... It's a learning process and it's not easy but so rewarding!! Yes and I think that in a Do-It-Yourself program, you need:
- to be confident;
- to be able to make a plan and stick to it;
- to be able to accept your good shots and losses (not having to ask yourself too much: “If only I had done things differently”)…

It’s a learning process and it’s not easy but so rewarding!!

]]> By: The Financial Blogger http://www.thefinancialblogger.com/how-to-start-investing-a-diy-growth-investment-strategy-part-9-%e2%80%93-make-a-financial-plan/comment-page-1/#comment-5615 The Financial Blogger Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:10:58 +0000 http://www.thefinancialblogger.com/?p=1484#comment-5615 Life is rough for all investor and particularly for DIY investors as they are on their own to face bad results (they don't even have the luxury of blaming their broker or adviser ;-) ).... GIC rates suck plain and simple! Life is rough for all investor and particularly for DIY investors as they are on their own to face bad results (they don’t even have the luxury of blaming their broker or adviser ;-) )….

GIC rates suck plain and simple!

]]> By: OneDay http://www.thefinancialblogger.com/how-to-start-investing-a-diy-growth-investment-strategy-part-9-%e2%80%93-make-a-financial-plan/comment-page-1/#comment-5614 OneDay Mon, 13 Apr 2009 19:27:22 +0000 http://www.thefinancialblogger.com/?p=1484#comment-5614 One thing: don't solely invest in pitiful returns from CSBs or GICs. I agree with the author Gordon Pape when he made an interesting point in an interview: "We've got people now who are in such a state of fear that they're basically accepting zero return on their money just to believe that the cash is going to be safe". One thing: don’t solely invest in pitiful returns from CSBs or GICs.

I agree with the author Gordon Pape when he made an interesting point in an interview: “We’ve got people now who are in such a state of fear that they’re basically accepting zero return on their money just to believe that the cash is going to be safe”.

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