Archive for October, 2005

Risks of investing in a developing market

Sunday, October 23rd, 2005

I’d love to invest in a market that is growing at 15% per annum (like the Chinese plastic pipe market) — and yet, even with that growth, competition has become cut throat.
But more disturbing is the subtle undertone in the article about environmental risks. It is very heartening to see China making forward-thinking commitments […]

Principle #4: Wealth is not the end, just the means

Saturday, October 8th, 2005

Investing takes effort — and discipline. You’ll need a good reason to spend the time and to make the sacrifices you need to make. What is your reason? Why do you want to be wealthy? If your goal is simply to be rich, you will never be satisfied — there is always […]

Hard landing for Sydney — but it only _just_ lets the stock market catch up!

Saturday, October 8th, 2005

Apparently the Sydney property market is still slowing down — and other cities may be following. Meanwhile Perth and Darwin are growing from mining dollars — and mining companies are turning into property developers.
The growth data presented in the article seems a little confusing to me. Yes, the All Ordinaries has grown by […]