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basant
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   Posted: 28/Nov/2010 at 5:29am |
Originally posted by rajnsharma
In a nutshell making money is not easy doesn't matter if it is real state or stocks. You have to pay the right price to buy the right thing and keep watching if the story continues or not.
Having said that real state in my opinion is a little safer than stocks as the rise and fall are generally not too fast.
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It is a sheer case of sacrificing volatility for returns.
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rajnsharma
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Posted: 28/Nov/2010 at 6:16am |
Originally posted by basant
Originally posted by rajnsharma
In a nutshell making money is not easy doesn't matter if it is real state or stocks. You have to pay the right price to buy the right thing and keep watching if the story continues or not.
Having said that real state in my opinion is a little safer than stocks as the rise and fall are generally not too fast.
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Totally agreed. Returns in real state are definitely lower than in stocks.
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Apple Inc: The Greatest Turnaround in Corporate HistoryBy Max Olson | January 18th, 2011 Some fun facts about Apple’s turnaround:
- +8,524% (37.7% annualized): Stock performance since Steve Jobs’ return to Apple in 1997.
- +821% (18.6% annualized): Revenue growth since Jobs’ return.
- +5,093% (66.4% annualized): Stock performance since the launch of the iTunes Store in April, 2003. (A disruptive innovation.)
- +951% (39.9% annualized): Revenue growth since iTunes Store launch.
- In the last 8 years, revenue has grown by $60 billion (1,000%). 73% of that growth came from newly launched products.
- In the last 3 years, revenue has grown by $40 billion (165%). 60% of that growth came from iPhone sales.
- $220 billion: Amount of products sold since the release of the first iPod.
- $19 billion: Apple’s cut of all sales through the iTunes Store, plus Apple iPod accessories (currently $5 billion a year).
- 298 million: Total number of iPod units sold.
- 90 million: Total number of iPhone units sold.
- If the cash and securities on Apple’s balance sheet (~$60 billion) was turned into a hedge fund, it would be the biggest in the world.
Apple Sales/Income Timeline
Apple’s unit volume for non-Mac products:
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Price is what you pay.Value is what you get.
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I often wonder about what one should do to identify the next Apple when it starts off the gravy train...no solid ideas at the moment
Afterall, just one such stock is all that one needs for a lifetime of successful investing
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basant
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We’re not enthused about gold. People say it’s a hedge against inflation, but that’s also true of oil, land, Coca-Cola, See’s Candies, etc. I’d much prefer to own land in Nebraska or an apartment house or an index fund as a store of value. People will always need to drink and eat [referring to Coke and See’s]. We wouldn’t trade ownership of businesses for a hunk of yellow metal.Gold would be way down my list as a store of value. I’d much rather own 100 acres of land in Nebraska or an apartment house or an index fund.
The Dow went from 66 to 11,000 or 12,000 during the last century, and you got paid a lot of dividends along the way. Gold went from $20 in 1900 to $400 in 2000, plus you’d have to pay insurance and storage costs, so it’s not a good store of value.
I’m not advocating paper money – it’s good to worry about this. But I’d rather sell one pound of candy. That will retain its value even if the currency is seashells.
Gold has done very badly [as an investment] in the past and I see no reason why it will work well in the future. All that happens is that it is taken out of the ground in South Africa and put back in the ground in Fort Knox. - Warren Buffett |
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Yes, Basantji- I too don't own any Gold though my wife keeps buying Silver.
Here, in India, its more of a cultural bias to buy Gold and Silver for marriages and on occasions like birth of child etc. More often than not, it gets passed from generation to generation. I only wish stocks could be passed over from one generation to another!!!
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This is one reason investors get scared of investing in the markets. We have scoundrels roaming the markets and the redressal system is very weak.
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| Despite repeated persuasion, investors’ complaints filed with the market regulator either remain unheard, or are disposed off with vague replies.
Although SEBI claims to respond to complaints and give a regstration number, investors say that the market regulator does nothing in terms of redressal.
According to a comment posted by a reader on our website, SEBI has told him that it does not have an investor grievances redressal system. The reader says, "In a reply to my RTI application, SEBI had informed that there is no Investor Grievances Redressal System in SEBI. There is only Investor Complaints facilitation centre. It does not guarantee redressal of investor complaints. It also stated that investor should file their complaints in a court of law for redressal. So what happened to SEBI's role as protector of investors' rights?
This attitude of the regulator has taken a toll on India's investor population. Moneylife has repeatedly pointed out that India's investor population has declined from 20 million in 1992 (according to official reports) to just eight million (equity and mutual funds), according to the D Swarup Committee report 2009. |
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Stocks do outperform other investments over the long term, but if one had followed that advice by putting all one's money into stocks in September-October 1929, or in 1987, or in 2008, one would have taken a bath. Stocks are risky and should constitute only a part of one's portfolio, especially in times of economic flux and turmoil like the present.
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