By: PanzerGrenadier One of the forums that I join is Shareinvestor.com where I meet many interesting individuals who have gone through vastly different experiences in life in journeying towards financial freedom. Today I am pleased to feature one such post, obtained with his kind permission, on his take on what makes up a balanced portfolio. This experienced investor’s take gives you a glimpse of what a real life investor sees when we talk about investment portfolios. =============================================================== Hi Mera San, A balanced portfolio can be constructed according to each person’s risk appetite and lifestyle requirement: typically it employs some kind of assets allocation method (or for myself, I prefer “asset dedication” concept as I do not change the composition percentage any time) such as shares/unit trust; rental properties; and opportunity cash holdings. There are other matrix to protect your portfolio and they can be read about in those financial planning books in the National Library where I learnt it myself. Read more...