“Goooooooooooooooal!”

I am just  practicing shouting this when my favorite team (Brazil) wins the World Cup! I think it will be tough for them this year (2014) but I got to keep faith. They just got through to the semi-finals but their key striker (Neymar) is suffering a broken vertebra in his side’s win against Colombia. That is certainly a big blow to the team.

OK, back to the topic of investment. so how come investment is like a soccer game? let me count the ways:

1) You need strikers

You need strikers to score a goal like you need investment assets to grow your money fast. In a soccer match, typically you have defenders, mid fielders and strikers. each of them are trained to perform a very specific role. In the investment world, you should have different assets class to form your portfolio. Like bonds or banks savings to give ...