Hey friends! Recently, I realised I have not been blogging about investing. So, I will like to share something I did before starting on my dividend investing path in 2009.
Just a quick recap in case you are visiting my humble blog for the first time. I used to have a phobia of stocks, thanks to constant "scare tactics" and "brainwashing" by my conservative parents (who went through the Asian financial crisis). When Lehman Brothers' collapsed and the financial markets nosedived, I felt really relieved that I was not part of it. I just read the financial news everyday for fun and amusement. I even laughed at the plight of those greedy American banks.
The Fed started QE1 and TARP. The US dollar depreciated. H1N1 was ravaging the global economy. There was extreme fear in the world markets. The world was on the brink of financial armageddon. So ......