Investments should be tailored to your needs

When in doubt remember to seek professional financial advice, but if you try investing without help, here are a few recommendations.

08:44 31 August 2013

Investments can be a little difficult to navigate well. It’s easy to get carried away, especially if you’re trying to manage your own portfolio without help. If you don’t have any experience trying to manage investments it might be a good idea to seek assistance from a financial professional who will be able to determine the true value of a potential investment option. If you really want to choose your own investments, here are a few things to keep in mind:

• If you have the money and desire to try high-risk investments, remember not to spend all your funds in such an investment since that is usually a recipe for financial disaster. Try putting a smaller amount in the high risk investments first, and a more substantial portion of your funds into a lower risk venture. Try to find one that has lower risk which still giving a decent rate of return

 

• Don’t forget about traditional types of investments such as property. Purchasing tracts of land and homes are usually a sure-fire way to enhance your finances and the bonus is that it also offers you options. You can sell the property at some point if you have a financial emergency, or even use it as another source of steady income.

 

• If you pay attention to the historical trends on the investments you are considering, you may actually have a fairly decent idea of how the company will do in the future. You will probably pay more if you select from established companies, but those are also the ones that are more likely to remain successful and weather economic struggles where smaller start-ups may not have adequate resources to ensure their own success.

 

• Good old savings is another way to help your savings over time. Rates are typically lower for savings accounts, but there may be other types of accounts that earn more off your investments.