The most common question for a new investor is to ask whether to invest their money into Pooled Fund ( Mutual Fund or UITF) or Stock Market. But which is really the best investment for you? Stocks or Pooled Fund?
New investors looking to invest for the future are usually have their options - pooled funds or stock market. Both carry advantages and disadvantages, risks and its for investor need to understands the which will favor for them
Whether you invest in pooled funds or stock market, it will depends on your risk appetite vs. return you can handle. It also depend on your time to monitor and willing to learn watching the market movements in daily basis. You also need to understand which company you are investing, check the fundamentals and growth.
Let me give you some factors to consider before choosing either pooled fund or individual stocks is for you:
1. How much to start?
Either pooled fund or stocks you can open an account with the minimum of P5,000. But let me take a look, In pooled fund your P5,000 already give you diversify portfolio you already own 10 different companies in a different industries (food,mining,services,real estate etc.). In stock market you can open with the same amount of P5,000 but what company you can buy in this amount, limited to cheap company.
2. Do you have time and Knowledge?
In stock market you will be the one to control your portfolio, you will be your fund manager by yourself. You will choose which stocks to buy, when to sell etc. While in pooled fund you have fund managers who will do the work for you. You let your fund manager manage your portfolio and allow him to decide what to buy and when to sell. With this, ask yourself do your time to study your portfolio or you are busy with your work and can not manage your portfolio.
3. Are you willing to take the risk?
Either pooled fund or stock both have risk. Since the pooled fund are already diversify it still lower risk compare to stock. Risk can be lessen if you have the game plan for every investment. You must understand when to enter and when is the best time to exit. While stock is more risky than pooled fund it has more opportunity to maximized your gain compared to pooled fund.
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| Stocks vs. Pooled Funds |
If you want to fully participate in the markets and can handle more risk, choose a portfolio of individual stocks. But have a strategy. Choose those stocks that have consistently increased their dividends, have had stable stock prices in good and bad markets, and have free cash flows (cash beyond their expenses). Look for companies that have great products used by consumers every day. If you want to dig a little deeper, choose those companies that have consistently increased sales each year. For that statistic, you may have to read their annual reports.
However if you are busy and working as employee it does not mean you can not invest in equity. Pooled fund is investment for you and you can still participate in equity controlled by fund managers.Pooled funds also allow you to access many different markets across the globe. You can invest in a global real estate fund as well as a currency or commodity fund, and you can do this with very little money because many pooled funds have low investment minimums.
However if you are busy and working as employee it does not mean you can not invest in equity. Pooled fund is investment for you and you can still participate in equity controlled by fund managers.Pooled funds also allow you to access many different markets across the globe. You can invest in a global real estate fund as well as a currency or commodity fund, and you can do this with very little money because many pooled funds have low investment minimums.
Making money comes with a price. You can either take the less volatile approach with mutual funds or put more work into developing a stock picking strategy. Both work, but they appeal to very different objectives.
Good luck and happy investing.
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P.S. 1. Bernard B. Anduyon is an OFW based in Qatar. He is a speaker and trainor for OFIE-M (Overseas Filipino Investors and Entrepreneur – Movement), a small group of Filipinos that advocates and teaches fellow OFWs to be investors and entrepreneurs. He is also a long-time member of Bo Sanchez' Truly Rich Club http://bernard.trulyrichclub.com.
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