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Ultimately, be a happy &amp;amp; sophisticated investor to achieve financial freedom earlier before retirement.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dr-financialservices.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1678129297087668288/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dr-financialservices.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Kenneth Yew</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16560678578511624570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='26' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HAHBWMMMo5Y/Tzjhg1if5sI/AAAAAAAAASw/5Ho-HUHZj4s/s220/KY-photo%2B1.png'/></author><generator version='7.00' 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/&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Alternative investment is the answer to make sure you achieve your financial goals more effectively towards your aim return in medium to long terms investment strategies.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;LOW RISK, HIGH RETURN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#3333FF;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1678129297087668288-3732867385478661305?l=dr-financialservices.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' 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type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#3366ff;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#3366ff;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#3366ff;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#3366ff;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#3366ff;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#3366ff;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#3366ff;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Want To Let Your Money Work Hard For You ?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#3366ff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#3366ff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#3366ff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#3366ff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#3366ff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#3366ff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#3366ff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#3366ff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#3366ff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#3366ff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#3366ff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;FINANCIAL FREEDOM&lt;/span&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Investment Strategies&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_h5eFw4-GC58/SOxpV94LMyI/AAAAAAAAAEY/DLMrsZFBSCY/s1600-h/Investment+Strategies.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254690691342873378" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_h5eFw4-GC58/SOxpV94LMyI/AAAAAAAAAEY/DLMrsZFBSCY/s200/Investment+Strategies.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_h5eFw4-GC58/SOxk7f-N9LI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/CiHgin6ENGE/s1600-h/Investment+Strategies.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Invest now &amp;amp; spread your risk into different sectors of investment which may depends on your risk appetite.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Growth&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Designed to maximise the value of your investment over the time, growth funds invest primarily in stocks that have a strong potential for above-average growth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;Growth &amp;amp; Income&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Desgined to provide both regular income and long-term growth in the values of your investments, growth and income funds invest primarily in stock, bonds or a combination of both.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Income&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Designed to provide a regular stream of income, income funds invest primarily in interest-paying bonds, stocks that pay regular dividends or a combination of both.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;Capital Preservation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Designed to maintain a stable price share while providing current income, capital preservations funds include money market funds.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;STAGES OF LIFE &lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Financial Planning&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;The Foundation Years:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;A&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;ge: 20s to Mid 30s&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_h5eFw4-GC58/SOxkGkWrqjI/AAAAAAAAAEI/jWKZj0vQicA/s1600-h/Financial+Planning+-+The+Foundation+Year.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254684929235331634" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_h5eFw4-GC58/SOxkGkWrqjI/AAAAAAAAAEI/jWKZj0vQicA/s200/Financial+Planning+-+The+Foundation+Year.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Many years of earning power ahead&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Plans to buy a home and / or start a family&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Willing to accept some fluctuations in investment results in pursuit of long-term financial goal&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Acquisition Years&lt;/strong&gt; :&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Age: 30s to Mid 40s&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_h5eFw4-GC58/SOxjdh9LFZI/AAAAAAAAAEA/HXqdRV8aK4A/s1600-h/Financial+Planning+-he+Acquisition+Year.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254684224216831378" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_h5eFw4-GC58/SOxjdh9LFZI/AAAAAAAAAEA/HXqdRV8aK4A/s200/Financial+Planning+-he+Acquisition+Year.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Income still climbing&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Established college fund for children&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Willing to accept some fluctuations in investment results in the pursuit of long-term financial goals&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;The Accumulation Years:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Age: Late 40s to Mid 50s&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_h5eFw4-GC58/SOxi1qmNJ_I/AAAAAAAAAD4/fVjwaI25GsY/s1600-h/Financial+Planning+-+The+Accumulation+Years.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254683539341649906" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_h5eFw4-GC58/SOxi1qmNJ_I/AAAAAAAAAD4/fVjwaI25GsY/s200/Financial+Planning+-+The+Accumulation+Years.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Family responsibilities winding down&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Begins to think about retirement&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Seeks less volatility in investment results by emphasizing more income and capital preservation and less long-term growth&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Reaping - The Reward Years&lt;/strong&gt; :&lt;br /&gt;Age : Late 50s to Retirement&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_h5eFw4-GC58/SOxhWr3igKI/AAAAAAAAADg/WNOlCQc2esY/s1600-h/Financial+Planning+-+The+Reward+Year.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_h5eFw4-GC58/SOxiYX5hebI/AAAAAAAAADw/4TXMoke8hI4/s1600-h/Financial+Planning+-+The+Reward+Year.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254683036106193330" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_h5eFw4-GC58/SOxiYX5hebI/AAAAAAAAADw/4TXMoke8hI4/s200/Financial+Planning+-+The+Reward+Year.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Retired or about to retire&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Years of earning high income may be over&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Plans activities during retirement; assesses ability to set up trust funds for grandchildren&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Seeks lower volatility in investment results &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff6600;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff6600;"&gt;RULE 72&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;i) To figure out what rate of return you need to gain in order for your investments to double in certain number of years.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Assuming : To double in 10 years&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Use Rule 72 ------&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;72/10&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; (number of years)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;=================&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;You need compounded rate of 7.2 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;ii) To figure out, how may years it would take for your money to double at a certain rate of return. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Assuming : 12% compounded rate of return&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Use Rule 72 -------&gt; 72/12%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; (compounded rate)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;==============&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;You need only 6 years&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.publicmutual.com.my/"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;http://www.publicmutual.com.my/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1678129297087668288-1080315452060749290?l=dr-financialservices.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dr-financialservices.blogspot.com/feeds/1080315452060749290/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dr-financialservices.blogspot.com/2008/10/want-to-let-your-money-work-hard-for.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1678129297087668288/posts/default/1080315452060749290'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1678129297087668288/posts/default/1080315452060749290'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dr-financialservices.blogspot.com/2008/10/want-to-let-your-money-work-hard-for.html' title=''/><author><name>Kenneth 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style="color:#000000;"&gt;Step 1 : Do a thorough &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Cash Flow Analysis&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Step 2 : Do a&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt; Networth Analysis&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1678129297087668288-3063015269192776283?l=dr-financialservices.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dr-financialservices.blogspot.com/feeds/3063015269192776283/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dr-financialservices.blogspot.com/2008/10/financial-health-check-step-1-do.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1678129297087668288/posts/default/3063015269192776283'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' 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style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dr-financialservices-wp.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#000099;"&gt;Need To Transfer Your Risk ?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Let insurance company doing the risk management for us, instead we need to pay the "big" price when unfortunate disaster happen to us or our loved ones.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1678129297087668288-1566381132483082957?l=dr-financialservices.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dr-financialservices.blogspot.com/feeds/1566381132483082957/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dr-financialservices.blogspot.com/2008/10/need-to-transfer-your-risk-let.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link 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