The best investment comes in many forms. I was frequently asked this same question over and over again. Let’s see how some successful people answer the same question:
Ask a Successful businessman
On page 45 of Personal Money Issue #93 May 2009, Lim Chung Chun, the co-founder of iFast Corp Pte. Ltd. said,
“My best investment has been in iFAST. This has been my single-biggest investment and the most profitable so far.”
iFast is a multi-national investment services provider that has presence in Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong and India.
A successful businessman invest a lot in his own business. Ask Ray Kroc about his best investment, I bet he will say “McDonald”!
Ask a Successful Architect
On page 47 of Personal Money Issue #88 December 2008, Zaini Zainul said,
“I concentrate on real estate. I guess that, being an architect, it is what I know best. I don’t play in the stock market, as there are short-term success and risk involved.”
Zaini is a very successful architect who designed the Perbadanan Putrajaya Complex and Putrajaya Shangri-La Hotel at Putrajaya.
Ask a CEO
On page 43 of Personal Money Issue #92 April 2009, Mohamed Akwal Sultan, CEO of the Credit Counselling and Debt Management Agency (AKPK) said,
“I have a couple of good investments. One of the best happened when I first started working. I took a small loan to buy Amanah Saham Nasional unit trust way back in 1982. I’ve not touched that amount, and the compounding effect and accumulation of dividends have ballooned into quite a comfortable sum now”
You are a successful person in the Employee Quadrant when you become a CEO of a company. When you are focusing on your job and career and being a passive investor, unit trust may be the best investment for you.
What is my best investment?
My best investment so far is my life insurance agency business and this personal finance blog. I invested some money and a lot of time in these two. Both businesses give me regular streams of income. Although the income generated are not totally passive, but they allow me not to work for months without worrying about income loss.
What is the best investment for you?
From the examples above, it is apparent that there is no such thing as “the best investment” that suits everyone.
The best investment for you is something you
- are passionate about
- can leverage on
- have total control
So, what is your best investment? Tell us about it.
34 replies to "What is the best investment?"
Now I’m 33 years old. I’m planning to to be part time unit trust consultant. Can u give me some advice on how to success in this business??
I’m years of age in college but don’t think its for me. Any how I stumbled on this when I googled “why rich people read alot” lol well my best investment right now I believe is time. I would like some advice on that. I want to be an animator and I am self-teaching my self since I couldn’t afford animation schools.
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Hi KC,
I got the book last week and enjoy reading it.
I am a beginner and I am listing out what you mentioned on Chapter 3 – things you can do to increase your income.
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From hindsight, I think I have not made any really wise investment. Most of those that I made some marginal gains have been wiped out by that dastardly runaway inflation. I went into the stock market in the 80s and was beaming from one end of my mouth to the other when stocks soared but had to whimper away with loses when Iraq attacked Kuwait. Since then, I have only been a sahdow of my real self as far as stocks are concerned.
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The best investment is to invest ourself means that to improve our knowledge in a particular industry !!! Knowledge is our most valuable asset according to Bestsellers Azizi Ali !!! lol 🙂
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What is the Best Investment in the World…
The best investment comes in many forms. I was frequently asked this same question over and over again. Let’s see how some successful people answer the same question…
What is the Best Investment in the World…
The best investment comes in many forms. I was frequently asked this same question over and over again. Let’s see how some successful people answer the same question…
KC,
I just bought your book bout two weeks ago after surfing your web. It indeed increase my financial knowledge in some ways… Keep it up man.. As an insurance agent myself, I think theres a lot I need to learn from you.. Keep it up man..!!
I totally agree with you, invest in sth that you have total control and have certain knowledge in it or else it is very dangerous for us to invest blindly.
@Falco,
Thanks for your support. You’ve made a great choice to build a career in life insurance.
The best investment in the world, I think, it would be our children. They are the next generation of the nation. Invest doesnt means money only. We do invest our time with our family, our parents. ….. For our personal investment, I guess we should hear some advice from personal financial planner, and let us invest/plan in child education, or ourselves retirement plan/investment.
For now it’s unit trust fund.
for the time being, i thnk i will choose to invest in unit trust and feel more safety, do u think that?
Yeah!
I personally do agree with your point that our chosen investment vehicle must be something we have total control.
Once we are long enough in that, we would be expert too, and by then we can actually venture into other ways to generate another streams of income.
Hi KC, just saw your book in borders recently but I end up bought other books, do you mind? My best investment is myself. I always educated myself before I start to invest in any corner of investment vehicle. What I believe is… the best ever investment vehicle is ourselves. Invest in ourselves before we start to invest in others… like gold, stocks, business, mutual fund, real estate and so on.
All the best!
Jeremy
@ Jeremy,
Thanks for checking out my book .. although you didn’t buy it.
As you said, financial education is very important.
My investment is, i can dliligently put aside “X” amount of money in my FD, comes rain or shine,,,,,, and only from there, i can branch out to other investment