Business & Finance Blog

Understanding Investment Risk

If investment is so easy, why isn’t everybody rich? Investment involves risk by definition. You invest an amount of money and hope that it earns an extra amount for you, but we must be aware of the risk. Risk is defined by the amount of money you would potentially lose in the worst situation. This is the factor R we see in return to risk ratio. This is a intuitive method to estimate the quality of an investment and chances are you already know how to use it in your daily life.

When you are given two choices, how would you come up with your decision? For example, there are two different methods for you to go home, one is to go on the high way, and another one is to go through the street. If you choose the high way, you may be able to get home within 30 minutes if everything is smooth. But there is a possibility that there is a traffic accident and you would need two more hours to get home. Choice number two is to try the streets with fewer cars. There are many traffic lights and whatever the traffic is, you would need 45 minutes to get home.  Read more...

Which Forex Investment to Choose?

Forex investment is so common and is so easy to do nowadays. Everyone can trade foreign currencies. But many people just focus on the return side and forget that the golden rule of “high risk high return”. Yes, there can be high risk that you may not be able to withstand behind such high return. Why not understand more about the associated risks before actually investing?

Forex trading though is what many people are doing, it does not associate with the term low risk. In fact the high return that draws many people to such investment indicates that it is a high risk investment. Based on the buying and selling of foreign currencies, you can be able to gain through the difference in exchange rate. But, how can one know exactly how the currencies fluctuate. Therefore, it is an investment only suitable for those who can withstand such high risk.

For a lower risk choice, you can choose forex related investment products. Instead of directly trading the foreign currencies, you trade the related products which are linked to exchange rate, interest rate and gold price, etc. This type of investment can give you a 5% or more return on average. But to note that though the risk is lower compared to forex trading, it is still with medium level of risk. You can lose money when the market does not perform well as a whole.  Read more...