2007-03-24
投資者日記
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未有一百萬美元的十個理由
如果你今天仍然唔係私人銀行鮋客戶（即擁有一百萬美元以上流動資產），理由有：
一、你浪費太多蚊年鰠追求物質生活上，而冇專注建立自己鮋財富，包括花費太多錢鰠時裝、化妝品、旅行及購買奢侈品上。
二、你對開支冇預算，例如經常利用信用卡貸款去消費而支付高昂利息，而非等到自己有足夠蚊年時才去消費。
三、你有壞習慣，包括吸煙、蒲酒吧、賭波、賭馬，耐唔耐去澳門。鰠自己未擁有大量金錢前，早已花掉「種子錢」（Seed money）。
四、你冇目標，尤其係財富目標。你寧願上網玩遊戲，亦唔學習財富管理。
五、你冇心理準備。例如六十年代我老曹因為未有資本，所以每天做三份工（除返證券行外，將自己投資心得寫成文章到報館發表賺稿費；從證券行放工後替人家子女補習賺錢）。我老曹最初一萬元資本就係用呢個方法獲得。
六、你太歡喜炒短線。例如用一萬元去賺三千元，用十萬元去賺一萬元，而不讓利潤往前跑，結果賺鮋係「細」錢，一唔小心卻輸「大」錢。
七、你以為別人會為你管錢。你可以諮詢許多人意見，但決定權仍鰠你自己手上，別人係唔會為你鮋金錢做決定，因為最後得失係你自己。你損失，別人唔會賠畀你；你賺鰦，亦唔會將利潤50％分畀別人。
八、你投資自己唔識鮋東西。例如越南股市，我老曹去年雖睇好但冇投資，因為自己不懂。
九、你怕輸，不明白「止蝕唔止賺」道理。只要心理上準備損失15％投入資金，你已可心安理得地去投資。但太多人寧願將錢存入銀行畀通脹蠶食都唔投資，因為怕輸錢，唔明白「小財唔出，大財唔入」鮋道理。
十、你根本上冇興趣擁有一百萬美元以上財富。唔少人對賺錢興趣唔大，身上只要有Ｄ錢便想辦法花掉，而冇興趣學習錢搵錢。寧願去行街、睇戲、食飯、唱K，連每天睇《信報》都視為苦差，又點可賺得一百萬美元以上財產？你唔理財，財點會理你？ ..."
Many people assume they aren't rich because they don't earn enough money. If I only earned a little more, I could save and invest better, they say.
The problem with that theory is they were probably making exactly the same argument before their last several raises. Becoming a millionaire has less to do with how much you make, it's how you treat money in your daily life.
The list of reasons you may not be rich doesn't end at 10. Caring what your neighbors think, not being patient, having bad habits, not having goals, not being prepared, trying to make a quick buck, relying on others to handle your money, investing in things you don't understand, being financially afraid and ignoring your finances.
Here are 10 more possible reasons you aren't rich:
You care what your car looks like: A car is a means of transportation to get from one place to another, but many people don't view it that way. Instead, they consider it a reflection of themselves and spend money every two years or so to impress others instead of driving the car for its entire useful life and investing the money saved.
You feel entitlement: If you believe you deserve to live a certain lifestyle, have certain things and spend a certain amount before you have earned to live that way, you will have to borrow money. That large chunk of debt will keep you from building wealth.
You lack diversification: There is a reason one of the oldest pieces of financial advice is to not keep all your eggs in a single basket. Having a diversified investment portfolio makes it much less likely that wealth will suddenly disappear.
You started too late: The magic of compound interest works best over long periods of time. If you find you're always saying there will be time to save and invest in a couple more years, you'll wake up one day to find retirement is just around the corner and there is still nothing in your retirement account.
You don't do what you enjoy: While your job doesn't necessarily need to be your dream job, you need to enjoy it. If you choose a job you don't like just for the money, you'll likely spend all that extra cash trying to relieve the stress of doing work you hate.
You don't like to learn: You may have assumed that once you graduated from college, there was no need to study or learn. That attitude might be enough to get you your first job or keep you employed, but it will never make you rich. A willingness to learn to improve your career and finances are essential if you want to eventually become wealthy.
You buy things you don't use: Take a look around your house, in the closets, basement, attic and garage and see if there are a lot of things you haven't used in the past year. If there are, chances are that all those things you purchased were wasted money that could have been used to increase your net worth.
You don't understand value: You buy things for any number of reasons besides the value that the purchase brings to you. This is not limited to those who feel the need to buy the most expensive items, but can also apply to those who always purchase the cheapest goods. Rarely are either the best value, and it's only when you learn to purchase good value that you have money left over to invest for your future.
Your house is too big: When you buy a house that is bigger than you can afford or need, you end up spending extra money on longer debt payments, increased taxes, higher upkeep and more things to fill it. Some people will try to argue that the increased value of the house makes it a good investment, but the truth is that unless you are willing to downgrade your living standards, which most people are not, it will never be a liquid asset or money that you can ever use and enjoy.
You fail to take advantage of opportunities: There has probably been more than one occasion where you heard about someone who has made it big and thought to yourself, "I could have thought of that." There are plenty of opportunities if you have the will and determination to keep your eyes open.
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