Everything is an investment-change my mind - page 12.

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Quote from: Indamuck on November 24, 2018, 10:00:50 AM

I constantly here people say " Only invest what you can afford to lose" Well no matter where your wealth is it could crash.

Its because when you're 'Investing', its supposed to be endeavor with the expectation of obtaining an additional income or profit. But it has its downside as well.

Quote from: Indamuck on November 24, 2018, 10:00:50 AM

Your money is never 100% safe no matter where it is invested.

However, we should always remember that there is a risk involved in every money or capital we have invested. Its no guarantee that you will get your money 100% or more, its a bitter pill to swallow specially for newbie investor.

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Everything technically is a risk. Even if you own a basket of every asset and fiat currencies from the strongest economies in the world, there isn't a way to rule out that you might lose everything one day.

You need to look at the very basics, what has value if everything else we think has value right now stops having value?

Real estate; we all need a roof over our head, and you might accumulate passive income by allowing others to rent that what you don't directly need.
Food; we all need to eat.
Weapons; we all need to protect our family and the few things of value left that we own.
Gold; it has proven to hold strength for thousands of years as medium of exchange.

I probably forgot to list a few other things, but you get the idea. The very basics, that's what people will revert to when everything else implodes.

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We all are sure about money is never 100% safe no matter where it is invested. But everyhing IS NOT an investment. That's why the term
risk-earning ratio is used in order to determine safety of an investment. Before investing in an asset, you must foresee the risks and possible profit that you may gain. If you are not sure one of them, this investment turns into a gambling game. We can't describe everything we put money in as an investment. There are so many people put their money in without knowing price determinative parameters of cryptos and measuring risks factors. Thus, all I can say is good luck for you, if you think so.

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Quote from: Indamuck on November 24, 2018, 10:00:50 AM

I constantly here people say " Only invest what you can afford to lose" Well no matter where your wealth is it could crash.

-Invest in USD- USA could collapse and experience mass inflation making your dollars nearly worthless
-Invest in Bonds- Government could collapse making your bonds worthless
-Invest in real estate- Housing prices could crash, natural disaster could hit and insurance company could go bankrupt
-Invest in metals- prices could crash, asteroid mining could collapse prices

Your money is never 100% safe no matter where it is invested.

The rule is true for all of the spheres that you mentioned. These are investments and they involve risks. However, there are also purchases that might rutn out differently. One needs to have money to pay the bills and/or the rent. Food, transportation and some minimum healthcare is also worth something. If a person wastes this money on bad investments - now, this is when the rule is broken, because one should not afford to lose the means to satisfy the basic needs. Apart from that, you can always invest in your education or in travelling, which might be more important and have greater impact on your life than metals or real estate market.

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Quote from: Indamuck on November 24, 2018, 10:00:50 AM

I constantly here people say " Only invest what you can afford to lose" Well no matter where your wealth is it could crash.

-Invest in USD- USA could collapse and experience mass inflation making your dollars nearly worthless
-Invest in Bonds- Government could collapse making your bonds worthless
-Invest in real estate- Housing prices could crash, natural disaster could hit and insurance company could go bankrupt
-Invest in metals- prices could crash, asteroid mining could collapse prices

Your money is never 100% safe no matter where it is invested.

It's actually a very good point, I have never thought of it that way before but it makes a lot of sense. You should always consider where your money/wealth is and the risks associated with that.

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Quote from: Herucooles on November 24, 2018, 10:53:35 AM

Before investing, you must know the risks are always there. But from that choice, the risk of investing in real estate is smaller than others. Because housing in my country is needed. So prices will rise very quickly every year.

Don't call the real estate is less risky because it is highly risk to invest on low valued land with the hope of price will increase in the future,if not the land value is low you won't get much in return.And also the another risk in the modern world on investing on lands is some of the places suddenly gets floods or heavy drought which could ends up our land value to none.

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Before investing, you must know the risks are always there. But from that choice, the risk of investing in real estate is smaller than others. Because housing in my country is needed. So prices will rise very quickly every year.

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Quote from: Indamuck on November 24, 2018, 10:00:50 AM

I constantly here people say " Only invest what you can afford to lose" Well no matter where your wealth is it could crash.

-Invest in USD- USA could collapse and experience mass inflation making your dollars nearly worthless
-Invest in Bonds- Government could collapse making your bonds worthless
-Invest in real estate- Housing prices could crash, natural disaster could hit and insurance company could go bankrupt
-Invest in metals- prices could crash, asteroid mining could collapse prices

Your money is never 100% safe no matter where it is invested.

As you wrote - all this is an investment and you can lose on every investment. They differ is mainly in the level of risk and a possible profit, and of course subject.
So words "Only invest what you can afford to lose" relate to each of the investments listed by you.

To be honest, I would like to know the investment without risk..

St4yInTh3D4rk

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"STAY IN THE DARK"

When we call something as investment it is never 100% safe.Even from the wikipedia the meaning of investment says buying some asset with the idae that the price of that asset will increase in the future so we can sell them at high price to make profits.

But not all the predictions by the people will come true so investment is also called risking our money to make more money.

Indamuck

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I constantly here people say " Only invest what you can afford to lose" Well no matter where your wealth is it could crash.

-Invest in USD- USA could collapse and experience mass inflation making your dollars nearly worthless
-Invest in Bonds- Government could collapse making your bonds worthless
-Invest in real estate- Housing prices could crash, natural disaster could hit and insurance company could go bankrupt
-Invest in metals- prices could crash, asteroid mining could collapse prices

Your money is never 100% safe no matter where it is invested.

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