Wednesday, November 15, 2006

Do you have Investor Skills?

/Creating Wealth by Robert G Allen/




Take a few minutes to complete the questionnaire to check your investor's skills.

If you were to receive from an inheritance $100,000 tax free, what dollar amounts would you spend in the next year in the following categories:

---------- Gold, silver
---------- Recreation
---------- Reduce debts
---------- Bank savings
---------- Commodities
---------- Bonds
---------- Collectibles (antiques, stamps, art, etc.)
---------- Stock market
---------- Money market funds
---------- Vacation
---------- Mortgages
---------- Medical/dental
---------- Precious gems
---------- Automobile
---------- Buy own home
---------- Treasury bills
---------- Recreational vehicle
---------- Charity or church
---------- Go into business
---------- Give to family
---------- Mutual funds
---------- Down payment on real-estate investment

---------- Price

Here is a listing with annual projected growth rates:

    Hard assets:
  • Gold, silver - 15%
  • Precious gems - 17.5%
  • Collectibles - 15%

    Liquid money
  • Bank savings - 3-8%
  • Treasury bills - 3-6%
  • Money market funds - 3-9%

    Passive capital
  • Stock market - 10%

    Growth investments
  • Bonds - 10%
  • Commodities - 25%
  • Mutual funds - 10-13%
  • Discounted mortgages - 15-25%

    Active capital
  • Buy own home - 10%
  • Real-estate investment - 10%
  • Business - 15%

    Consumer
  • Vacation - 0%
  • Medical/dental - 0%
  • Reduce debts - 0%
  • Recreation - 0%
  • Recreational vehicle - 0%
  • Automobile - 0%

    Nonmonetary
  • Give to family - 0%
  • Charity or church - 0%


Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime