@harrydre, I only invest in businesses. My possibly faulty rationale is equity/property/forex/bonds all coalesce in time into a business, which expertly owns/manages/runs these asset classes.

So for example Centum (holding company, property, equity) or Jubilee (property, bonds) or Standard Chartered (forex) etc. And business are normally denominated in stocks.


Now most in Wazua know the easy rules for investing (not speculating) but the problem is the discipline. It is so easy to get distracted when a 'pretty lady walks by' (easy money) - it takes 10 years to become really good at something.

The basic ideas of investing according to Warren Buffett are:
1. look at stocks as business
2. use the market's fluctuations to your advantage
3. seek a margin of safety.

...and a hundred years from now they will still be the cornerstones of investing