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There’s a perception that building wealth is complicated. It isn’t. There are only four basic components: focus, Stoicism, time and diversification. Note that EASY and SIMPLE mean two different things. No, building wealth is not always easy — and that’s why having an adviser can help — but it could hardly be more simple. #Investing #Building #Wealth Tim Horrocks FPFS Lloyd Davies Matthew Horrocks Owen Williams BA (Hons) FPFS Chris Wallsgrove BA(Hons) FPFS Matt Millard DipPFS PFE(PIP)® Matthew Frary APFS Brandon Lamam Mark Roe FPFS Nick Hutchings ⏩️Experienced Financial Planner⏪️

A simple equation for building wealth - Aberdeen IFA - Financial Planning

A simple equation for building wealth - Aberdeen IFA - Financial Planning

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5mo

A sense of pragmatism should always accompany stoicism IMO Robin Powell - and what a dull place the world would be if we all subscribed to: “spend money more intentionally and resist the temptation to buy things you don’t need.”…. However, I get your point when it comes to saving and investing. The reality for most people is as Howard Marks puts it: “focus on risk management and……set your investment strategy according to….personal situations and ask …whether you worry more about the risk of losing money or the risk of missing an opportunity”. Risk is inherent in everything we do. Reducing risk is clearly sensible. Eliminating risk is impossible. Just saying…🤔🤷🏻♂️🕊️

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Mike LeGassick 🧠 Author and Behavioural Investment Coach

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Robin Powell The biggest mistake I have seen clients make in over 30 years in my profession is confusing volatility with the permanent loss of capital. Losing money for a goal focused, plan driven, long term investor who is invested in low cost globally diversified trackers has been proven to be a purely human achievement. There are only 2 ways I know of where a client could lose ALL their money in this type of investment: Putin pressing the red button or a meteor coming out of the sky having the same effect, and we'd all have bigger problems then. We simply cannot function as a society without the staple companies the developed world engage with every day of their lives. Does anyone really think they could all go to the wall at the same time? If so, then all roads lead back to an armageddon situation. Human behaviour is, has been and always will be the problem.

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