Showing posts with label discipline. Show all posts
Showing posts with label discipline. Show all posts

Friday, November 2, 2012

Product Performance vs. Personal Discipline


As a financial planner, I often hear people talking about the latest investment portfolio or the latest product on the market. While product is important, I believe that the most important piece of financial security is personal discipline: how you handle your life circumstances and how you will react to inevitable market volatility.

What does this mean? Well, imagine you found a magical product that earns 10% a year. You still could have other areas that need to be taken care of, such as insurances in case of death or becoming disabled, health insurance, auto insurance and having emergency cash set aside to allow that magical 10% product to grow uninterrupted.