What is Asset Allocation?
Investment Doctor Satyajit Nigade
Independent Retirement Strategist - MY clients live retirement life lavishly. | Financial adviser | Mutual fund | Insurance | WILL management .
It is an Investment Strategy to balance risk and return by apportioning a person’s total portfolio of assets into various investment products based on his/her goals, risk tolerance and investment horizon.
Investment products include
1. Cash
2. Fixed Income
3. Equity
4. Real Estate
5. Gold and Precious Metals
6. Alternate Investment Products
7. Others
Within Asset Class....
1. Cash
? SB Accounts
? Liquid Funds
? Cash in Hand
2. Fixed Income
? Fixed Deposits
? Postal Savings
? EPF/PPF/SA
? Debt Oriented Mutual Funds
? Others
3. Equity
? Direct Equity
? PMS
? Equity Oriented Mutual Funds
? Others
4. Real Estate
? Land
? Residential Apartments
? Individual Houses
? Commercial Properties
? REITS
? Others
5. Gold
6. AIP
7. Others
When we look at the list there are multiple products and sub classifications to invest… Asset Allocation strategy helps an individual to simplify the process of choosing the right investment products based on the time horizon of the goal, expected return, risk tolerance. It is proved that Asset Allocation is the key to reach your goals comfortably.
Most of the investors do not invest when the opportunities are right. Strategic Asset Allocation provides much more effective structure to remove the emotional factors.
To avoid the risk of make uninformed, wrong and implusive decisions, it is in best interest to have a #financial consultant. Just like we have doctors for illness, lawyers for legals, CA for returns, financial consultants are off prime importance to preserve and grow wealth. Never cut corners here it is too risky in the long run.