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James Kirby

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
2705 total appearances

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The Money Puzzle
Beyond property: Why it's time to widen your investment horizon

The accessibility here in the main is for sophisticated investors, folks, which I'm sure you know the definition.

The Money Puzzle
Beyond property: Why it's time to widen your investment horizon

If you don't, you need 2.5 million in assets or a salary of 250 grand.

The Money Puzzle
Beyond property: Why it's time to widen your investment horizon

for two years in a row.

The Money Puzzle
Beyond property: Why it's time to widen your investment horizon

A very soft definition, not as big as it sounds, because believe it or not, they will include your house, which I think is a joke.

The Money Puzzle
Beyond property: Why it's time to widen your investment horizon

But there you are.

The Money Puzzle
Beyond property: Why it's time to widen your investment horizon

Now, what else, Jack, should people be thinking about in terms of seriously diversifying their portfolios?

The Money Puzzle
Beyond property: Why it's time to widen your investment horizon

Can we look at the share market itself?

The Money Puzzle
Beyond property: Why it's time to widen your investment horizon

I mean, are people too narrowly concentrated in that area too?

The Money Puzzle
Beyond property: Why it's time to widen your investment horizon

Yes, year after year, yeah.

The Money Puzzle
Beyond property: Why it's time to widen your investment horizon

So how would you begin that process if I said to you, look, I'm convinced by what you say, but I've never done private equity, never done private credit, don't really have much offshore except I've got one big fat ETF.

The Money Puzzle
Beyond property: Why it's time to widen your investment horizon

That's called US shares ETF.

The Money Puzzle
Beyond property: Why it's time to widen your investment horizon

And guess what?

The Money Puzzle
Beyond property: Why it's time to widen your investment horizon

Yeah, it does 15% a year.

The Money Puzzle
Beyond property: Why it's time to widen your investment horizon

Well, currency adjusted, of course, is a different thing.

The Money Puzzle
Beyond property: Why it's time to widen your investment horizon

But how would a listener begin this process of diversification?

The Money Puzzle
Beyond property: Why it's time to widen your investment horizon

What would be a sensible way to step through it?

The Money Puzzle
Beyond property: Why it's time to widen your investment horizon

Where are those figures from?

The Money Puzzle
Beyond property: Why it's time to widen your investment horizon

That's really interesting.

The Money Puzzle
Beyond property: Why it's time to widen your investment horizon

And I have, I mean, obviously Tony Robbins is around a long time and I'm quite aware of those videos and podcasts.

The Money Puzzle
Beyond property: Why it's time to widen your investment horizon

Do you worry at all that it's the peak that, you know, it's the old thing about the bandwagon.