
Originally Posted by
Bears Grill
The purpose of putting money in a bank is to "keep your powder dry". It's about liquidity, not growth. If you foresee yourself using that money in the next five years, keep it in the bank. A well-diversified stock portfolio, they say, promises higher growth rates over the long term, but you must have at least a 5-year time horizon in order ride out market gyrations and allow dollar-cost averaging to do its magic.
But these forms of investments are like side bets. Someone else is doing the race for you. If you want to race yourself, you go into business. If you have PHP 10,000 and you place it in a time deposit earning 1%, at the end of the year, you'll earn PHP 100 for your patience. On the other hand, if you spent that PHP 10,000 for a sought-after item (say a gadget that your friend was looking for) and you sold it to him/her for PHP 15,000 within the week, you've earned PHP 5,000 within a week!
In other words, LAZINESS will always give you lower returns. Your ability and dedication to sell will always give you higher returns. It's a tale as old as time.