Stories of Investment Products
If we read the writing on the media or hear the news, so many horror stories of investment products offered by people who sometimes do not we know it. Still remember the case about 10 years ago in Qurnia Natural estate investment Kingdom or abbreviated QSAR who consume a lot of casualties? Guess, the case was repeated in investment in China is also widely claimed that in the end many victims are shut up in shame. Even up to the latest case of fraud bulging Fund at Century Bank also occur.
In addition, investments in financial products like Mutual Funds were also often reap the storm. Mutual Funds in Indonesia several times has decreased quite dramatically that in 2003, 2005, and 2008 when the global crisis yesterday, and lately in the presence of uncertainty due to the European case. Well, then there is no safe place to invest ? Should not we saved money at home alone cupboard or under the pillow?
Saving money at home is equally risky to put money in financial institutions. Risk is stolen by a man of the house, stolen the thief can cause the money we save at home is reduced or lost. How to save money in the bank? Despite the relative safety of the decline or loss of our money (because the government guarantee), but there is a risk of inflation on our savings because the savings we flowering is very small compared to the current inflation.
In Indonesia there are still many people who can not distinguish between saving money and investing. If saving money at home or in the form of savings Citibank contain the risk, let alone the name investing. One thing to always remember is that no investment has no risk at all. Due to this risk, therefore we have to do an analysis before investing to minimize his risk (not eliminate).