Besides allocating one’s assets in terms of buying/selling stocks, bonds, and other financial instruments, discuss the likely challenges associated with investing in the following:
a. Foreign financial entities, for example, buying stocks of overseas corporations such as financial opportunities in Europe, in China (being part of the BRIC group – Brazil, Russia, India, and China). It is anticipated that, by 2050, China and India will most likely become the world’s dominant suppliers of manufactured goods and services!
b. Commodities (such as grains, oils, foreign currencies, precious metals, etc.).
c. Real estates: properties and lands.
d. Services such as hospitals, retirement homes, and other commercial entities.