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What Should an Effective Investment Strategy Contain?

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Our practical experience shows that a strategy should be kept as simple as possible while still including the following items:

  1. 1.

    The vision of the investor

  2. 2.

    The core competences the investor intends to build

  3. 3.

    The structure of the investment portfolio

  4. 4.

    Handling threats and risks

  5. 5.

    The networks the investor intends to build and use

  6. 6.

    Guidelines for cash and liquidity

  7. 7.

    Priorities for allocating the investor’s resources

  8. 8.

    The legal and tax structure.

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Notes

  1. Bennis, Warren and Nanus Burt, 1985, Leaders – The Strategies for Taking Charge, Harper & Row, 87–89.

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  2. Markowitz, Harry M., 1991, Portfolio Selection: Efficient Diversification of Investments, Wiley, 2nd edition.

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© 2014 Cuno Puempin, Heinrich Liechtenstein, Fariba Hashemi and Brian Hashemi

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Puempin, C., Liechtenstein, H., Hashemi, F., Hashemi, B. (2014). What Should an Effective Investment Strategy Contain?. In: The Empowered Investor. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137366870_7

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