Happy New Year!

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A warm welcome to 2018 and hopefully, you have collected big gains in 2017. Confused by the abundance of market predictions out there? During this time of the year, you can easily grab anything on predictions for 2018. Well, they know the lingo, can quote you all the statistics, and may even boast of special or hidden talents. For those who make bold calls when exactly the market is going to turn hope that they happen to be right, setting up their career on the stage as “market gurus.”

Anyone who has a high degree of confidence about how 2018 will play out is likely fooling his or her audience. As a student of the markets myself, I always see a slightly different big picture and that I look for bull markets around the world. Whether in bull or bear markets, the financial world is considerably more connected today than it was say 20 years ago. 

To be in the small percentage of those who actually win in the market consistently, you have to look at the current world differently that is driven by talk of bubbles, political nonsense, central bank stimulus, and the list goes on and on. It is about separating the wheat from the fly ridden cow shit.

In terms of business growth, we have continued to go from strength to strength with the support of my partners. My partner and very good friend, Eugene Chong has been instrumental behind the scenes in figuring out a lot of the important stuff. I pay attention to everything he does.

Nothing is perfect in this world. As with any growing business, after a lot of trial and error over the years, now we know exactly what we want to be when we grow up, and how we are going to do it. I really am lucky that I have a job that I get to help wonderful people make their financial dreams come true.

Yeah, there is a lot of uncertainty out there which means there is a lot of opportunity if you are prepared. We are going to have a lot of fun in 2018.

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