By: Nathan Knightley
I had never thought of hiring an investment management business before. Actually, I always took a very hands-on approach to business. I learned it from my father - himself an entrepreneur. He never believed in investment capital management by hiring a broker. By doing the paperwork himself, he cumulated a financial fortune. Yes, he worked almost 80 hours every week and had a fatal hearth attack at the age of 58, so there are things about his life that I don't really want to repeat. Even so, managing investment myself was not an easy habit to break.
Nevertheless, eventually I just couldn't handle it any longer. I don't know if my investment portfolio had grown too diverse, too large, or if I just didn't have my father's talent for figures. For whatever reason, I was too busy to manage the family business and manage my investments. It was obviously what I had to give up. I hired a good capital asset management company the very next day.
A lot of things have been difficult about the new mutual funds company. The most hard, of course, was to give up some control on my investments. I tried to keep as tight a leash as possible as soon as I hired the investments management firm. I needed to know about every move, consent to each decision, and in general. keep my hands in the pie at all times. After a while, my broker talked to me honestly. He told me that there was no necessity to hire an investment manager if I was keeping trying to do all the work anyway. He then asked me quite straightforwardly if I still wanted him to take care of my mutual funds management or not. I backed down, understanding he was right.
Recognizing the fact that this firm has done a better job than I have was the hardest thing about investment management. Even with the cash that I have to pay them, I am still making a large amount more off of my investments than I ever have before. My investment portfolio has grown at twice its normal rate the last twelve months, and it does not seem that it is going to slow down. I had almost expected having to take control back at first. Part of me was even hoping that investment management would turn out to be a bad experiment. After all, it is difficult to admit that a third party can be more efficient than you are.
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