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Again about investment financing of the banks. As practice shows, long-termed financing of programs doesn’t take place spontaneously, but it means analyzing and control of current activities of the enterprises. For satisfaction of such requirements, unfortunately, not each enterprise appeared to be ready. There, where all these requirements are satisfied, banks become active participants in processing plans of approach and financial provision of investment activities of the enterprises.

A special attention is vital by such direction of the activities of commercial banks, as project financing is, which, to our mind, requires administration and financial support from the government, we mean the condition, that for effective salvation of investment problems it is necessary to make finance-industrial groups, and holding unions, which, in its turn, represents initial form of forming thick financial capital at the market and confluence of bank capital to the industrial one.1 This will give rise to the growth of investment number in the economy and growth of effectiveness of capital investments. Of course, creation of such unions will be really supported by commercial banks, but this is interrupted by such condition, that groups made today provide this activity in unregistered form and nobody is attracted in their registration. This is supported by incomplete logistic, slow development rates of the institute of private material goods, interruptions in consciousness of agrarian reforms, provision of accounting calculations of financial structures in incomplete form and existence of break statements working opposite to the creation of holding unions in the low about industry. All mentioned above may be solved immediately, by processing special low about investment activity and on the basis of its setting by the parliament in a small period of time.

It must be mentioned, that there are enough conditions for widening financial investments in the economy from the bank side because of the existence of free cash means. It is vital, that these financial resources were influxed and to make a system of rational organization of purposeful usage, which must be expressed by processing of the investment policy. Here an vital meaning belongs to the investment policy and right definition of tactics.

What problems are there in front of the banks? It is also to be mentioned, that commercial banks have numbers of problems while consciousness of their investment activities, which prevent their normal functioning. We mean the banks, working on financing investment projects, in fact, represent only one unit in the system of private institutions. We consider subsequent to be preventing conditions of their activities:

· Existence of marketing center of the investment projects, a coordinating organ in the country scale, which would play a gathering of regulator in the financial provision of the investment projecting;

· Unacceptability o the information about position of a potential borrower or investment institution;

· Refusal of creation of deposit web;

· Low level of development of the investment funds existed today;

· Absence of disorder investment bank, total point organ of financing investment activity and, consequently, spontaneous distribution of the functions of investment banks working abroad below the conditions of market economics among Georgian commercial banks.

It must be also mentioned, that there are many economical factors, which may influence negatively upon consciousness of investment processed by the banks and nobody can define beforehand nontransiency of probable risk chance of these factors. Herewith, widening of working sphere in the investment activity of commercial banks objectively requires: giving more independence and civil rights to the commercial banks, growth of effectiveness of long-term investments and growth of incomes, relatively with those received from small-term financial operations, fastening of this process, ll kinds of supports from the side of the government and finally, further statement of unwariness and firmness of the activities of banking system.

About necessities of as long as structure institutional reforms in the country. For guaranteeing firmness of banking activities structure-institutional reforms, min goal of which is training for new stage of development of banking field, come to the first place. Essential of the mentioned reforms is conditioned by the position of financial market of the country. New institutions, as mentioned in the works of D. Nort – the laureate of Nobel Premium, are formed in the case when the the upper classes sees the possibility of making profit, which is impossible during active institutional system. Maximal investment activities of banks are possible during many-fielded system o a financial market. This is a result of logical development of competition, as it solves problems of optimal usage of financial resources. Exactly this many-fielded character reduces and stops crisis in the country.

Many-fielded character of the banking system is characteristic to the most part of developed countries (the USA, countries of western Europe, Japan) and also for the countries having transitional economics, which applied for firm economical growth in the last decimal (China, Poland, Brazil and others). Exactly this many fielded banking system gives possibilities for using various types and forms of financial service in economics by credit department.

In this system the disorder makes various mechanisms of artificial reduction of competition among financial organizations. An evident example of this is separation of credit institutions into commercial and investment-credit institutions in the USA, also reduction of the bans of countries in the sphere of consciousness of many year credit investments and separation of disorder bank into break category.

About development of small-scale business in Georgia. Creation of advantage regime for small-scaled business, in the first place, regulates creation of competition able outer conditions of the investment activity, which must be certainly foreseen in the activities of the country’s banking system. It must also be mentioned, that according to the development and improvement of the economy in the future, perhaps, such activities may not be needed, but below the conditions of transitive economics their substance may not be specially noticed. It is natural, that many-fielded financial sector is formed only below the equal conditions of competition, as there is reason-resulted, reverse-influencing relation. Mentioned relation between many-fielded financial sector and competition is expressed by that it helps creation of advantage regime for the investment activity being in the position of an kernel and its further development.

Briefly about disorder regulation of the investment process. According to the many-fielded principle of the financial market, the disorder must work out such a system of regulating investment activity, which guarantees “peaceful” coexistence of various financial institutions notwithstanding their size and specialization. Banks of each category must “act” in their marketing “sphere”, while regulation of banks of different levels from the disorder is stated according to the policy of regulation. Privately, to our mind, it is vital to top out and regulate activity spheres of those banks, which use a capital of governmental organs. Below the conditions of many-fielded system of a financial market competition carries “honest” character and this is why such system is much firmer. Privately, in case of many-fielded system, below the conditions of concrete fight, while financing concrete disorder programs by forming a system of specialized disorder banks usage of disorder resources is possible more effectively. In this case objective usage of lobbing of disorder resources from the side of commercial banks is not allowed. For example, in Germany consciousness of disorder projects of ecological, agrarian, construction and other fields are provided by specialized commercial banks. There are specialized credits in the banking system of other developed countries (Japan, Italy, France and so on) too. Such practice significantly reduces chance of incorrect usage of disorder resources below the conditions of competition fight.

One of the most vital factors, which degrade effective development of real sector of the economy, is the irrelevance of the needed financial capital for the regional services. Basic number of financial resources from the enterprises is accumulated in the center. Such situation is in a way justified for the disorder, but it is absolutely insoluble in relation with the private companies.

According to the various estimations, regional banks control not more, than 20-30% of inflow of financial resources of the regional enterprise, and this seriously degrades development of the local banks and enterprises. Thus, for solving problems about lack of resources for crediting real sector of a small economics of regional banks, question related with it, must be discussed in relation with outflow of financial resources from the region. Solving of these problems by administrative activities is impossible, processing of appropriate economical activities is needed. We mean the condition, that together with the growth of the share of local budgetary tax income, it is vital to define responsibilities of the budgets of municipal creations in the development of regional economics. Thus, financial federalism is that necessary condition, which guarantees, from one side, formation of balanced market of financial service, and, from nother, further development of the investment activities on the basis of appropriate legislative base.

What does a financial federalism bring to the financial market? Creation of equal conditions for the competition below the conditions of financial federalism will naturally lead us to the formation of many-fielded system of the financial market. Such process also gives rise to the creation of thick financial centers on the basis of the existed and newly formed banks. Thus, development of regional banks within the bounds of the conception of banking industry development, gives rise to the growth of financial potential o regional economics. At the modern stage conditions of development of bank arm sphere are being widened more and more. Today banks mostly provide sources of basic financial capital inflow in the way of “region-center”, after transition to the real federalism many-fielded banks transform into the banks as long as sources for financial capital outflow among the regions.

It also must be mentioned, that it is vital to grow the substance of banking business, which must be expressed by forming town and country credit relations, mutual crediting and insurance societies, and loan-constructing associations. All these must be foreseen in Georgia in the process of banking system development and, accordingly, an adequate logistic must be set for advantage conditions for development of small and middle banking businesses, because formation of effective financial system in the regional scale is absolutely impossible. Therewith, if we take into account the fact, that the investment portfolio in the structure of joint assets of Georgian commercial banks did not overcome 1% for the first of January of 1999, and 4% for the first of January of 2005, this speaks for the tendencies of growing portfolio investments.

Attraction of foreign investments. Globalization and internationalization of the world’s industrial relations gives rise to the growth of the role of foreign investments, as financing investment activities.

Essence and types of foreign investments. Foreign investments are hose capital resources, which are full out of one country and invest abroad in this or that industrial activity, for the purpose of making industrial profit or receiving percents. Foreign investments may be realized in various forms. While analyzing this form we can use distinguished methods of deal with for classification of the investments, which men their separation from each-other according to the objects, purposes, terms of investments, forms of material goods on the investment resources, risks and other signs. Herewith, the essential of point of foreign investments defines statement of number of classification features for the investments of this type.

For example, foreign investments may be disorder, private and combined according to the material goods forms on the investment resources.

Disorder investments are those resources of disorder budget, which are directed abroad by pronouncement of the government or inter governmental organizations. These resources may have the face of disorder resources, credits, grants ot support.

Private (nongovernmental) investments are resources of private investors placed into those objects, which are placed out of the bounds of given country.

They call combined investments joint residency abroad of the resources of the private investors and the government.

According to the character of usage, foreign investments may be industrial and loan.

Industrial investments are direct or indirect ones placed into the business of this or that type for taking some civil rights for making profit of dividend kind. Loan investments are related with the distribution of resources below the loan condition, for the purpose of receiving percent.

While analyzing foreign investments, apportioning of straight, portfolio and other investments is of a fantastic substance. Movement of foreign investments according to the global currency funds and methodology of the countries’ taxation balances are reflected in this section.

Briefly about legislative situation of the foreign investments in Georgia.  As shown in the chapters above, “investments” conceptually express long-term residency of the capital of solid quantity for the purpose of making profit. According to the Georgian low “about support and guarantees of the investment activities” investment is considered to be the valuable of each material goods and intellectual kind or the right, which is invested for the purpose of making possible profit and is used in the industrial activities provided on the Georgian territory. It may lean upon as inside (inside country), so outer (foreign) sources.

Here a fantastic attention is paid to the investment surrounding (climate), which means real conditions existed in the country for the investments. It defines intensive attraction or declining foreign capital for the long-term investments. I.e. according to the concrete condition, investment surrounding may be as advantage, so in advantage, which is foreseen by each investor before making concrete step. Fundamental analyzing of the investment climate existed in the country and foreseeing risk factors are the basic goal f each investor.

Thus, it is certainly hard to say, is present situation in Georgia excellent or terrible. It would be more right if we say that there are as advantage (stimulating), so preventing conditions in the country.

Foreign investments in Georgia are prevented by constitution, by the low “about support and guarantees of the investment activities” and by two-side agreement about investment encouragement and safeguard. Today Georgia has signed agreements with more then 23 countries about mutual support and safeguard and with 111 countries – about avoiding two-side taxation.

Legislative foundations and guarantees of their safeguard of consciousness of local and foreign investments in Georgia are defined by the low about guarantees and support of the investment activities, according to which foreign and local investors use equal civil rights. Privately, while consciousness of investment and industrial activities civil rights and guarantees of the foreign investors must not be less then those of the local juridical and corporal persons.

According to the same low, corporal and juridical person, also global organization, which provide investments in Georgia are considered to be the subject of the investment activity.

It must be mentioned, that after paying taxation and compulsory payments, a foreign investor gains right for unreduced repatriation abroad of the profit received from investments and other cash resources, and this may reduced only on the basis of the low – according to the court pronouncement in case of bankrupting, crime or not fulfillment of civil obligations. Herewith, foreign investor has right to take abroad the material goods being below his/her material goods.

Georgian low “about supporting and guarantees of the investment activity”. Positive and negative sides. Georgian low “about supporting and guarantees of the investment activity” foresees as preventing and reductions in the sphere of as long as investments, also the guarantee of protecting them, which means untouchable character of the investments and compensation in case of taking away investments within the bounds of the mentioned low. The compensation, which is given to the investor in case of taking investments off him/her, must conform to the real market value of the full investments for that moment, when the full off takes place. The compensation must be granted without any hamper and it must concern that loss of the investor from the moment of taking off till paying of the compensation mount.

It must be mentioned, that a new legislative act, which somehow worsens conditions of investments stated by this low, isn’t spread on already realized investments, ten years after its setting. In such case the investor realizes his/her activity according to the actual low until the new one is place down to the action.

A quarrel between foreign investor and disorder organ, if the method of its pronouncement is not defined by dual agreement, is solved at Georgian court or in the global center of the investment quarrel. In the case, if the quarrel is not discussed in the global center of investment quarrel, the foreign investors have right to apply for the additional institute of the center or any other global arbitrageur organ, which is founded according to the policy set by the arbitrageur and global agreements of the commission of global trade low of the United Nations. Arbitrageur court of global trade palate in Georgia functions from December 11, in 2000.

According to the arithmetic showing, the most attractive sectors for the foreign investors were manufacture of oil and gas, energetic, telecommunications and food industry according to the statistic showings during last years. Among largest investors there are such companies as Frontera Resources Corporation (USA), which has invested more then 30 million US dollars into Georgian oil manufacture; Metromedia global – 40 million US dollars of investments in telecommunication; Pernod Ricard (France) – with the investments in alcohol manufacture; AES (USA) – investments in distribution and generation of electro power.

By comparing showings we learn, that according to the hydro energetic potential, Georgia significantly overcomes such countries rich in the so-called “White Coal”, as France, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Romania and others. Though virtually, less then 15% of real possibilities are used, and this gives large perspectives to the foreign investments in Georgia.

The fact is to be mentioned, that the foreign companies are attracted in the process of privatization of disorder material goods, which is one of the most vital part of the realized economical reform in Georgia. The fact, that foreign capital is invested in more then 100 Georgian companies proves this.

For influxing foreign capital into Georgia a positive surrounding is made by the existence of advantage conditions for development of such reduced fields, as oil manufacture, black and colored metallurgy, break kinds of mechanical engineering, mountain chemical industry, bottling of fresh and mineral water, manufacture of construction and decorating materials, tea, wine, fruit, citrus, wool, tobacco, industry of their refining and others.

Though foreign companies provide capital investments into these fields, for example, in agrarian and food industries, but it is provided in a very small quantity.

Factors of drawback surrounding in Georgia. Among those factors, which give rise to the drawback climate for influxing foreign investments in Georgia subsequent are to be mentioned:

· Political strain and not quite seldom proof of lobbing business with unacceptable methods by the representatives of executive and legislative government, this takes away the basis of healthy competition as in common, so among the investors;

· Violation of the territorial integrity of the country, ethno conflicts, Not controlling of Abkhazia and South Alania (Smachablo), difficulties with protecting disorder boards, which spreads usually the door to contraband and prevents growth of risk factors of  influxing of as native, so foreign investments;

· From the beginning of 90s of last year, analogue to the countries of post soviet space, sharp economical, financial, energetic, food, ecological and other crises developed in Georgia for not ordinal conditions, gave rise to the backwardness of our country’s economy for some decimals. It would be enough to say, that a level of whole European product consisted only 36.8% in 1999, compared with 1991. This was the lowest showing in whole post Soviet space. Such destroying of economical functioning, evidently, reduces requirements on foreign investments and significantly restricted their influxing;

For the purpose of statement of the level of spreading negative occasions mentioned above and processing appropriate recommendations World Bank and European bank of reconstruction and development provided joint research, where they learned 22 countries having transitional economics. According to these researches they made a conclusion, that a showing of “disorder obedience” (of corrupting, taking into hands) in these countries consists mean 21%. It must be mentioned, that same showing consists 24% in Georgia. What about mean level of administrative corruption, it reaches up to 3%, while in Georgia – 4.3%.Iit is natural, that made situation fears foreign investors and prevents influxing of their capital in a large quantity in our countries.

According to the experience of last years, giving disorder guarantees to the foreign investments is more hard. Though, if it were simple to achieve, it would not be enough for the foundation, as Georgian disorder doesn’t stand on the firm positions, for making n investor sure in stability of the country. For comparing let’s discuss investment surrounding of Czech Republic, privately, that part, according to which investment logistic of the country foresees from April 1998 such scheme of advantages, which concerns taxation, custom and those of certain regions, also, grants for creation working places and so on . According to the mentioned analyze subsequent is cleared out, that equal priorities in using advantages are given as to the foreign investors, so to the local ones. At the same time, if we pay attention to the showing of inflow of straight foreign investments into Czech Republic by years, we’ll see, that after the quantity of straight foreign investments had been reduced in 1997 (1300 billion USD) relatively to 1996 (1428 billion USD), in 1998 it was doubled and consisted 2720 billion USD, and in 1999 equaled to 5108 billion USD. One of the stimulating factors of the mentioned progress must be considered involving a system of advantages activated in Czech Republic from 1998.

Unfortunately, there is not a firm system of foreign investments and insurance yet in Georgia, which would significantly help the process of making investment surrounding healthy and inflow of a large amount of investments from abroad.

Factors preventing development of the country economy – significantly wide scales of shadow economics and corruption, so-called distribution of influence spheres by clans, setting of a barrier in this or that spheres of business especially prevent, from one side, development of local business and, from another – influxing of large-scale global investments.

How to use global legislative norms in the Georgian investment activities. Thus, a lot of problems (complex of problems) are formed in the process of attracting and using of foreign investments, and they are regulated by legislative norms.

Whole logistic regulating foreign investments may be grouped in the subsequent way:

1.  special norms;

2.  total civil norms;

3.  norms of global agreement.

To special logistic in the first place belong special logistic and its subsequent acts of quite large quantity.

Civil logistic regulates and conditions relations of foreign capital and enterprises participating with numerous counteragents. We mean various kinds of agreements, questions of representation, researching questions and so on. Thus, civil logistic is used in the case, when regulation of the activities of foreign investors is not provided with the special one, for its tight direction.

Norms of global agreements is the part of the country’s legislative system. Global agreement gains special substance during global economical relations. Activation of the mentioned norm is basically spread on attracting and usage of foreign investments; subsequent legislative acts belong to this sphere:

1. Global dual agreement of mutual safeguard and encouragement of the investments. Dual agreements of foreign investments are discussed in this sphere as additional guarantees of the norms foreseen in national lows. Capital exporting countries and their investors consider that safeguard of foreign investment is more effectively solved in the way of inter-safeguard and encouragement of investments.

2.  Global two-sided agreement for avoiding double taxation. Such agreement usually defines sources of income – profit and material goods, which is taxed in the country without any reduction. It is being set, which incomes (profit) and material goods may be taxed in the country – with some reductions and what source of incomes may be set free from taxations;

3. Many-sided conventions. From those global conventions, which regulate relations related with the investments, two are vital – Seoul Convention about stating many-sided agencies of protecting investment guaranties (1985) and Washington Convention about solving quarrels (1965).

Involving of many-sided system of investment guarantees was outrun by creation and development of disorder system of insuring capital export in the developed countries.

Before making pronouncement about residency of sources by the foreign investor, one of the vital conditions is – guarantees of security and safeguard of capital investments in that country, where investments are inflown, the disorder takes obligations – to guarantee protecting of foreign material goods, guarantee of civil rights and interests of the foreign investor, guarantee privacy of consciousness of investment activity of the country territory. Thus, below the conditions of strict competition, disorder forms as much liberal regime for foreign investors as possible.

What difficulties are there in Georgia from the top of attracting foreign investments? Difficulties of certain kind are expressed today in the developing countries and, accordingly, in Georgia in the affair of attracting foreign capital and its effective usage. We my name subsequent reasons for this:

· Regulation of the activities of foreign investors is being paid hard with the absence of stabile legislative base;

· Worsening of material position of the most part of the country populace gives rise o the growth of social tension;

· There still are criminal and corruption in some sectors of industrial activities;

· Inappropriate level of infrastructure development; also of transport, communications, system of telecommunication, hotel services, roads and so on;

· High level of unsteadiness of total politics, privately, instability of logistic and court system;

· Absence of joint disorder investment policy in the business of attracting foreign investments;

Herewith, notwithstanding the difficulties named above, the country owns fantastic potential, what may be the subject for fascinating foreign investors. Privately:

· Rich and comparatively cheap resort and tourist resources;

· A large inside emergent market;

· Richest capital of mineral and curing waters;

· Comparatively cheap qualified labor  force;

· Quite high staff of marketing development, which can master new technologies of manufacture successfully and quick;

· Absence of honest competition by Georgian producers;

· Current process of privatization and possibilities of foreign investors in it;

· Possibility for making high profit very quick.

Thus, we can make a conclusion that, compared with the countries of Western Europe, notwithstanding large economical backwardness, Georgia can develop total investment activity comparatively quicker, with the help of right and effective usage of native and foreign investments.

 

Lamara Qoqiauri

Real limb of the Academy of Economical Sciences of Georgia and New-York Academy of Science, physician of Economics, Professor

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Company investments made with small term goals in mind are often in companies that are new or not very stable. For example investment in a company that has a product that is in demand and will push prices up. Here, investors buy low and sell high. A quick in and out mentality that just as often can lead to loss as it does to profit. Oil have a supply of is a excellent example, it fluctuates; you can buy low and then sell out at a higher price to make a quick killing on the have a supply of market.

But, there are many companies that offer oil stocks, simply buying have a supply of in a company because the price is low is not a very wise approach. The company’s antecedents need to be thoroughly investigated, you need to develop an investment approach and then review financial results before taking the leap.

Mistakes learned through terrible investments are a painful and costly affair. It is far better to seek the advice of an expert investment advisor to help you make the right choices. Borrowing to invest is one of the silliest strategies you can adopt. It is far better to make a realistic assessment of the money you have to invest and choose investment options that match the amount, but never borrow to invest. Choosing an investment company that offers loss safeguard policies and even government backing will ensure the security of your investment to a large extent.

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As a new comer to the world of investments, you may have heard of the term investment fund, but are not completely sure what it means. Keep reading to find out about various investment options you can choose to place your money into for a return on investment.

There are investment companies that pool the funds gathered from retail investors and this amount is then invested in large high yield projects. Small stand alone investors will not have access to such types of investments, but through fund management companies that allocate them to benefit from a wide range of securities. Investment companies may be either open end or closed end relating to mutual funds and investment trusts.

If you have money sitting in a bank, odds are it does not earn much by way of returns. More importantly, the temptation to spend the money is an ever present chance. Investing in some of the more secure money investment options available is a excellent way to reach long term financial goals. There are several excellent investment choices you can make and the first step is to identify where to invest. Let us look at some of the investment opportunities that are available.

Mutual funds are a excellent choice for small investors. The benefits from this type of investment include its relative inexpensiveness, the chance to get a really excellent investment professional to manage your investment, earn returns on your investment and diversification to cover loss. With a mutual fund you own shares in the fund rather than owning individual stocks. This is called diversification of risk or spreading of risk. Loss is minimized in this type of investment because of the chance to make profit in other investments. To diversify the risk, mutual funds typically hold stocks and bonds in several companies.

Stocks are a excellent investment option by which you can reach long term financial goals. This type of investment requires that you have a plot based on your goals. What sort of time period are you looking at to reach your financial goals? What is the amount of money you can comfortably invest without stressing your finances out? What is the amount of risk you can securely manage?

A excellent approach to adopt when investing in stocks is to set aside a flat amount of money that you can afford to invest each month. You can check out companies that sell the shares directly to investors to avoid broker commissions. Don’t forget to question about dividend reinvestment plans that will earn you more returns on the investment you make. This is a safe way to get on in the world of investments.

There are several other options you could explore for investment. But the ideal thing would be to get a excellent investment advisor to help guide you on the best investments to match your income level. One final tip in closing, make sure you set aside sufficient insurance coverage and a excellent 6 months or more of income that is securely invested in a money market fund. This is a excellent way to cover your expenses should contingencies arise; you will have 6 months income stashed away to tide you over.

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You work hard to make money so this is your responsibility to take care of it, to save it and at the same time to make it grow. As far as growth of money is concerned, there are various options with different benefits. But the question is which is the most suitable investment option and what is the right way of investing so that we can save tax also. You also would have so many questions regarding investment which should be answered and for that you can choose an investment solutions company.

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Smack, right up alongside the head. Your 401(k) investment program deteriorated rapidly as the have a supply of market and the economy weakened. Who would have thought that there was so much risk of loss in those mutual funds, and ETFs? Fortunately, the pain is most often temporary, but the timing of the recovery could alter some participant retirement schedules and benefits— not to mention the hefty confiscation level retirees can count on from Uncle Sam.
The popularity of self-directed 401(k) benefit plans is understandable. Employees typically get an instant profit from generous employer matching contributions, a variety of investment products to choose from, and portability between jobs. But the benefit to employers is far greater— an simple, low-cost, worker benefit plot with virtually no responsibility for the safety of the investments, and no lifetime commitment to benefit payments. In some instances though, employees are vital to invest too large a part of their account in company have a supply of— a situation that has caused major problems in the past (Enron, for example).
401(k) plans have virtually replaced the private pension system, and in the process, have transferred total investment responsibility from trustee caliber professionals to hundreds of millions of investment amateurs. Employees get small professional guidance with regard to selecting an appropriate mix of investment vehicles from the glossies provided by 401(k) fund providers. Few Worker Benefit Department counselors have degrees (or hands-on experience) in economics, investing, or financial plotting, and wind up using the “unbiased” counseling services of the funds’ salespersons. How convenient for them. Fascinatingly, most salespersons also have no hands-on investment experience either— go figure.
Similarly, the financial plotting and accounting communities seem to have small concern about such basic investment belief as QDI (quality, diversification, and income). If they did, there would never be instances where individual investors lose everything in their one fund, one have a supply of, or one-material goods investment programs. QDI is the fire insurance policy of the investment plot, but few 401(k) participants hear about anything further than: past market value performance numbers, future performance projections, and the like. They are not generally aware of the risks inherent in their investment programs.
This is where an understanding of investment grade value have a supply of (IGVS) investing, the IGVSI and related market statistics becomes vital to 401(k) participants, company benefit departments, accountants and other financial professionals. IGVS investing is just perfect for long-term, regular-deposit-commitment investment programs.
Somehow, we’ve got to get 401(k) investors to know the framework of an investment/retirement program and, then, we have to get participants and/or their professional advisors to look inside the products being offered. As much as I despise the thought of one-size-fits-all investment products, they are generally accepted as the best way to deal with larger employer 401(k) programs— most employers don’t even know that more personalized approaches exist.
Only when some form of company, sector, or economy melt down occurs, does the head scratching (and the investigating) start. 401(k) participants need to know that they are not immune to the vagaries of market, fiscal, and appeal rate cycles. Along with their worker benefit plot comes total responsibility for the long-term performance of the investment/retirement program. Are you in excellent hands?
Historically, IGV stocks fluctuate enough (both in general and by sector) to allocate for mutual fund and ETF investors to select the less risky offerings from among the 401(k) product menu at the most advantageous times— but all individual investors need to learn how to identify the risks and to learn how to deal with them. Typically, 401(k) participants buy the higher priced, last-year-best-performing, and hot sector offerings while they sell or avoid the various products they feel have “below performed” the market.
Nowhere else in their lives do they adopt such a perverse approach. And nowhere else in their thought would they blindly accept the premise that any one number represents what is, or should be, vacant on in their personal investment portfolios. Risk minimization starts with quality, is enhanced through diversification, and is compounded with realized income.
The first two steps require research, greed control, and restraint. The income part just requires restraint, so it should be much simpler to manage. If you cannot identify and know the individual securities within an investment product, and assess the overall quality (fiscal viability and risk safeguard), don’t invest in it. If you have more than 5% of your portfolio in any one individual security, or 15% in any one sector (industrial, geographical, social, political, etc.), make some changes.
Since 401(k) plans are nearly exclusively mutual fund shopping malls, it is hard to assess the income or cash flow component of the risk minimization gathering. Product descriptions, or your benefits representative, should provide the answers. You can stay away from products that refuse to share the income with you, but the best way to benefit from a fund based benefit plot is to establish selling targets for the products you select. If your Blind Faith Fund Unit Value rises 10%, sell all or part of it and go the proceeds to another opportunity that is down 20%. Profit taking is the essential risk minimizer.
So long as we are in an environment where retirement plot income (and principal in the case of all private plans) is subject to income taxation, 401(k) participants would be wise to establish an after tax income portfolio invested in tax exempt securities— or to vote more selfishly.