Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Passbook Savings Accounts - Investment Tool

Passbook savings account is one of the most commonInvest Tool. Most of Investors start their investment through passbook savings accounts.

Passbook Savings Account as investment tool has some benefits :
  • convenient, have no minimum balance
  • liquid , can be withdrawn at anytime
  • very low risk , usually insured
  • provides some facilities, such as debit card or ATM

But passbook savings accounts as investment tool also have obstacles, such as the investment rates of return are low compared with other invest tools.

Do we still need to invest money in this particular Invest Tool, although the investment returns are very low ? yes, we do because we still need fixed income to pay our bills, right? but we must consider how many percentage of our investment fund we should allocate to this Invest Tool.

The higher asset allocation in passbook savings accounts, not necessarily the better, it depends on investor's financial condition. Please remember investors need certain investment return to overcome inflation rate. Ready to use Passbook Savings Accounts as one of your invest tools?

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