THE CROSS AND THE INTELLIGENT INVESTOR

It is strange! What has investment to do with the cross? Not only in the area of investment, but also in other areas like nutrition and health; the pattern is strikingly similar. When you pursue a certain subject to its pure form; you will find few that agrees, much fewer are those that follow! No wonder the LORD Jesus says: 13"Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. 14Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it. (Matthew 7:12-14) New King James Version.

The way of the cross is not easy. For the LORD Jesus says in Luke Chapter 9: 23”Then He said to them all, "If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me. 24For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it. 25For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and is himself destroyed or lost?”

John Mak:” To be an intelligent investor, you need to be disciplined and capitalize on the folly of the speculators.” In other words, we do not follow the crowd that goes on the wide and broad popular road of speculation.

Similarly, a disciple of Christ who goes on the way of the cross cannot follow the trends and fashions of the world but choose the long and narrow way of being ridiculed, misunderstood, persecuted, scorned and finally enter into the narrow gate of eternal life!

The consolation is finally both attain victory eventually!

Warren Buffett: “When the tide subsides, then we know who has been swimming in the nude.” Referring to those who habitually speculates and occasionally makes a quick buck here and there but the final finishing line is the one that determines who are the champions!

Another similarity between the cross and the intelligent investor is contained in an email I wrote to the investment guru John Mak:

Dear John,

Thank you for your insights as contained in your latest book and emails to me. It strengthened once again the “intelligent investor” that is in me.

It reminded me of what Jesus did:”All these things Jesus spoke to them in parables; and without a parable He did not speak to them.” (Matthew 13:34)

For the disciples He explained everything to them but for others He spoke in parables so that hearing they may hear but shall not understand, seeing but will not perceive. What you are saying is the same exactly.

To the “intelligent investors”, what you say in your books could be understood easily, and the other readers may just condemn you or just throw your books away.

Remaining as investor,
Your Loyal Reader.

You see, how strikingly similar the way of the cross and the way of the intelligent investing.

I shall blog my thoughts on the similarity of the cross and nutrition in another post.