Horses and Investing - Lessons from history

In the olden times when it was required to move with speed and strength, a single horse would not do, and in order to harness the power off multiple horses chariot was designed.

In the chariot, the slowest of the horses were kept in the middle, and the fastest at the back . so that the slowest of the horses were edged to move faster, but overall power delivered to the chariot was enormous. It is possible that the fastest of the horses would not have had the stamina which the slower horses did.

Modern mutual funds are almost like that horses .

Six to eight horses are sufficient to give you that chariot for financial journey .

These horses should not be the same type in stamina or speed. They have to be different.

So, just having small cap horse will not be enough,They may be having a good speed, but the stamina is very less.Similarly all the horses cannot be large cap as they would have the stamina, but much less speed to cover the distance in less time. Apart from the desi horses, you may also need some Overseas horses from foreign world etc

But when they would start running, and if the fastest of the horses got tired, the slower ones would still be able to pull them along.

It is possible along the way one of the horses become sick, so you can always remove it and run with less horses, or include another horse who can be young and experienced, and also have the stamina.

In the initial times, you will need to move up the hill for accumulation of assets, and would need the horses which have stamina and speed, but but towards the later part of the journey when you will reach the top of the hill, and the road would become with less gradient, and you would have already covered a lot of mileage….  your Horses, even if they were moving slow would be able to cover your distance and take you to your destination. 

At that stage, if you feel necessary, you may change your horses to more sturdy ones or continue with your existing ones. It all depends upon you because by then you would be an experienced charioteer …