INVESTING
in the
Equine Industry
Many of us may remember this song by the group
“America”. It was replayed at a recent CEP/Equine
meeng as Tom Cooper was educang members on
how to invest in your passion. Several months ago,
there was a short presentaon at the Ocala Jockey
Club on the same theme of Equine invesng.
To that end, The Horse Capital of the World (Ocala)
offers natural beauty, caring cizens, enthusiasc
Equine Entrepreneurs, and a wonderful place to live
as my wife and I have experienced it. We had been
living in Naples, Florida for some me and discovered
Ocala from a road trip with a rented motor
home in 2016, and we soon
surrendered sailing as that
passion came to an end.
Back to the song: as an avid
guitar player this song can be
played with just a few simple
chords yet was a very popular
song in its day. I love playing
guitar with passion and I sll
enjoy instrucon classes just
to keep up, just like exercising
your body - or perhaps your horse. It takes a lot of
thought and pracce to produce a hit song, as well
as to produce a winning horse, long life, and creave
investment themes to aempt to match your goals
and your passions.
Creang something unique is a challenge in many
areas, including horse maintenance – dressage,
anatomy, breeding, touch, sound, lunging, conforma-
on, health – as well as financial responsibility to
meet ongoing expenses and even rering.
When the early versions of the “SMA” – a managed
investment porolio – was designed, it offered cost
efficiency, transparency and an alternave to tradi-
onal mutual funds and annuity products. SMA accounts
can be designed to closely match a person’s
passion and match one’s goals too.
Discerning Investors can now invest in the Equine
industry with an IRA, rerement plan, individual
and/or a joint account with major custodians encompassing
high quality securies that are fully
liquid and trade on the New York Stock exchange.
This may be the first “Themed porolio” which you
can entertain for your goals and objecves and have
liquidity, acve management, and that will keep you
close to your passion as an Equine Industry Connoisseur.
Warren Buffet stated, “invest in what you know”. I
add “invest in what you can control and what you’re
passionate about”!
Thomas J Cooper CFP, CPT Member FTBOA
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