Culture Influences Investment Choices: Growing up, I often wondered why some cultures tend to be more skilled at investment than others. As I grew, I realised that value systems define behavioural patterns and, in turn, trigger the urgency to make money.

Different scholars have shown that it is the Jewish culture that influenced Jews to be so good at investing. It is also a culture that bred German efficiency and Japanese attraction to excellence.

As a young investor, what is out there to learn from other cultures to influence your financial plans and investment decisions? Men have been investing in real estate for over 4000 years. What of debts? Humans have been borrowing money and falling into debt for centuries. The Hammurabi Code in ancient Babylon contained codes for interest rates for various loans. Since the financial market exploded in England in the 16th century, various money-making opportunities have emerged across the globe. The Japanese began to trade in commodities about 300 years ago.

What is CultureWealth: In culture wealth, we would look at various financial investment options such as Real Estate, Stock Exchanges, value-investing, Cryptocurrencies, Treasury Bills, Bond markets and various other options and offer opinions based on experiences from different cultures and investors so that beginners in investments can understand how the money market works and where to make money.

Culture is everything. It influences all we do, to succeed, we must learn from other cultures and how their values have shaped decisions, and this blog will be about finance and wealth

This blog looks at the interplay between culture and wealth creation. Culture is habits and habits that fuel our value system. In turn, our values determine our approach to business and wealth creation. On this blog, we will write regularly on culture, wealth, finance, money creation, and value creation.