This morning I find myself running to my office with a package in hand, looking desperately for something to cut the tape with. A painting has just arrived by Priority Mail, and I can't wait to open it. It is something that was offered by a seller ...
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How Forex Brokers Earn Money
The foreign exchange market involves buying and selling different currencies based on whether their value will appreciate or depreciate. This exchange takes place between traders and speculators. Forex is a high-risk market that trades $5 trillion on ...
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The Big Secret to Learning How to Manage Your Investments
There was a time when the world of investments was relatively simple. For most people, it meant a home, a pension fund, a savings account and perhaps a few stocks and shares. All they had to do was sit back and watch them grow.
These days, it's ...
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Why It’s Better to Be a Shareholder than an Employee
A common theme on financial blogs is how to retire early and enjoy the financial freedom that goes with it. Living off of dividends, interest, and other forms of passive income requires being a serious investor. Here's my take on becoming a full-time ...
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A Comparison of Forex Trading Platforms
Trading is not as simple as it can be seen at first sight. Financial trading consists of buying or selling stocks or other financial products in a financial market with the intention of obtaining a profit. If you want to trade, you need to create an ...
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REITs: A TIERed Investment For Dyslexics
"It's hard to make money in real estate. I can't do it."
Of course you can. Real estate, whether raw land or fully improved buildings, obviously has a function and will continue to. Real estate, in and of itself, is not subject to obsolescence. ...
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4 Tests That Signal You’re Financially Ready to Start Investing
Profitable investing grows your wealth to outpace inflation, and the average investor will be better off than the average saver in the long term.
Investors often put money into stocks, forex, precious metals and real estate among others. ...
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Spread Betting is Education and Income All In One
If you want to be really good at making money, you have to find lots of different ways to accomplish your goals, and practice all the time. That's because financial skills are transferrable. An insight you gain by spending time investing your money ...
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What’s Next for the Price of Crude Oil?
The ongoing rivalries between the major oil-exporting countries are currently intensifying. Most large producers are hugely dependent on income from crude oil sales to support growth. While restricting supply drives up prices, pumping out more of the ...
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Smart Energy Investing: Insights Into the Oil Industry
The global oil industry is constantly evolving and responding to changing demands and market conditions, which makes it fertile ground for potential investment opportunities -- provided you know how to interpret data and investor sentiment.
Here ...
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How to Buy Tax Liens as an Investment Opportunity
If you don't pay your taxes on time, then you could be slapped with a tax lien.
This is a debt that will not be struck from your credit report unless you pay it off. And if a tax lien isn't paid off, then it can be sold to a third-party.
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5 Tips the Pros Use to Identify Favorable Investment Opportunities
Anyone interested in their own personal finances should not look at investing as gambling; instead, investments require careful and strategic thought. Yes, there's an element of risk-taking involved, but identifying favorable opportunities requires ...
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Why Investing Your Bonus Is a Smart Move
Economic and political uncertainty dominated the global news headlines last year and uncertainty looks set to continue this year. With that in mind, if you're fortunate enough to receive a bonus, the question becomes: should you save it or spend ...
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5 Ways to Jumpstart Your Investing
Investing is essential for laying the foundation to your future. Wise investing will help provide the retirement dream that you've always wanted. Luckily, there are dozens of different ways that you can kick start your investing to get where you want ...
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How to Know When It’s Time to Cut and Run On an Investment
Nobody ever likes to admit when they are wrong, but sometimes it really is best to just cut your losses and run. This can apply to many different things in life, from relationships to money, but since this blog primarily focuses on good personal ...
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How Economic Events Influence the Forex Market
Just like commodities, currency exchange prices are also influenced by the forces of demand and supply. These forces are triggered by several aspects, which cause increase or decrease of demand or supply suddenly, thereby causing the fluctuation of ...
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What Are the Brexit Implications on Gold?
The UK's decision to exit the European Union -- known everywhere as the Brexit -- was news that shocked the world.
Financial markets are still reeling from the financial uncertainty unleashed by that landmark decision.
Global markets reacted ...
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Coming Soon: The Greatest Wealth Transfer of All Time
Precious metals holders buy gold and silver because they understand that the majority of the modern financial world's assets are debt-based instruments and want to reduce their exposure to the resulting counterparty risk. Unfortunately, a large ...
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Mailbag: Are US Savings Bonds Worth Buying Anymore?
So in light of the Federal deficit, devaluation of the dollar, lack of jobs, etc., what's your view of U.S. Savings Bonds these days? I have some, and can't find anyone talking about whether they're still a good investment. Yes, they earn relatively ...
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Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? Which Emotion Is More Powerful?
Those who are concerned with managing financial risk understand that, when it comes to investing, it's especially important to have a diversified portfolio -- at least in theory. It's also important to have an exit strategy in place whenever you take ...
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