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3 April 2011 | 5 replies
Robert Kiyosaki-Rich Dad, Poor Dad is a mustone of my personal favourites is Donald Trumps "The Art of the deal"
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25 April 2011 | 1 reply
Also, food is not an inflation hedge since it is not storable.
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22 May 2011 | 24 replies
Rich
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31 May 2011 | 17 replies
Investing in precious metals is a bad idea at the moment as you'll be buying in towards the top of a recent run up - the gold/silver bubble will burst on June 30th (or thereabouts) when QE2 ends - you'd be better off buying dividend paying stocks in resource rich economies like Australia, Brazil, or your own home country, Canada.I personally use the preffered stock ETF (ticker: PFF) you get a monthly check and a nearly 7.5% yield and you do 0 leg work.
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14 May 2014 | 6 replies
Hi JefferyAs Ann pointed out make sure to make your posts a little more key word rich to get locals alerted to them.If you want to meet investors in your area I would plan on going to the Black Diamond events Worcester meeting and get to know people there.
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16 June 2014 | 51 replies
I like my tenants to think I am frugal so they won't be having rich tastes when they want a new fridge or fancy landscaping.