Investing - The Basics

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Building wealth involves much more than just investing in stocks and bonds


by Mark Ford

Most rich people get that way by consistently doing the following nine things:

1. Giving top priority to increasing their net investible wealth with more income, not maximizing returns

2. Spending less as a percentage of net income as it grows so they can save more

3. Understanding debt and using it occasionally and strategically to build wealth

4. Investing in stocks and bonds with discipline—i.e., without expecting to get returns that are much higher than market averages

5. Insuring themselves against “black swan” events but not investing with the hope of profiting from them

6. Owning tangible, portable, and non-reportable assets as a reserve that can be tapped into at opportune moments

7. Investing in safe real estate—i.e., income producing properties

8. Investing directly in private enterprises and other “outside Wall Street” opportunities

9. Keeping a substantial store of cash to be used when “cash becomes king.”

As you can see, investing in stocks and bonds is only one of nine strategies you must follow to become rich, but that was the only one the two money management firms I tried cared about.

Source: ETR

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Follow these four stock picking principles to profit in 2017

Source: Daily Crux

http://thecrux.com/chris-mayer-follow-t ... t-in-2017/

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A self-made millionaire explains how a 'painful' money mistake he made in college led him to the investment strategy that made him rich

by Tanza Loudenback

Source: Business Insider

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/self-made ... 00443.html

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The 2 Ways Investments Build Wealth

By Mark Ford

There are two ways that investments can build wealth. One is by the generation of income. The other is through appreciation — an increase in the value of the underlying asset.

Certain asset classes are inherently structured to increase in value, others to preserve value, and others to do both.

Investments that provide both income and appreciation are generally superior to investments that provide only one or the other.

But in developing an overall strategy of wealth building, the prudent investor will incorporate all three types of investments

Source: ETR

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Is That Company a Price Taker... or a Price Maker?

by Andrew Snyder

If we create a list of just three traits that turn a price taker into a price maker, this is it:-
1. Price makers have high barriers to entry (big miners).
2. They have a monopolistic lead on their competition (Amazon).
3. Consumers have imperfect knowledge of the market (organic products).

Source: The Oxford Club

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The secret to finding the markets next 1000% winner

Source: Daily Crux

http://thecrux.com/the-secret-to-findin ... us-winner/

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8 human weaknesses that threaten to wreck your wealth
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/investing/sh ... ck-wealth/

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How to Identify Stocks That Can Rise 10-Fold or More

By Alexander Green

Source: Investment U

http://dailytradealert.com/2017/02/19/h ... d-or-more/

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The billionaire's strategy you can use

Source: Daily Crux

http://thecrux.com/the-billionaires-str ... u-can-use/

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7 Stock Buying Mistakes And How To Avoid Them

Source: Investopedia

http://www.investopedia.com/articles/01 ... yptr=yahoo