Month: December 2010
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The Door of Opportunity
To those who have learned how to read the economic trends, it has been painfully obvious for quite some time that significant inflation is on the horizon. Empowered Investor Network has long supported a strategy of fighting inflation through rental real estate that is financed with fixed-rate debt. The advantage of this strategy is that…
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Know Thy Self
When engaged in the business of living our lives, it is critically important to know yourself in all things that you do. In the context of personal relationships, we must learn about ourselves to develop healthy relationships with others. Harmony requires that we be up-front and honest. In an ideal situation, the strengths of one…
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Oops…Wall Street Investment Firms Fined $1.4 Billion
<a href="https://solomonsuccess.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/scam-jepoirrer.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-400" src="https://solomonsuccess.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/scam-jepoirrer-150×150.jpg" alt="SolomonSuccess.com" width="150" height="150" /></a>Granted, the above mentioned financial fiasco occurred in 2003 but how quickly we forget the misdeeds and chicanery of a healthy handful of Wall Street's finest investment firms. It's been more than seven years since the following firms got busted across the chops for the hefty…
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Taking Stock: Why the Stock Market Can Be Dangerous in the Current Environment
Conventional wisdom has long held that the way to become wealthy over the long-term is by compounded investment in the stock market. The reason for this was quite clear when one looked at the chart of historical returns. By making very modest investments at regular intervals over a long period of time, small investors could…
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Why Biblical Investors Should Fear Today’s Stock Market
The stock market isn’t what it used to be. Gone are the days when companies advanced and retreated in value based on financial strength and not on the seemingly unrelated and often indecipherable whims of natural disasters and man-made catastrophes. When your grandfather was a stock market investor, a regular dividend could be relied upon…
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Vaccinating Against the Gold Bug
Gold is a well known commodity that has generated a tremendous emotional attachment for many people and investors. Phrases such as ‘gold plan’ and ‘gold standard’ have become commonplace in the contemporary vernacular. One of the most significant population migrations in the United States, known as the “Gold Rush,” occurred when a large population of…
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SS 23 – A Christmas Story & Mortgage Planning with “A Tale of Two Brothers”
Jason Hartman welcomes Ronald Reagan to the show to share a moving Christmas story. Next, some mortgage financial planning illustrated by “A Tale of Two Brothers” by Ric Edelman who has educated his clients for years on the benefits of integrating their mortgage into their overall financial plan. In his book, The New Rules of…
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Defense Wins Championships
In the world of sports metaphors, there is a very popular cliché that states: “Defense wins championships.” The upshot of this statement is that a high-powered offense may be fun to watch, but it is a stout, consistent defense that creates the stability necessary to win the championship.
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Inside Real Estate Arbitrage
The principal “arbitrage” opportunity in real estate is realized by locking in a fixed cost of borrowing (which can be re-financed in the future if interest rates drop) and generating cash flow to cover your costs. In this situation, you have a very limited downside risk because of recurring cash flows, but a tremendous opportunity…
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Start Your Property Investing Career Here…
King Solomon didn’t play the stock market, part of the reason for this being that there wasn’t one in his day, but there were plenty of ways to invest and he did lots of that. Land, horses, precious metals: the good king had quite a property investing career going while he sat on the throne.…