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20 April 2007 - Today, I’m sitting in for Kaeho, but have decided to keep the Friday theme of Zen and Martial Arts intact. This is perhaps one of the very best times for a blog entry about applying philosophies of Zen and the Art of War to investing. You must avoid the Art of War because investment firms apply the Art of War principles continuously and unyieldingly to get you to hand over more money to them. As such, you must counter and apply Zen philosophies to determine intelligent investment strategies that 99% of other retail investors will not apply.
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April 20th, 2007
19 April 2007 - Recently, there was an article on CNNMoney that spoke about the “secrets” of the elite rich in the United States. For an article that proclaimed to contain secrets about building wealth, it contained some of the most ridiculous, deceptive statements about building wealth that I’ve ever read. In turn, several articles were written about this article, including one that stated that the richest of Americans “built their wealth with diversification, wealth preservation and strategic growth.” That is a ridiculous statement in itself because two of those strategies, diversification and preservation, do not help build wealth.
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April 19th, 2007
April 12, 2007 -To build wealth, you need to buy the right stocks in the right industries in the right countries at the right time. If you ever wonder why the Goldman Sachs or the Merrill Lynches of the world will tell you that timing the market is “impossible” and a “waste of time” or that buying a Chinese mutual fund is the best way to gain exposure to China or diversification across ten different industries is the “safest” way to invest, I’ll tell you why right now. Read more …
April 12th, 2007
April 11, 2007 - It is very difficult to understand where and how to invest your money without understanding politics. I know, I know. At first your reaction will probably be the same as 99% of all other investors. “What are you talking about?” is what you are thinking right? But understanding politics will help you pinpoint exactly what specific asset classes, what specific countries, and even at times, what specific stocks offer the best investment opportunities in the risk-reward paradigm of stock investing. Read more …
April 11th, 2007
March 21, 2007 - Everywhere global stock markets have rebounded whether in China, Australia, Europe, or the U.S. , short positions have decreased dramatically, and the bulls are back in full force. However, there are still two scenarios that every investor should be wary of, one that is very likely, and one that is near inevitable. The first event is that a more significant correction in those markets that have run up for the last six months with hardly a speed bump is necessary for them to experience additional significant growth. So the likelihood of a more significant correction, despite any short-term, or even intermediate strength, is still strong.
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March 21st, 2007
February 28, 2007 - On our home page of our website, I have posted these sentiments about what I term the Peak Investment Crisis: “As of the 4th quarter of 2006, the fact that it hasn’t started yet is a tribute to how crafty global governments have been in hiding from the public the factors that will expedite its onset. However, once it gets started, a fast and scary roller coaster ride is sure to follow.
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February 28th, 2007
February 28, 2007 - If you have been reading my blogs consistently, there is 0% chance that you should have been caught unprepared by the recent correction of the Chinese markets by more than 9%, and the associated 3%-4% drop in the U.S. markets. Certainly losing 9% in one day would have been no fun at all. That is why you can see here, with two Chinese stocks we purchased, FMCN and LFC, we sold both once we had reached approximately100% profits on both in a very short time period. Read more …
February 28th, 2007
February 15, 2007 - There are 7 habits that highly effective investors engage in regularly that separate themselves from the thundering sheep herd. These 7 habits, in fact, often lead to highly effective investors acting very differently from the average investor not because he or she believes in contrarian investing, but because the highly effective investor utilizes information that the average investor does not consider in making his or her investment decisions. It is not the behavior that makes someone a highly effective investor, but it is the information a highly effective investor uncovers that makes his or her investing behavior drastically different.
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February 15th, 2007
Even though the best financial consultant you could ever hire by an extremely wide margin stares back at you every day when you look in a mirror, for those of you absolutely unwilling to learn how to do-it-yourself, here are ten tips to help you find that one financial consultant out of every 1000 that actually is fairly impressive.
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February 4th, 2007
January 28, 2007 - Most people when they read the above answer will think I’m crazy. In fact, I know a lot of people that told me they handed their money over to a firm after trying to manage their own portfolio and sustaining significant losses. But every person that had unsatisfactory results took the plunge without adequate preparation. They listened to the pundits on MSNBC, watched the Bloomberg Report, and read the Wall Street Journal and thought that they were sufficiently knowledgeable to be great stock pickers.
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January 28th, 2007
January 25, 2007 - Well this week’s casual Friday Blog is not so much a blog about investing & martial arts as it is a blog about the investing & the film The Matrix. The Matrix is one of my favorite movies because besides the dialogue being so stellar, much of the Matrix is an allegory for real life. As in the movie, where millions are deceived by a computer generated grid called the Matrix, in the stock markets, an Investment Matrix exists that millions of investors follow that has no resemblance to reality as well. To get started, let’s take a look at some actual dialogue between Morpheus and Neo as they ponder the conundrum of the Matrix.
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January 25th, 2007
January 21, 2007 - Defined within the realm of the statistical Bell Curve, the long tail would reside in the skinny tail at the borders. The long tail, in regards to goods and services, refers to the evolution away from mainstream offerings towards more niche products and services. With the internet drastically reducing the costs of establishing distribution channels, the ability of entrepreneurs to focus more on the long tail sector to fit their customized needs is gaining increasing appeal.
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January 21st, 2007
January 19, 2007 - I know that J.S. has blogged several times about Miyamoto Musashi, arguably the most famous samurai ever. I’m going to write about him as well in this article to illustrate the difference between the typical mindset of an investor versus what it should be.
I’m going to paraphrase a story I read about a young samurai that sought an apprenticeship under Musashi.
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January 19th, 2007
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