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A Dumb Investment Mistake Even Smart People Make
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A couple of years ago, I was giving an investment presentation at the Radisson Blu Resort, on the Mediterranean island of Malta. Afterward, the company’s manager invited my wife and me to dinner. I sat beside a wealthy British man who made his fortune in real estate.
Smart investing
Smart Investing
Yes, Spiderman Can Make You A Super Investor
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The latest Spiderman movie, No Way Home, grossed $1 billion in just its first week. That makes it the pandemic-era’s highest selling film. It’s easy to love Peter Parker, the high school kid who was bit by a Krypton-esque super spider. It gave him freakish abilities to climb walls, sense danger and pound a UFC fighting champ with a single finger. But audiences relate to the guy’s very human flaws.
Smart Investing
Investors Aren’t Going Bananas Over Bonds Right Now
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Have you ever left a piece of fruit on your kitchen counter for several days or a couple of weeks? I have. It’s disgusting. Uninvited families of ants stormed my kitchen. They telegraphed thousands of their closest friends. And as they dined on that fruit, they (the fruit, not the ants, unfortunately) began to shrivel. If I were starving when I came home, I suppose I could have eaten a dehydrated, mutilated, molding banana. But it likely would have led to diarrhea.
Investing Ideas
Investing Ideas
Excitement is building
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Financial markets have been hitting one record after another over the past few months. Will the stock market marathon continue in 2022? Analysts are more divided than ever. We take a closer look.
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Investing Ideas
"The virus has accelerated current trends"
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Aswath Damodaran, professor of finance at New York University Stern School of Business, breaks down the major trends that will affect markets in 2022 and investment opportunities. Find out more in this interview.
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Wealth building
Wealth Building
Money and Belonging: For Better and For Worse
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Several years ago, a 12 year-old boy walked into my high school English classroom. His father was one of my colleagues. My students had just left for the day. Young Finn dragged his feet as he approached my desk, carrying a clipboard with some paper.
Wealth Building
Quit Like a Millionaire Authors Take The Road Less Traveled
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A few years ago, a company’s director asked me to speak to his employees about saving and investing. Before I began the presentation, he privately explained why he invited me. “I don’t want my employees to make the same mistake I made,” he said. He earned several million dollars a year.
Retirement
Retirement
Why The Rush To Retire In Panama Now?
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Panama has long been known as a low-cost retirement destination with idyllic beaches, gorgeous mountain towns and cosmopolitan living in the country’s capital. And as Andrew Hallam explains, there has been a big rush of people moving there this summer.
Retirement
Do you have any idea how much you need for a comfortable retirement? Here’s a clue.
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Can you picture your dream retirement? Island hopping on a yacht? Hanging out at coffee shops in one of the world’s great cities? Pottering about in the garden? Whichever grabs you, retirement will be a lot more fun if you have saved enough to make the most of it