Tag: investing
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How to Fix America’s Wealth Inequality: Teach Americans to Be Cheap
The Atlantic: How to Fix America's Wealth Inequality: Teach Americans to Be Cheap … The math of wealth is actually pretty simple: It all boils down to four things: 1. How much you start with, 2. How much income you make, 3. How much of your income you save, and 4. How good of a…
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Your Personality Has Everything To Do With How Well You Invest
Business Insider: Your Personality Has Everything To Do With How Well You Invest As a financial planner, Ray Linder sometimes found that he would give what seemed like solid, reasonable advice to a client that would be met with a surprising level of resistance–one that had more to do with emotions than anything else. A…
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The Perception Gap About Africa
All Africa: Africa: Continent – the Next Frontier for Investors Washington — Economists say Africa will grow by 5.5 percent in 2012, with seven African countries expected to rank among the 10 fastest-growing economies in the world during the next five years, projections that are making the continent an increasingly popular destination for foreign investors.…
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Wealth isn’t how much you earn
Christian Science Monitor: Wealth isn’t how much you earn At age 25, Jim makes $100,000 a year. He’s constantly traveling for business. He has a large home in which he often doesn’t visit some rooms for months at a time. He eats out every single night. He drives a leased Lexus, which he updates every…
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The richest man you’ve never heard of
USA Today: The richest man you've never heard of MEXICO CITY — Carlos Slim Helú's business career began on the playground, trading baseball cards. He would buy the adhesive-backed cards at a candy stand in downtown Mexico City, then make a meticulous record of each trade in a notebook, carefully evaluating whether he had come…