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    milliionaire next door book review

    Millionaire next door Is a book a read this year, most of the books that I read have been worthwhile except for 2/3 that have been god awful. The Millionaire Next Door (The Surprising Secrets Of America?s Wealthy) (Thomas J. Stanley, William D. Danko, Longstreet Press, 1996, pages 258 This...
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    Financial meda, tv, radio, print

    TV, Radio and Print Financial advice?? Information?? Here are some items that I have heard that cause me to wonder if they thought of what they say before they say it. These are not a difference of opinion some are just obvious errors, and others they fail to point out a few major facts?so...
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    nba total

    memphis wizards over 181.5 memphis is on a small losing streak and scoring down, but hoping looking for a bit of a sloppy game. small play. thanks selkirk
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    stocks hot and cold or dead ie. lumber, gold.

    I have missed the move in the home builders and not sure of buying in now, do have holdings in some lumber stocks. here are some of my holdings : WFT West Fraser avg price $78, in about two weeks now trades at 88.50cdn. low 40.16 high 89.20. BC lumber producer selling to the US and Asia...
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    always listen to the Rooster

    okay that is probably one of the dumbest titles for a thread, but it sums up a lesson about the market. in the classic Reminiscences of a Stock Operator, which is written about the famous Jesse livermore, though his name is not mentioned, he tell you about the 1920s and before. his dealings...
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    2012 Predictions Recap and 2013 Predictions

    Yes, like any bad show it just keeps coming back, since 1998 the predictions are here for another year, lets first look back at the 2012 predictions, like normal the comments will be in ( ), harp on the correct ones and quickly go by the many wrong items.... thanks selkirk 2012 Predictions...
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    Fiscal cliff, update on the fertilizers, and cdn. grocers

    Before the election you would hear about the fiscal cliff a few times but not much, now it is repeated and repeated. Basically Washington has to get their budget under control, they are not new to this, plenty of countries ie. in Europe also have this problem, also Japan,actually a long list...
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    Books 2012

    Greetings this is the first or maybe second annual Book thread. every year try to read 12 books a year, or listen to them unabridged (which takes longer than reading them.) these come from reviews, and a list of the top 50 books by amazon and the globe (3-5 years old), bloomberg list, ect...
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    shows from the past the good and the bad

    with the internet or online services you can now access shows that you may have never seen the first time around. here are some shows that I discovered the good and bad. 1. Wall Street Warriors : bad this was on some specialty channel and lasted two years. the first 5-6 shows are average to...
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    What time is it?

    Okay, that is a stupid title for any thread, but often it matter in the market. It at times will favour some sectors and ignore, hate others. and then it all changes. for example the past three years the best sector in Canada was the reit, and utilities, people chased yield, stocks that would...
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    HEAT WAVE could have made 22X money

    there is a recent heat wave in places in the US where they grow corn...grow a lot of corn. the US is the Arabia of corn growing, some states could qualify as leading producers, okay a record amount has been planted but there has been a brutal heat wave and no or little rain. on this news corn...
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    The Wealthy Barber book review, and cheap way to buy silver

    Finally got around to reading The Wealthy Barber, which was one of the most popular selling books on financial planning in Canada. sold hundreds and hundreds of thousands of copies, maybe a million. this is from 1989, and reading the 27th printing in 1993. there is an updated version, it...
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    grpn, zynga, and CNR CNI beats again

    GRPN $11.975 in jan predictions talked about this stock being a train wreck, hit highs of 31, and last jan was around 20-21. anyways believe the company is still a train wreck, but would no longer short the company or play it on the short side. believe they will use their money to expand the...
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    oil, gold, and some stocks,

    after a good 1st quarter the market had a few weeks, where there is a sell off, actually Toronto loss its gains for the year. the markets will be volatile, and will be in a range. oil probably drifts around $100, though that sounds like good news, many producers in North America are not...
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    Fees count

    This is an interesting study, in Canada many, (the average mutual fund) has an mer of around 2.50%, some more some less, this chart below is interesting at how much you get as an investor with a .5% mer compared to a 2.5% mer may seem like a small amount but the amount of compounding reallly...
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    tck.b tck covered a short one week early

    sometimes you can do the correct action or believe to be and end up with the wrong result. I had a small short on tck.b (tck) teck resources, it is base metal company, have call and puts on the stock, and was short a very small amount in jan due to options. so last friday covered the short...
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    the fed is on hold, slow slow growth, and portfolio mess

    the fed made the announcement that rates will stay low longer than expected, not that many thought rates would fly up higher. the fed has put everything on hold until 2015, well late 2014. this is good news at first as the markets jumped on the news, and low rates make equities and bonds more...
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    Books Read in 2011

    like most people you set goals, starting in 2010, well maybe earlier, 1. to bike 1775 km /1102.93 miles in a year, did not do this in 2010 but managed in 2011. takes about 25 min though sometimes you are away so ussually have to put km some days, hope to keep this on going. 2. read one book...
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    Predictions 2011 recap and 2012

    updated comments are in brackets. 2011 1. oil is going higher, if the economy slowly grows then oil should do just fine, there is a good list of oil companies that are great as long as oil stays above 80. oil is at 91 and should head higher along with a growing economy though slowly, and...
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    recent trades

    have not done much but since I trade options the third Friday of the month something happens, here are two trades. these trades were put on (1 month/1.5 months in advance) yri (gold and tck.b (tck in US)trade in US and Canada these were done on Toronto / Montreal. 1. YRI $12 Put Dec .75 $16...
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