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    Barefoot Investor is Butt Naked

    It gets even better. In the section underneath that, he tells the person to sell their investment property and invest the proceeds in managed funds.
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    To think I thought buying PM 1 kg bars for $900.00 was a bargain.

    I will be ecstatic to actually face this dilemma!
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    8 year recessionary slump will soon hit Aus. Can you go the distance?

    I am a bit stuck on this step, nowhere comes to mind...
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    Dick Smith is the Greatest Private Equity Heist of All Time

    Exactly, there is nothing cost-effective the average investor can do. Years ago I held shares in a small-cap unlisted company. They were trading poorly, then ceased issuing any correspondence. I read through the media that they had been taken over. Nothing further ever came my way. I wrote...
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    100 Silver Monkeys Needed for the Monkey Effect

    I am uncomfortable having my lifetime's labour represented by some digits on a computer. By contrast, a stack of silver gives me something tangible to represent my past efforts.
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    Russian Drone Footage over Syria

    There is a huge amount of damage to the infrastructure and buildings in that place (let alone human lives). Imagine if we had similar drone footage for the previous big wars. Perhaps people would scratch their heads and say "what are we doing?". Hmmm ok probably not.
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    Chomsky on football & other sports

    I can admire individual physical achievement, but take no pleasure from one tribal group subduing another, backed by the savage screams of their followers.
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    Chomsky on football & other sports

    . Landing on the moon . Conquering infectious disease . Lowering the infant mortality rate . Popular sports on TV . Rising agricultural yields One of these doesn't belong in the list.
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    Investing in managed businesses

    It is possible to have a successful managed business. The steps would be: 1. Build the business yourself. 2. Develop systems and procedures. 3. Document all the systems and procedures 4. Train all your staff in the systems and procedures 5. Develop more systems and procedures for all the...
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    Harry Dent.....Only weeks until collapse.

    There seems to be an insatiable appetite for collapse porn. I think it affects the viewer's memories.
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    kim thanh gold sheets from 1970s

    I saw some on display at the Perth Mint. They are an amazing historical item. I can imagine the history of a piece of gold like that in Perth, perhaps carried on the body of a brave person fleeing communism. It represents the hard labour of their family, and is carried across treacherous...
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    long time stacker, first time poster

    Best first post ever. Welcome.
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    The World's Growing Demand for Silver

    Something positive to share. http://www.visualcapitalist.com/the-silver-series-worlds-growing-demand-for-silver-part-3-of-4/
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    Chinese Margin Lending - I am puzzled

    Margin lending is not quite as popular now... http://www.afr.com/markets/equity-markets/margin-lending--it-feed-chinas-stock-market-boom-and-now-its-feeding-the-collapse-20150708-gi7br0
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    Pope Warns world on Climate Change.

    See article called "Horus manure..." for an alternative view. http://www.jonsorensen.net/2012/10/25/horus-manure-debunking-the-jesushorus-connection/
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    Pope Warns world on Climate Change.

    Plenty of scholars on both sides of the debate here, it is definitely not one-sided.
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    Pope Warns world on Climate Change.

    http://www.bethinking.org/jesus/ancient-evidence-for-jesus-from-non-christian-sources
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    Pope Warns world on Climate Change.

    New thread required - "What if the Pope is a lie"
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    What characteristics make for a successful investor

    The ability to take action.
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    This has to be a first when buying silver...

    Its a trick to get you to go back tomorrow for more!
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