Paper vs. real money

When I was learning to trade currencies, it was a requirement in my classroom sessions that we had a “practice money account.” Simply, this is an account that’s funded with play-money. If you lose it all it can be replenished at no real cost to you. These types of...

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Not smoke and mirrors

Today’s email is a few words longer than usual, but this story is too much fun not to tell in full… I’m a real fan of a great magic trick, but my wife hates them. She doesn’t like to be fooled or be unable to figure out how a trick is done. I’ve seen the great...

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Who’s really running the world?

As robotics, artificial intelligence and computers replace the workforce worldwide, one might think people are no longer needed for day-to-day life. But really, nothing could be further from the truth. In some ways we are needed now more than ever. Of course, there...

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The Importance of April 10th

TODAY is the 100th day of the year. What results do you have to show for yourself? Are you on track for having your best year ever, or do you need to make some changes? If you continue doing exactly what you've been doing...where will you be 100 days from today, on...

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It’s never been done – until now

This is really crazy, but true… I’ve been investing in stocks for about three decades now, and taking the advice of a few very special hand-selected analysts for about half of that time. Sure, I do my own analysis, but I also look at other people’s as well. But NEVER...

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