The Language Perfectionist: Get It Right “Every” Time
A supermarket recently opened in my neighborhood. The managers promptly posted a sign boasting “Low prices everyday.” This is a frequent error, though that doesn’t make it any less excusable. The sign should read “Low prices every day.” The adjective everyday precedes a noun, as in “The life of the…
READ MOREThe Professor of Harsh Reality’s Lecture About Time
Having recently had another birthday click over on the odometer, time is on my mind. It’s never far from it in my work-cave, because I have strategically placed more than a dozen clocks around the room and can’t look in any direction without seeing one.
READ MOREThe Safest Stocks in the World
The safest stocks in the world right now have three important traits.
READ MOREThe Ultimate Formula
Customers are the lifeblood of your business. Without customers — people who buy your product or service — you really don’t have a business, do you? Duh!
READ MOREChina Wholesale Trader
Early to Riser Raymond A. writes in with two questions we often get about our China Wholesale Trader program. So I thought we’d kill two birds with one stone, so to speak, and answer them here.
READ MOREHow to Make More in the Next 10 Years Than You Made in the Last 20
How rich did investors get from the last 20 years of computer advances?
The fortunes that have piled up almost boggle the mind. Microsoft, Yahoo, Apple, Cisco, and IBM — the list of fortune-making computer firms goes on and on.
How the Future Is Already Making Fortunes
I bet you’ve heard “You can’t change your genetics” dozens of times.
People think there’s a master code written for them before they’re born, and they must live with it no matter what.
How to Grow (Very) Rich in Tough Economic Times
Let’s say you own a business and you’re trying to decide what kinds of products you should be developing.
READ MOREReal Zero-Down Real Estate
Can you really make a fortune in real estate without using cash?
READ MOREThe Greatest Short Opportunity in the World Today
Not since the dot-com era has so much hoopla surrounded a company going public with such a questionable business model.
But that’s not for us to worry about. Instead, we can profit from it.
The Language Perfectionist: This Column May Make You “Tense”
Do you notice anything unusual about the following account, quoted from a major newspaper’s reader blog?
READ MOREControlling Your Emotions During Tough Markets
All year, investors have been fleeing the stock market for the perceived safety of the bond market, letting fear take control of their investing and financial future. But if you can learn to control your emotions, today’s equity markets offer enormous opportunity.
Your biggest enemy for successful trading is not the “market,” other traders or investors, the economy, or any outside force. You face your biggest danger in the mirror every morning, because your biggest danger is you — your emotions and the human frailties that can easily lead to your financial ruin.
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