The short-term proposals that I put forward are designed to accelerate job growth, that inspire a company that's right on the brink of hiring but it's still kind of uncertain: Should I make that investment, should I bring in somebody out of the workforce?
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"I used that money to buy something that I thought was the safest kind of investment I could make, " he says, meaning small rental apartment complexes.
Outside the SOEs, I see little evidence of the wasted investment I saw in Thailand at the time the phrase "golf course capitalism" was coined--before the Asian crisis back in 1997.
But when I was working in the area of investment banking I was putting in very long hours and it became increasingly clear to me that if I was devoting that amount of time and energy to something, then I wanted it to be devoted to something that would have a bigger and positive impact on the world.
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Additionally, I have worked for an investment advisory firm where I helped create ETFs and UITs that were sold throughout Wall Street.
So, if I want to target Peru as an investment destination, I no longer need to buy a broad-based Latin America ETF.
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With that said, I give you the best book on entrepreneurship, business and investment that I've read in some time.
This is why I nominate The Investment Answer as the best passive book of the year.
If only there were such an investment I would urge you to jump right on it.
In case your emotions run in the other direction, I have some investment advice.
Signing up for the deluxe service I worked eHarmony as diligently as I work any investment deal.
Given my experience with this lesson, it is a wonder I entered the investment world at all.
In sum, I see the computer revolution as a fundamental change, and I direct my investment strategies accordingly.
What do I expect this investment, in dollars, to do for me in the next year, three years, five years?
"Generally I think business investment in politics is reactive, " says Matt Kibbe, president of FreedomWorks, a Tea Party organizing group.
As an investor, I care about investment ideas which are inherently opinions.
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Over the coming years, I expect significant investment opportunities in this area.
It is important to consider that nobody was aware of the amounts I managed until I became a investment advisor and filed a public disclosure form which was Dec. 2006.
As such, I avoid any investment that is in any way the focus of government or politics, because such a business is hostage to fortune and most likely destined for an unhappy outcome.
Although the art is the most important investment I have made, after the purchase of my apartment, if my collection or each piece were to be taken out of its current context, they would have taken on a whole different meaning.
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Would I have been happier, more at peace, or more certain of my investment had I invested the same amount in mutual funds?
While driving around neighborhoods in which I might like to buy a house, either for myself or as an investment, I can get an idea about the cost of the home.
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Full Disclosure: I own shares of NUS. The stock is also a current recommendation in the Forbes Investor, the investment newsletter I edit for Forbes.
"I'm talking to some people that might be able to bring some investment in and I think that's good news, " he added.
Not that I look to the dictionary as the paragon of forward investment thinking, but I find that this definition provides a disservice to investors and identifies a potentially hazardous way to manage a portfolio.
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Since my initial whistleblower experience I have investigated and blown the whistle on lots of investment scams involving firms I was never employed by, generally by contacting state and federal securities regulators and law enforcement on behalf of pension investors.
I'm only going for 8 days, so we can't justify a big investment, but I only need calling and GPS (to get around).
We've got investment now, which is coming through and what I want to see is that investment making a real difference which will be noticed by the travelling public.
After a few years of overly aggressive investing in individual growth stocks (without a clear investment plan) and even attempting some day trading I quickly saw how one positive investment led to many more negative investment experiences based on short-sightedness and greed.
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