The reality is that trading, like many competitive industries, will be volatile.

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Still, the harsh investing reality of forex trading lives on: You need to be on the right side of the trade to make money, and you can lose your shirt if you are not careful.

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In reality, there was no trading for well over a decade.

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In reality, Brazil began economic relations with Iran in the early 90's when they started trading foodstuffs.

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Second, the study was based on the performance of indexes when in reality, the vast majority of mutual funds under-perform those indexes because of fees and trading costs.

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According to lawsuits, Howell told investors such payments could easily be covered by an investment strategy that pumped out 90% returns--but in reality, the suits say, he was using the very money he borrowed, and not trading profits, to make interest payments.

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