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    Millionaire thru shares

    OK guys, You win. I quit! The original question was if anyone ever made a million out of shares and I have tried to show that it happens regularly. That ordinary guys with modest capital have done this during the resource boom. I gave myself as an example of someone who is nearly there but...
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    Traders should shorten their time horizons.....

    You said it well, Andrew. The Argentinian crisis, which is so recent in my mind but probably before Ausprop's age of awareness, decimated their middle class, as did the Wienmar hyper-inflation in Germany and every other major upheval around the world. This is of no concern to the...
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    Traders should shorten their time horizons.....

    Ah! So the good times will roll on forever! WotRot. I don't believe my house will burn down but I buy insurance.:)
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    Rockhampton still looking pretty good.

    Why do you think this is cheap? Res 3 no longer exists and the new zoning is more restrictive. You can buy 1012sm blocks in my st for $250/60 with the same zoning. For $550 you can buy the one I'm sitting on now and my neighbour's, and the new zoning allows a couple of extra b'rooms on the...
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    Millionaire thru shares

    Here's one: Subject sold out today made 4 million dollars Stock Code PDN - PALADIN RESOURCES LIMITED Posted 29/12/06 00:33 Posted by esmeralda IP 203.26.xxx.xxx Hotcopper Radio PDN on BoardRoom Radio Post #1458663 - 381 reads Start of thread been holding since 10 cents...
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    Traders should shorten their time horizons.....

    "Traders should shorten their time horizons" is part of the conclusions of this excellent essay on econimic cycles. http://www.kitco.com/ind/Wiegand/dec202006.html Like all such essays it is from the USA (Don't Aussies think?) but don't be smug! We have the same problems, with the only...
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    Shares forum?

    Gentlemen would never admit to going there, but you read it first on Hotcopper. Dangerous for beginners :( but I enjoy the rough and tumble. A typical mine has only a few grams of Au for every ton of rock. Same with HC. An awful lot of rubbish for little good. It might help to keep a diary...
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    Beat The Christmas Blues

    I'm rapidly getting over it! :) Last night I went to bed to the strains of The Alleuja Chorus, and thanked someone's God that it will be the last time for another 50 weeks. Had a great "carols" antidote today. A muso mate of mine celebrated his birthday in the usual manner: A jam session...
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    buying & selling a business .

    There must be something here you haven't told us. There are plenty of plumbers and 'leckies wanting to retire too. Why a mechanical w'shop instead of one of them? If you are just backing your entrepreneural skill, there are better avenues. If you can't tell if a mechanic is BSing you...
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    gutting a fridge

    For anyone in the cane toad belt, frogs have suckers on their toes and can climb vertical glass (and toilet bowls) but toads can't, so you can keep the ugly ones out of the frog tank. BTW All the old-timer Townsvillagers agree there would be only 1% of the critters here now as there were in...
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    gutting a fridge

    I thought this was a Kiwi spoonerism, the Kiwi wanting to know about "gitting a frudge", but no! Brenda looks like an Aussie.:)
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    When will the All Ords hit 4000?

    What an interesting thread to re-read. I talked too much back then but Acey's comment on it being a buying opportunity proved correct, even if a couple of weeks early. Demonstrated the risk of being too highly leveraged.... Hard to keep your nerve when your net worth is plummeting. As Les...
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    Opinion's on Mt Isa Market

    This is correct of course. To sell or not would depend on your belief on the strength/life of the resource boom, and you need to read internationally sourced reports to give yourself a chance. IMHO it still has some way to go. If my assumption is correct (?) you should hold as long as the...
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    ANZ chief economist comments on WA market

    Townsville is doing 50% of Perth and for the same reasons. I agree that "It is different" this time and I'm seriously considering taking out a big mortgage on a PPOR. Will do an inspection with the Child Bride tommorow. I'm sure both friends and foes will appreciate the irony of this.
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    Where to put $50,000?

    I have just subscribed to my first subscription service and it looks to be a mix of broad economics and the companies (both Oz and US) which can benefit from the trends they talk about. Too early to endorse it yet, but cheaper. Check it out...
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    US asx

    www.money.cnn.com or if you want a good, more general resource/chat site WWW.stockhouse.com which has both Canadian and US sites. (Click on the flag in the top LH corner)
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    When is the next Sydney "boom" due?

    Alex, There's a big wide world of different investments out there. Some ladies with a poor reputation tell me size matters, so with the same disrespect, I'll state timing matters.
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    When is the next Sydney "boom" due?

    Re-reading my last post, I missed stating my point "In My Humble Opinion, Sydney property will under perform investment markets in general
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    When is the next Sydney "boom" due?

    Authors and talk show guests (same people really) go to great lengths to to explain the power of compounding and call it the eigth wonder. Clitheroe is the cheer leader. But I have never seen them do a "what if" which includes a few years of -ve returns. It would destroy the charts which say...
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    Are you a sophisticated investor ??

    It's not a good or bad thing. It's an "Aussie! Aussie! Aussie! Oi! Oi! Oi!" thing. And I am under no illusions that a "private banker" is anything more than your branch manager once was. Fancier title but. :D I still nremember Wal Nicholson, the manager who organised my first loan near 40...
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