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    Dividend Investing, Discuss

    If its a highly profitable business then the shareholders' wealth grows quickest when earnings are reinvested back into the business rather than paid out as dividends. Having said that, I do like getting dividends. Horses for courses.
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    Facebook IPO

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    IPO's should usually be given a big swerve as they are usually over-priced. Have Facebook even made a profit yet? I don't think they have. If you had to pay billions of dollars to purchase 100% of a company that has never made a profit, would you do it? I certainly wouldn't, so therefore I...
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    Love Your Business More than Your Family

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    I'm with you there kwerner.
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    Not Interested in Being a Millionaire

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    Hi ZDS, I agree with you that its not the money itself that's important, but rather what it can do for you. The things you mentioned you are interested in have a cost. Freeing up your time from a 9x5 job has a cost. I don't know your situation but if your expenses are low enough that you...
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    I don't OWN it, I CONTROL it

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    Good topic, thanks Russ. As some of you know I'm from Australia and we have different structures here, so please bear that in mind when you read this. We set up a corporate structure before we bought our first investment property. We set up a trust, a company for property trading, and the...
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    I'm gonna be a Dad!!

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    Congratulations Kinsey! Being a parent is awesome! Our first child (a boy) is now 20 months old. The love you have for your child is really intense... it is for me anyway. Children are so interesting and great entertainment! When I first saw my little boy and when our eyes met for the first...
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    HUGE life change, need advice!

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    To some degree, I can relate... When I was 23 years old I made a similar move from one part of Australia to another. It was a distance of about 1,700 km (1,000 miles) and I bought a one way ticket. That was when I left home to strike out on my own. I didn't know anyone in the new place when...
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    Buying gold at the mall

    I saw a little stand at a shopping centre here in Brisbane, Australia - doing exactly the same thing - paying cash for gold (jewellery etc)
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    2000-2009

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    Good idea for a topic. At the start of the decade I was 25 years old and had been living in Brisbane (in the state of Queensland, Australia) for about a year. A year earlier I had decided it was time to leave home so I purchased a one-way bus ticket from Melbourne to Brisbane. It was a...
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    #1 Rule, LOCATION! But.....

    Try another town / city.
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    Are you prepared.............ARE YOU ?

    Cat Man Du: RussH: GreenHouses: I think you're right there CatManDu... I'm sure there's only going to be more companies that replace staff in western countries with employees in second and third world countries... which adds to unemployment and / or puts downward pressure on salaries...
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    Best business advice you've ever received

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    Under promise, over deliver. Do what you say you're going to do. Take ownership of the situation.
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    Cheap dollars are sowing the seeds of the next world crisis

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    Yep that could very well happen... here in Australia the All Ords (our equivalent of the DJIA) fell 2.76% for the day. $38b of market cap was wiped off in today's trade.
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    Best way to invest in gold and silver?

    The thing that has stopped me from buying gold or silver is that I'd be using Aussie dollars to buy something that's priced in US dollars. If I were to buy silver or gold it would definitely be the physical stuff.
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    What book are you reading? Right now. Post up!

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    I'm currently reading The Ascent Of Money by Niall Ferguson. Its a very interesting look at the history of money, various markets, and some of the individuals and organisations involved, and their part in history. There is also a six part documentary series on this as well.
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    Australia hikes interest rates!

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    There's a good chance we will have further interest rate rises here in Australia due to our economy being surprisingly resilient. Its not just the USD we are relatively strong against... our dollar is at a 24 year high versus the GBP. In regards to real estate here in the south-eastern...
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    Australia hikes interest rates!

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    It was only a rise of 0.25%. I think the rise was more about striking the right balance for our economy. It has been about 30 years I believe since our dollar reached parity with the USD. We're at around 89c right now which is quite high, and around 45c is the lowest I remember for a...
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    What is accountability/responsibility?

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    In terms of my job as a sales person, it means taking ownership of my results, my forecasts and my deals. It means making and keeping promises. It means if something doesn't quite go to plan or there's problem, that I take ownership of the situation. In terms of our personal finances it...
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    Is Passive Income Real?

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    Dividends are a form of passive income, although it pays to monitor the health of the businesses whose shares you hold. I think the important distinction to make is that the income is recurring in nature... not so much that you don't have to do anything to earn it, but that you do something...
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    What are your other peculiar skills?

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    I'm good at coming up with puns... perhaps I could be the guy who makes up article headings for a newspaper. Sometimes there's a bit of a groan goes around the room, other times the clock ticks for about five seconds then there's a burst of laughter... anyway I have fun with it and if anyone...

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