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    Jim Rogers long USD..

    INVESTING 
    Jim Rogers, a man who is one of the most consistently accurate investor out there and famous for being more bearish on the dollar than perhaps everyone bar Gerald Celente (aka Dr Doom) is bucking the bearish trend against the dollar. I can't find the interview in which he no doubt explains why...
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    Traders Library (800+ resources).

    INVESTING 
    Traders Library - Free Download 800+ Trading Books Courtest of zerohedge, 800 odd books and other resources on various aspects of economics and just about everything regarding trading real estate, stocks, options, futures, bonds, pms etc all free to download. Many of the books I know are...
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    "I think I could make you 50% a year on $1 million...."

    INVESTING 
    "...No, I know I could. I guarantee that." - Warren Buffet. This is a well known quote from Buffet. What strategy would you take to return 50% on $1 million? A few I've thought of: Bet it all on or against companies that are in a good market space but insolvent and struggling to stay out of...
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    What is the new model for investment banks?

    Banks like GS, JP Morgan, MS, Barclays, Citigroup, CS, Macquarie Group? We all are familiar with their old model where they'd by assets up at any cost, sell off divisions and refloat the asset on the market with huge placement and ongoing management fees attached or alternatively they'd use...
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    What maintenance costs are involved with mid-size offices?

    REAL ESTATE 
    I have stumbled across a listing for a three story office (Australia): Vital stats: Circa 9% cap rate. Circa 2500 sqm (25k sqft) floor space. Circa two decade lease (with options considered). Near new building so it has tax (depreciation) benefits. Lessee has 100% of property and has no...
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    In my view Aussie real estate is due for a crash or contraction.

    REAL ESTATE 
    I have thought Aussie housing prices have been unsustainable for years, no matter how strong other aspects of our economy are (mining, agriculture esp) I have really struggled to see how average housing prices 9 and 10 times averages wages could be maintained. It was not until last week...
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    Anyone have a file/mail server in their office?

    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I am in the process of sourcing a server system for my fathers office for between 5-10 employees to centralise file storage and reduce the occurrence of lost files and duplications. It must also serve as a mail server that receives and stores email centrally and...
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    Time to go long on BP??

    INVESTING 
    In the past two months BP has lost 50% of its valuation dropping from around $60 in mid April and is about $32. In the same time Chevron and Exxon have only taken a 10% fall and Total and Shell only about 20% so to me it seems people are just very scared of BP due to the uncertainty over fixing...
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    Very clever move by the Papa Johns founder

    Papa John's founder pays $250K for beloved Camaro - washingtonpost.com As the article reads John Schnatter the companies founder paid a $250'000 reward to the people who tracked down a 1971 Camaro formerly belonging to him. This news was released to the media and you have probably heard that he...
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    Ryan Deluca on the founding of bodybuilding.com

    EXECUTION 
    This is a long 5 part story, he never got around to finishing it though but he might do that one day. Ryan Deluca is the CEO and founder of bodybuilding.com a business which he sold for $100million and one that is based around giving the best customer service and lowest prices in teh industry...
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    10 Reasons You Should Never Get a Job

    MINDSET 
    I am sure most of you are convinced that being a business owner is the smart way to earn money, for those of you who aren't this is a good read 10 Reasons You Should Never Get a Job
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    Finding reliable Chinese or even cheap local wholesalers

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    What was your source of inspiration?

    MINDSET 
    In so many success stories that I read there is little mention of what inspired the subject to pursue the idea that made them wealthy. With a couple of stories I have read recently including Bill Bartmann and Bionade both stories mentioned a period where the person was in personal turmoil and...
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    Google is broken

    OFF-TOPIC 
    When I type fltm into google it serves me with this warning. It seems to be happening for all the searches I make so maybe it is a problem with google or google australia I have noticed this all day. For each day they leave this up they wave good bye to $47million going by their 2007...
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    100 Ways To Motivate Yourself - Steve Chandler

    This is an audio book I have on my ipod at the moment. The author lists 100 ways to motivate yourself giving lessons on the importance of willpower, having clearly defined goals and creating a vision, having a strong purpose on this world, leaving your comfort zone and having an invigorating...
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    To all the Hikers - El Caminito del Rey in Spain

    OFF-TOPIC 
    http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=iWcegpemjbA Caminito del Rey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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    This is going on my vision board, stunning property

    OFF-TOPIC 
    http://www.domain.com.au/Public/PropertyDetails.aspx?adid=2007570362# This is one of the nicest areas of Sydney, in the Northern Beaches about 30-40 minutes drive away. I can just imagine stepping out of my living room board under arm and walking 30 metres across the smooth golden sand to one...
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    Interview With Felix Dennis (businessman)

    MINDSET 
    I thought this was a good interview. Mr Dennis obviously has a great grasp of the fastlane concepts having created a chain of ~50 magazines in his time. He touches on failure, how ideas don't really matter, why he doesn't like VC's, negotiation tactics, the attitude of scarcity some have and...
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    How to start a popular forum

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    2009 Fastlaner Goals

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