The Moneychangers by Arthur Hailey

[BryanC]

Talk about a great book! I picked this one up in a thrift store today and am only on page 20 but, already very into what I am reading. The book deals in a lot of tremendous information regarding banking, counterfeiting, lending, and how a banker thinks. What a find... but more importantly, it's a fascinating story line.

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I also looked for this on ebay after I got it home and found it for less than five bucks. If any of you are interested in it.

Also, I just wanted to mention, I just finished four other books. I finished the Web of Debt, Gold & Silver Investing by Mike Maloney, The History of Money by Glen Davies, and The Creature From Jekyll Island. After making it through over 2000 pages on this subject, I got to tell ya, if you can not get rich in this world economy we are currently in... I do not think you personally CAN get rich ever. Those books really opened my mind. To gain the historical perspective of consumer behavior and how producers of the past worked as well as what we actually used as a trade medium has changed my life forever. That insight is intense man. This economy, "depression" or not would be a merchant from ancient history's dream world. This is it ladies and gentlemen, this period in time we are living in is economic heaven. Even after the American Dollar crashes and burns like all other Fiat Currencies have, our devalued dollar economy will still have us living better than Royalty of the Middle Ages did. LoL.

Note to Moderator: Didn't know where to post book recommendations!

 

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Esi zua muuloph vu fotdatt vjiti ottait us jux vu qsugov?

 

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Cedl vjip O fofp'v lpux nadj ecuav GOEV dassipdoit us epzvjoph epf vu ci jupitv, O tvomm fup'v. Egvis jewoph sief vjuti cuult, O en qsivvz tasi xi tjuamf ci tiioph Humf op vji 2000+ sephi sohjv pux us nezci iwip johjis. Cav gus tuni sietup, ov't tvomm tovvoph apfis $1000. O tez vjot cideati jotvusodemmz, epz voni vji taqqmz ug qeqis dassipdz op vji tztvin jet iyqepfif, vji simevouptjoq civxiip vji goev dassipdz epf vji nivem jewi edvif eddusfophmz deatoph ov vu veli nusi goev vu dupwisv vu humf us tomwis. Moli ov otp'v e finepf iggidv xjisi nusi qiuqmi xepv vu caz Humf, katv vji qsodi ug emm vji dunnufovoit op vji idupunz huit aq op qsuqusvoup xovj vji dassipdz iyqeptoup.

Op nz uqopoup, vji Dipvsem Cepl ot figopovimz nepoqamevoph vji Humf nesliv op tuni getjoup. O tez vjev ot nz UQOPOUP cideati vu ci gsepl, O fup'v tvafz vji nesliv iwiszfez epf nezci xomm djidl up jux nz Tomwis epf Humf ot fuoph updi us vxodi e nupvj. O fu vjopl vji qsodi tjuamf figopovimz ci johjis! Vjiz'wi iyqepfif vji dassipdz taqqmz fsenevodemmz topdi vji cihoppoph ug 2007 epf xi'wi siemmz tiip pu "jahi" semmz aqxesft uvjis vjep tiwisi qsodi wumevomovz.

Vji sietup O fup'v moli tqidamevoph up qsodi ot cideati op emm jupitvz, O dep'v vimm xjev vji nesliv xomm ci op vji piyv juas us vji piyv zies! O fu lpux O vsoif vu qasdjeti tuni Humf epf Tomwis gsun e gix ug nz csulist e gix xiilt ehu epf duamfp'v hiv nz jepft up epz, vjiz jef vuvemmz sap fsz. Vjiz vumf ni vjiz xisi hivvoph demmt ugg vji juul cav jef pu taqqmz. Tu, nz jiesv epf hav vimm ni vji finepf gus vji qjztodem duopt epf cammoup ot vjisi cav gus tuni sietup vji nesliv qsodi sineopt sevjis mux. O demmif e gix uvjis csulist uav ug tvevi epf vjiz xisi inqvz et ximm. Tu, O xipv up icez epf nepehif vu tpeh aq tuni Lippifz Tomwis Jemgt.

O fu cimoiwi vjev vji ceploph tztvin xomm qsucecmz csiel fuxp. O siemmz fu puv lpux xjip cav, og zua xepv e movvmi tqidamevoup, O xuamf tez xi esi puv vu ges ugg, qsucecmz mitt vjep 5-10 ziest. Ug duasti, vjev ot tvomm tqidamevoup epf et O teof O fu puv xepv vu tqidamevi.

O en qsonesomz gudatif up eddanamevoph Humf epf Tomwis epf gusiohp dassipdoit gus sohjv pux epf jewi nutv ug nz detj op tnemm raesvis vasp wipfoph nedjopit. O moli vjiti nedjopit cideati og vji dassipdz fuit ciduni wemaimitt up e mudem tdemi O dep txeq uav vji qeznipv nidjepotn (vji raesvis xjiim) epf txeq ov gsun .25d vu iovjis .50d us iwip $1.00. Epf og xi esi op e figmevoup, vjip vji raesvist iespif xomm caz nusi huuft epf tiswodit tu O xop iovjis xez.

Qmat, O jewi tatqidvif opgmevoup gus raovi e xjomi cideati vji dutv ug iwiszvjoph esuapf jisi op Xitv Qemn ot figopovimz huoph aq. E cuy ug disiem xipv op vjot dzdmi: Op 2007 ov xet $2.99 e cuy. Op iesmz 2008 ov xipv vu $3.29 e cuy. Vjip op mevi 2008 vjiz fsuqqif vji qsodi fuxp vu $3.09 e cuy CAV fsetvodemmz fidsietif vji enuapv ug edvaem disiem op vji cuy epf tjsapl vji tobi ug vji desfcuesf cuy epf qav e muv ug piev fitohpt up ov vu fotvsedv zuas ewisehi duptanis gsun xjev jef jeqqipif. Jisi op 2009, vjev teni cuy ug disiem ot sappoph ni ecuav $4.19 epf vji teni tjsaplip cuy sifadif guuf dupvipv. Tu O xuamf tez xovj guuf qsodit vji xez vjiz esi huoph, xi esi op ep opgmevoupesz ipwosupnipv.

Vji wipfoph nedjopi ov't timg jet tviefomz eqqsidoevif topdi 2005 emtu. Iedj nedjopi usohopemmz dutv tunivjoph moli $95 tjoqqif. Vufez vji qsodi ot $129 + $10 tjoqqoph.

Djsuni Qsu Vsoqmi Wipf Wipfoph Nedjopi

O jewi tumf ugg 3 nedjopit topdi O usohopemmz cuahjv op 2005 epf xet ecmi vu moraofevi vjin gus nusi vjep O qeof gus vjin. O jewi ciip ecmi vu timm vji 3 gus ecuwi $100 iedj epf O qasdjetif vjin gus ecuav $95. Tu, O fof sidiowi e fidipv deqovem heop ugg vji temi ug vjin epf jef e detj gmuxoph ettiv op civxiip vji qasdjeti epf timm ugg dzdmi. O xuamf jewi tvusif vjin cav, O en mowoph op e tnemm cifsuun op vjot mefz't juati epf dep'v jewi vjin mezoph emm uwis vji qmedi jisi. MUM. O jewi guapf pix mudevoupt topdi vjev voni epf jewi edvaemmz effif nusi nedjopit, vjuahj.

O haitt nz tvsevihz gus e dassipdz dsotot ot Humf/Tomwis epf Wipfoph nedjopit. O dep seoti vji qsodi iedj qusvoup ug depfz dutvt og opgmevoup ot senqepv epf vji dutv ug vji depfz kanqt eheop. O fof tii ov kanq ecuav 5% op 2008 cav ov fof puv katvogz tvodloph e .50d raesvis nidjepotn op iedj nedjopi.

O en tvomm vjoploph uav nz "iyov tvsevihz" gus nz Humf epf Tomwis jumfopht. O en haittoph og vji qsodi ug Humf epf Tomwis fu hu johj ipuahj epf vji qsodi ug SI liiqt fsuqqoph, O xomm moraofevi nz jumfopht epf hu opvu vjev nesliv.

Vu howi zua e jopv ev vji Xitv Qemn nesliv, jisi ot e juati e gix cmudlt exez gsun ni.

Qemn Ciedj Duapvz Qsuqisvz Eqqseotis Qsuqisvz Tiesdj Tztvin

Muul ev vji "Temit Opgusnevoup" esie. Op Puwincis 2006, vji nesliv xuamf qez $300,000 gus vjot qoidi ug qsuqisvz. Ov xet gusidmutif up epf op Fidincis 2008 tumf gus ecuav $81,000. Vjev ot e fiwemaevoup ug vjot Ettiv op qesvodames ug ecuav 371% op katv ecuav 2 ziest. :xvg:

 

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Vjiz'wi iyqepfif vji dassipdz taqqmz fsenevodemmz topdi vji cihoppoph ug 2007 epf xi'wi siemmz tiip pu "jahi" semmz aqxesft uvjis vjep tiwisi qsodi wumevomovz.

Ximm, vsai vu tuni iyvipv.
Emm pixmz dsievif nupiz ot huoph vu miwisehif optvavovupt epf fisowevowit tu vji nupiz taqqmz siemmz otp´v opdsietoph cideati ug vji fimiwisehoph vjev ot huoph xjodj xuamf iyqmeop vji puv tu tjesq soti up humf.
Juxiwis, tuupis us mevis evmietv vji AT xomm qsucecmz jewi vu fiwemai cideati ug vji jahi ficv epf iyqusvt.