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The late great Robert Beckman lived a very flamboyant lifestyle in the sixties to nineties in London The psychological profile of a successful investor

The interesting thing about investing is that individuals with a totally different outlook on the ma...

George Soros famously sold the pound short in a big way and made a risk free billion since there was no chance the pound was going to revalue. Finding a one-way bet: Rare but do exist

Rarely does an investor find a one-way bet or a 'golden opportunity', but they do exist. Here's a pe...

Short selling can be extremely profitable but it is fraught with risk Short Selling is Fraught with Risk: The Mechanics

Short selling can be extremely profitable but it is fraught with risk and has become a professional...

Part of the attraction of buying physical gold is that you can feel it and enjoy it and have an emotional attachment to it. The Real Value of Gold

Humans have always been fascinated by gold which is one of the heaviest natural elements. It invokes...

This article is on bond mechanics. The Mechanics of Bonds

Originally all bonds were bearer, payable to whoever held them, like the notes in your wallet. Beare...

"Buy bonds and grow rich slowly but surely" Why we think Treasury Bonds are still a Good Buy

“You mean all I have to do is listen and I will become rich”. “Yes”, he replied, but most of you wil...

Gold has few industrial applications Historical Precedents are Important Lessons for Investing

If you are investing on momentum alone you will not likely be successful in the long run. When it co...

You really have to know yourself before you start investing. Your risk, tolerance and your anxieties and prejudices How to Invest: The prediction game and the money making game are in fact two different things

It is possible to get rich slowly but surely if you start when you are young. Getting rich quickly i...