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Each leg last about 20 years, so we've got about 15 years left on the bust, then the boom will begin. So expect to be rich in about 35 years time.
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Originally posted by DimPrawn View PostNo not at all. If you ride a couple of booms, avoid losing it in the bust, you can, as you say, go from humble beginnings to relative wealth.
Oh, and don't get divorced.
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Originally posted by sasguru View PostYou say that like it's a bad thing.
Without the housing boom of the 90s-00s I wouldn't have become prosperous.
And it was open to anyone.
People slag off Labour but your best chance of getting rich was during their term of office
Oh, and don't get divorced.
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Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post3. Engineer booms .
Without the housing boom of the 90s-00s I wouldn't have become prosperous.
And it was open to anyone.
People slag off Labour but your best chance of getting rich was during their term of office
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In developed countries, tax reforms typically included: scaling back the progressive tax rates on personal income, particularly marginal rates at the top end of the income scale; reducing the number of income tax brackets; cutting back corporate tax rates; broadening the income tax base by eliminating loopholes and exemptions; and increasing rates of indirect taxes – in particular the value-added tax (VAT) – and social security contributions (Sandford, 1993: 10–20).
The changes in the tax structure, allegedly aimed at making the tax system more “neutral”, favoured some interests over others. The elimination of loopholes and exemptions in most cases reduced certain privileges of taxpayers in the higher income groups. At the same time, cuts in income and capital taxation, together with increases in consumption taxes, led to a redistribution of the tax burden which fell more heavily on lower income groups. The overall effect of these changes in the tax structure made taxation more regressive. Indeed, a review of tax reforms in OECD countries did not find a single country where the tax system became more progressive (Steinmo, 2003: 223).
http://unctad.org/en/PublicationsLibrary/tdr2012_en.pdf
Which leads to
Billionaires Worth $1.9 Trillion Seek Advantage in 2013 - Bloomberg
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So the only way to win is to become one of the elite? How does one go about doing this
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Originally posted by suityou01 View PostSo we democratically elect a government that has no power and is ruled by the unelected bankers, thus making a mockery of the democratic election process?
1. Bail out the (casino) banks regardless of moral hazard.
2. Prop up property prices to breaking point, ensuring said banks receive maximum income from interest charges.
3. Engineer booms (privatise profit making for the elite), and busts (nationalise losses for the masses).
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So we democratically elect a government that has no power and is ruled by the unelected bankers, thus making a mockery of the democratic election process?
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Originally posted by sasguru View PostQuite. "Financial Analysis" is a case in point. About as good as astrology.
Profitable Stock Trading using Moon Cycles - Lunar Cycle Trading
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Originally posted by LGDT View PostYou’d drive yourself bonkers if you tried to time your market moves based on self-appointed gurus.
The question you have to ask yourself is if these guys are so good then why are they spamming you with offers to buy into their expertise instead of sipping Mojitos, perched on their piles of cash in their beachside mansions?
After 27 years of investing and having seen about 7 world-ending crises I am tempted to back my own judgement and leave the prophets of doom and fill yer boots merchants to argue amongst themselves.
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Originally posted by DimPrawn View PostYeah, they put a website to draw people's attention to it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rothsc...iracy_theories
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You’d drive yourself bonkers if you tried to time your market moves based on self-appointed gurus.
The question you have to ask yourself is if these guys are so good then why are they spamming you with offers to buy into their expertise instead of sipping Mojitos, perched on their piles of cash in their beachside mansions?
After 27 years of investing and having seen about 7 world-ending crises I am tempted to back my own judgement and leave the prophets of doom and fill yer boots merchants to argue amongst themselves.
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Originally posted by suityou01 View PostLinky?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rothsc...iracy_theories
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