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<title>Five Ways to Lose a Fortune in the Stock Market</title>
<link>http://www.bizcovering.com/Investing/Five-Ways-to-Lose-a-Fortune-in-the-Stock-Market.102913</link>
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<h3>Give or Accept Tips</h3>
Giving or accepting tips is a certain way to lose money in the stock market.  It means that you lack the strength of conviction in your investment decisions.  This is a recipe for disaster.  Instead, do your homework, make your decision and keep quiet about it.</li>
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<h3>Sell when everyone is Fearful</h3>
By selling when everyone is fearful and the news is bad and getting worse you are guaranteed to sell low and to lose money.  Instead look past the current doom and gloom to sunnier days ahead. </li>
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<h3>Buy only during Booms</h3>
Buying when the news is good and the economy is booming will result in you being guaranteed to buy high.  Instead ask yourself if perhaps it might be a better time to sell.  Is all of the optimism in the market justified?  Are expectations that are built into stock prices overly optimistic?</li>
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<h3>Join the Crowd</h3>
Some people will buy a stock just because everyone else is doing it.  Doing this may mean that you are among the last ones on board as it gets ready for a terrifying dive off of the cliff.  Instead, think independently.  Is this stock really worth what you are going to pay for it?  Do your homework and think independently.</li>
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<h3>Go against the Trend</h3>
If a stock is trending down, you can lose a lot of your capital by betting that this trend will reverse itself.  Instead, look for a stock that is trending upwards in price with a steady history of rising revenues, profits and dividends.</li>
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<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 10:06:09 PST</pubDate></item>
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<title>How to Become a House Owner for Free and Make a Fortune</title>
<link>http://www.bizcovering.com/Real-Estate/How-to-Become-a-House-Owner-for-Free-and-Make-a-Fortune.43934</link>
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<![CDATA[<p>Almost everyday new properties are being built up and down the country by large established property companies. They would not be building these unless there was demand for them. The builders have lot of investment tied in such building projects, and hence, they like to realise the returns from theses as fast as possible. They need to sell the properties to get back money locked in projects. To do, that, they offer incentives to public to buy the properties. </p>
 
 <p>These are often in the form of: </p>
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  <li> 10-18% discount in the market value, giving an immediate equity</li>
  <li> Deposit paid i.e. the buyer does not have to pay any down payment to own a property. A normal deposit of at least 5 % is required by lenders, subject to one's income.</li>
  <li> Stamp Duty paid. This is another expense associated with the property purchase, with a minimum of 1% of the house price.</li>
  <li> Fully Fitted Kitchen, bathroom,etc</li>
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 <p>So what else one needs?</p>
 
 <p>Imagine a property offered at, say £200,000.</p>
 
 <p>Normal purchase would require, the first time buyer to meet the following major costs:</p>
 
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  <li> Initial deposit e.g. 5% = £10,000</li>
  <li> Property valuation (survey) fee, say          £300</li>
  <li> Broker's fee, lenders arrangement fee, etc., say £2000</li>
  <li> Solicitor's fee, search fee etc., say        £1700</li>
  <li> Stamp duty 1% = £2000  </li>
 </ul>
 
 <p>Total cost of owning a property = £16,000.</p>
 
 <p>If you do not have that kind of money, then you cannot become a house owner, except as explained above.</p>
 <p>Suppose you bought a new house from the property company, at 15% discount with deposit paid, then you have, not only become a property owner, you have taken a profitable leap into the future financially. How?</p>
 
 <p>Look at the fortune you have amassed:</p>
 
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  <li> Immediate Equity (15% discount in price) = £30,000</li>
  <li> First year rise in the price of the property, say  10 % = 20,000</li>
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 <p>So are financially well off by £50,000, without spending a penny of yours!</p><a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bizcovering.com%2FReal-Estate%2FHow-to-Become-a-House-Owner-for-Free-and-Make-a-Fortune.43934"><img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bizcovering.com%2FReal-Estate%2FHow-to-Become-a-House-Owner-for-Free-and-Make-a-Fortune.43934" border="0"/></a>]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 04 Sep 2007 09:45:51 PST</pubDate></item>
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