‘Why don’t you move to Russia?’ That used to be the call that you would hear in England, back in the 1960s and ’70s, every time that anyone criticised the country, the government, or the way of life. The implication, of course, was that if you didn’t like the way things were done, why then, you’d better move. Get out of here, and don’t come back, was the message. If you hated living here, was the assumption, then you’d be better off somewhere else, preferably somewhere far away. Of course this is ludicrous. Just because Britain might be the greatest country in the world, it doesn’t mean that there aren’t things about it that can’t be improved.Personally, I love England. It always reminds me of a Never-Never place, a real fairy-tale country, that is completely divorced from reality. The most recent thing is the failing economy. All the newspapers are full of stories like ‘Are we heading for a recession?’ Are they for real? I studied Economics as a teenager and I didn’t learn much, but the one thing I remember is the concept of Economic Cycles. The economy goes up, it goes down. It’s been that way since records […]
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The employment outlook has never been better for Financial Advisors. It is not as difficult as many think to launch a career as a Financial Advisor. Here’s an insiders view of the best ways to get started as an Independent Financial Advisor.Free time, flexibility, and excellent potential income are waiting for those who choose to follow this career path.As with many things, there is a hard way and an easy way to launch a career as an advisor. One is a more difficult trail with obstacles along the way. It begins with an MBA degree in personal finance or economics followed by intensive study for one or more NASD examinations to become a registered representative.Then, in order to launch your career as what was known as a stock broker, you’ll need to seek employment selling securities for a wire house, broker/dealer, or insurance company. Despite significant competition and regulatory compliance oversight, you’ll build your “assets under management” in order to satisfy your employer and/or qualify for assistance with expensive advanced certifications.There is, however, an alternate route that doesn’t involve such life changing career moves.For the Boomer, a fifty-something with the life expectancy of a Galapagos sea turtle but with […]
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Many investors stay active in the stock market because of the conveniences offered through the financial services of an online trading company. If this company did not exist, the investor would have to go it alone and make investments that were riskier and very time consuming. An online trading company has all the resources that an investor needs to make sound investment decisions.
To an investor, time is money and they never want to waste a minute of it searching for the right investments or a way to invest that is quick and easy. By opening an account with a financial services company, an investor has access to all types of information and financial instruments that they can turn a profit on in a certain amount of time.
Armed with this information, the investor will have an online portal that will take them to Wall Street where they can buy and trade among the best financial managers in the world. With internet access, the investor can make speedy transactions because they have the convenience of real-time trading at prices that rise and fall throughout the day. The closing bell at the stock exchange will let them know how they fared on Wall […]
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