"darerolo" <realwelth[at]yahoo.com> wrote in message
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I would caution against listening to the high
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The expression "higher and safer returns" is an oxymoron. If you do become
"well educated in a relatively short time," one of the first things you will
learn is that the higher the return, the greater the risk. That is so
important it should be called the Fundamental Law of Investing or something
like that. And, by the way, be aware that people who caution against
listening to "well known gurus" sometimes are themselves gurus who shouldn't
be listened to.

darerolo wrote:
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The risk, of course, is also tremendous.

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Better control than what? Better control than a diversified portfolio
of well chosen mutual funds?

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So you are trolling.

On Wed, 3 Jan 2007 07:10:53 -0600, "darerolo" <realwelth[at]yahoo.comwrote:

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Ok, you asked for advice.

What you describe above is called "chasing return" and refers to
investing in things - usually exotic, with tons of sales appeal - that
have outstanding recent track records. (To me, "recent" refers to
last 10-15 years or so.)

The usual result is that the investor gets to around 60ish before they
figure it out, and holding lots of different (scattered) assets with a
common characteristic - they were all bought high.

Financial security comes from how much you save, not where. So my
suggestion is to use some of your creativity to figure out how to save
more. Then invest simply, and focus more on becoming successful in
your career (which gives you more to save.)

I've never met anyone who became successful from personal investments.
They were always successful in their career first.

-HW "Skip" Weldon
Columbia, SC

I have heard of some very creative and lucrative ways of investing
retirement savings recently.I must first say I am not an expert by any
measure.The most interesting ideas I have seen lately involve putting
retirement money into Self-Directed IRA's,then lending funds to a Real
Estate investment,that is well chosen of course.The returns I have
heard others speak of are tremendous,and one of the main benefits have
to do with you having better control and judgment,over what is done
with your money.You do have to educate yourself as to what is a safe
R.E. investment,and I would caution against listening to the high
pressure,miracle promising "GURU's",such as all the really well known
ones.But I have seen folks become well educated in a relatively short
time,and I think it is more interesting and fun as well as having much
higher and safer returns than any other ventures,and R.E. has some
great tax-saving features.dale
ps. To find R.E. Investment clubs near you,I suggest going to
Meetup.com,and CREonline,they are both resources that will connect
you..Happy investing