Opportunity November 21, 2006
Posted by The Probabilist in : [Articles], Financial Literacy, Goals, Commodities, Vision, Wealth, Assets, Investing , add a comment
How do you find great opportunities? And how is it that some people seem to constantly make great deals while others struggle in a financial swamp to make their ends meet? These are some important questions, but like all big questions there just isn’t one single, eloquent answer that magically makes the red carpet roll in front of your feet for you to walk on. So with this fact in mind I’ll be writing a good amount of articles to help you get closer to answering these great questions.
The reason I started with opportunity is because that’s where it basically always starts. You see an opportunity, analyze and research how much there’s to it, make the decision to try it out, stick to it and make sure it works out as you planned and finally end the process when you see fit and take your gains or losses. Very easy and simple to apply? Not likely.
I’ll give you an example of how I went through this five-step process that started with an opportunity and let you know how much time each step took. But to start it off I want you to look at a picture. This picture shows an opportunity and will require you the effort of looking at it for one whole minute. That’s exactly what I did when I saw it and it ignited me to execute the five-step plan according to what it told me. Click on the following link and soak up all the information you can in 60 seconds.
As you probably noticed, the picture is a bit over two years old as of today, but it doesn’t change the story it tells. To me the picture told to start analyzing and researching if it could hold any merit and what the odds are of it coming true. As a result I spent approximately 50 hours and read about 900,000 words to make myself reach a decision if I wanted to be part of the offer that was presented to me.
The result was that I took my savings and pumped them into this opportunity. I did this in January of 2006 and everything has gone according to plan ever since. However, with an opportunity like this you can see that there’s still 3-5 years left to go and that takes patience. But the good thing about it is that it doesn’t take any effort on my part so I can still use 24 hours of my day to pursue other issues like running this website. In other words, my money is working on this particular opportunity, while my mind is working on other issues that doesn’t take money to bring more money.
So in this case, the opportunity took 60 seconds, the analysis took 50 hours, the choice and technicalities to participate in it took about 60 minutes, following through the plan will take 4-6 years and ending it will again take 60 seconds. That’s quite an impressive diversification of time within the different phases. However, the effort it takes to take part of something like this doesn’t have to be parallell with time allocation in any way, just like in this particular case.
The object of this article is not to convince you to invest in gold. It’s object is to guide you how to make sound decisions when opportunities present themselves. I anticipate the price of gold to go from today’s 626 $/oz to around 1,000 $/oz by Spring of 2007 and I don’t see why it shouldn’t. If you still want to take the same step as I did, then check out the source I’m using to stay in touch with the markets.
As I mentioned earlier, this article is just a fraction of an answer that explains why and how some people behave differently when it comes to the subject of wealth and money. For more information on what kind of articles to expect when it comes to building a sound financial foundation for your future check out the terms I used in the third paragraph of setting goals. On top of those, my index of topics regarding wealth creation currently also involves leverage, procrastination, the correct way to measure wealth, cashflow 101 and several books waiting for reviews. So bookmark this site and the links I provide to constantly improve your awareness of living frugally. 
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Zeal LLC November 12, 2006
Posted by The Probabilist in : [Links], Financial Literacy, Commodities, Wealth, Assets, Investing, History , add a comment
One of the greatest investment news sources I’ve found is Zeal. They’ve been online since the year 2000 and have been very bullish on commodities ever since. Thanks to their services I know why. When I stumbled upon their website for the first time I didn’t really comprehend their essays since the technical and fundamental jargon was out of my league. But today I’m more than happy for educating myself simply by reading their material, grasping their graphs and gaining evidence that they do hold merit.
Zeal is a contrarian investment resource with exceptional long-term experience and perception on markets. Their technical and fundamental analysis sees through the common daily market bias that feeds on human emotions and false expectations. They are keen followers and investigators of history, trends and market cycles and I can see that they follow intensely with the 20-10-5 cycles. I also like the fact that they occasionally share their insights on a global scale by writing about gold prices in several currencies, the dollar/euro ratio progress and other global economic issues.
The presented charts truly excel in visual and comprehensive impact. The charts have stood out as the particularly renowned aspect of what Zeal LLC provides and there just isn’t anything like them elsewhere. The second most influential aspect is the essays that Zeal posts every Friday for everyone to read. They’ve been stored and held open for access on the website since they launched, so everyone can see for themselves if what they write is of any value.
Zeal is of course a business like any other so even though the essays are free, they provide many services for prudent investors who desire greater profits than say a precious metal itself can make. The most commonly used services are Zeal Intelligence, which is a monthly newsletter and Zeal Speculator, which suits the more active investor as it provides alerts on a quicker time basis. Zeal leverages its information mostly by recommending stocks that will reap profits as a commodity or service is expected to rise in demand. At this moment I’m not enlisted on any of these and my point is not to promote their services, but to give information on what they provide.
Conclusively, I owe Zeal LLC a firm and respecting handshake and a great deal of gratitude for what they’ve taught and given me. I never invest in anything I don’t thoroughly understand and the time spent on reading their essays has had its benefits on my wealth as well. If you’re new to investing, then don’t let difficult words and concepts limit your growth. Seek first to understand and then how to let your knowledge increase your fortune.
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