Shift your focus

May 7th, 2008

As I look back, over the years there have been some great businesses that I could have gotten involved with but I was too focused on trading.  I was overly focused on taking small sums of money and trading them into a fortune.  I loved the game, or rather, I loved the idea of playing the game, but that isn’t real and that’s not enough to compete in a viable manner.  If I really thought about it, the answer would have been that there were “better” areas for me to compete in the marketplace.  But a singular focus doesn’t equal efficient progress.  The mistake I made was devoting myself to the market and not to myself.  If you’re only after money, shift your focus to something else.  And ideally, take the time to find out, whatever you need to find out about how you operate.

Don’t trade with too little capital

May 6th, 2008

Businesses fail because they don’t have the financial reserves to keep going whether times are good or not so good. Trading without adequate capital is like opening a business without adequate capital – it’s not going to last long. So, what is the right amount to begin with? It all depends on the market in which you are competing. Opening a small restaurant with a hundred thousand dollars might work in an area away from the city but opening a restaurant in Manhattan that seats two hundred people would probably cost a million dollars. Furthermore, another consideration is what can you afford to lose? And you may have to lose it again and again in order to get it right. But who can resist taking a small sum and turning it into a fortune?

Can you show me how to trade?

May 5th, 2008

Yeah, I get that a lot. I guess the best response to those that want to find easy riches is to read the book: [removed]

We put a lot of faith and hope into promises from those who want to sell to us that they have the answer to trading and success in the marketplace. The answer is