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The dollar has fallen significantly in recent months and, as always happens when a market makes a big move, the pundits are starting to predict where it will end, when the trend will reverse, and what will drive this change.
Here at Maverick Investor, we’re starting to take a slightly different view.  It’s not that […]

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Maverick Investor doesn’t know Ron Paul personally. We have no political affiliations with him or his party - indeed, Maverick Investor tries to stay out of politics as much as possible.
However, this video did strike us as very interesting - and not a little frightening!
Questions are raised, once again, about the […]

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As the nervous uncertainty continues in post-election Zimbabwe, the country continues to struggle under jaw-dropping inflation rates.
Yesterday it was announced that inflation has reached 160,000% a year!
How on Earth does a country set about reversing such a situation?
No answers here, but I’m sure that part of the answer does not involve issuing ever-bigger bank […]

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I’ve heard this idea crop up many times over the years. Each time it surfaces, it seems to carry ever more weight, as do the people talking about it.
Here’s a good introductory video, for those who have always assumed that “Federal” Reserve means “Government” Reserve. As one of the interviewees says, the Federal Reserve […]

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The Bear Stearns debacle is a big one - and there are bound to be other, similar meltdowns out there, just waiting to be revealed.
Bear Stearns was founded in 1923 and is a real grand-daddy of Wall Street. Last Friday, it had to be bailed out by the Fed as it ran out of […]

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I read a profile of Warren Buffet over the weekend, and I was reminded of his infamous Rules of Investing…
Rule Number 1: Don’t lose money.
Rule Number 2: Don’t forget Rule Number 1.
I love the concise simplicity here!
I also love the fact he’s just donated $37 billion to charity - much of it via his […]

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I’m planning a series of articles on spread betting in the very near future.
Now, I know that in some countries and jurisdictions, spread betting is classed as gambling, and therefore they don’t allow it. However, if it is available in your home country, I have some very exciting stuff to impart to you over […]

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I’ve been thinking about starting a Maverick Investor diary, to give you a window into my world. What’s stopped me is the famine or feast problem - there’s either not much going on, and therefore not much to tell you, or there’s loads happening, and I don’t have time to tell you!
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Tomorrow, I’ll be heading down to the Homebuyers Show at Excel. I’ll be on the Property Secrets stand on and off throughout Friday, and I have a seminar at 2.30pm on investing in the credit crunch.
I do enjoy property shows, and try to get to most of them, despite the fact I live 317 […]

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Just a quick announcement today.
I’ll be speaking at the Homebuyers Show at Excel this coming Friday (March 7th).
I’m doing a seminar, called Credit Crunch Opportunities and How To Capitalise On Them at 2.30pm. I’m told it’s nearly sold out (which is nice!) but there are still some tickets left.
Failing that, you can come and […]

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