January 2012

Is Your Financial Life a Mess?

January 31, 2012
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(Note: if you are looking for a super-duper investing strategy or a quick-and-easy one-minute tip to “instantly” make you more money now, today’s article is not for you…just hit the delete button and check back in a day or two when we’ll get back to some more current events and investing strategies and tactics! But [...]

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Earn Your Yellow Belt: The Most Important Financial Statement You Will Ever Read

January 30, 2012
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I got a great question on the blog the other day about how to read financial statements (which I will definitely answer; in fact, we can do a mini-course here on Kung Fu Finance on that soon—it’s a great topic!). But the question really got me thinking about how I originally learned to read financial [...]

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QnA Friday: Austin, TX and 401k Rant

January 27, 2012
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I’ve received so many fantastic questions lately that I know I will not do them all justice today, but I will give it my best shot! I will also reply to all of the comments individually on the blog, and will reserve some for future posts as they are quite meaty (which is great — I [...]

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Guest Post: Black Belt “Accredited Investor” Presentation Debrief

January 26, 2012
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Greetings Grasshopper! Today I am in sunny Austin, TX where I am attending an Internet conference to help me create more value for you with our Kung Fu Finance website, so I have asked another “Accredited Investor” friend of mine, Laurence Hughes, to give us a quick debrief from the presentation he attended yesterday in [...]

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Ready To Test For Your White Belt?

January 25, 2012
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Grasshopper, I want to congratulate you on all of the progress you have made so far! Congratulations! I am so proud of you. I know it is not easy to work on your finances and investments while simultaneously running the rest of your busy life! You are doing great, and I applaud you. Just look [...]

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5 Ways to Find Private Placements

January 24, 2012
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This is an exceptionally crazy week for me with a lot of comings and goings! On a happy note, Kung Fu Grandma just arrived today (hooray!) and I picked her up from the airport, but on a sad note, Kung Fu Guy leaves today for Japan, and I also leave on Thursday for a conference [...]

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Enter the Year of the Dragon!

January 23, 2012
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Xīn Nián Kuài Lè! Happy Chinese New Year! While the Western calendar year is already 5% over (yikes…are you 5% closer to achieving your goals this year?), the lunar calendar has just turned over a new page, ushering in the Year of the Dragon today. The Year of the Dragon is thought to be the luckiest [...]

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QnA Friday: Private Placements, Options as Leverage, and more…

January 20, 2012
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Happy Friday! Please forgive me if today’s article is a little more disjointed than usual—I spent the wee hours of the morning (from 2:30am on) holding my 3-year-old’s hair and rubbing her back while she threw up everywhere…needless to say I did not get much sleep and she is home from school today so I’m [...]

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What the Heck is Happening in Europe?

January 19, 2012
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I have to admit, I’m writing today’s article as much for myself as for you… I want to get caught up with what’s happening in the world, particularly in Europe, and writing is a terrific way to do so as it forces me to thoroughly research issues via multiple global media sources and not simply [...]

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Kung Fu Girl Interviews Louis James of Casey Research

January 18, 2012
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Louis James of Casey Research is one of the smartest, savviest, and most sophisticated investors I know. I had the honor of sitting down with him for an hour over the holidays where he graciously spoke with me about investing, what to look for (and look out for…) in 2012, the future of precious metals [...]

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QnA Friday: Eggs, Bacon, and Risk…

January 13, 2012
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Happy Friday! It’s been a whirlwind week for me as Kung Fu Guy was in Israel all week and Kung Fu Grandma left on Monday, leaving me as a single-parent all week—I do not know how full-time single parents do it! But all is back-to-normal now thankfully and I am looking forward to a three-day [...]

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Prophecy Coal…Is Energy in Mongolia’s Future?

January 12, 2012
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Yesterday I attended a fascinating “accredited investor” presentation given by Prophecy Coal Corp. (TSX: PCY) in San Francisco, CA. Prophecy is a Canadian listed company (it trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange, the “TSX”, on the pink sheets “OTCQX”, and on the Frankfurt stock exchange). It owns two coal mines in Mongolia and is in [...]

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Coal in Mongolia…?

January 11, 2012
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Sing it with me… “You load 16 tons, whaddya get? Another day older and deeper in debt…” — Tennessee Ernie Ford Today I am attending another “Accredited Investor” event in San Francisco, which I found out about courtesy of another sophisticated investor friend of mine whom you will hopefully be hearing more from in the [...]

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Your #1 Strategy for Success in 2012

January 10, 2012
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I love strategizing. Maybe it was all those years I spent playing chess with my Grandpa growing up, but there is just something really fun about figuring out all of the possible strategies you can use to accomplish a goal. For example, take my first “internationalization” goal from yesterday (or better yet, take one of [...]

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Putting the “Go” in Your Goals…No Weak Sauce!

January 9, 2012
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It’s the second week of January already, I can’t believe it! Perhaps you’ve made some New Year’s resolutions, and I hope you have created your White Belt Vision for Financial Independence. If you have not had a chance to do that just yet, or if you have joined us just recently (welcome!), then I recommend [...]

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QnA Friday: Who Do I Trust, How to Find a Broker, and More…

January 6, 2012
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Hello! *Lots* of great questions this week so I’m going to dive right in (after thanking you very much for voting for your favorite new logo. THANK YOU! It will be making an appearance very soon…): First, Daniel asks, Hello, Thanks for the great blog. I want to make the most out of 2012 as [...]

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Top Three Predictions for 2012

January 4, 2012
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2012 is here in full force already so it’s time to get my predictions on like I promised you yesterday! However, please remember that at the end of the day, it really makes no difference what I think will happen…it only matters what you think. There are plenty of people much smarter than yours truly [...]

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