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Old 02-07-2007, 07:17 PM   #154
Slava
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Originally Posted by Red View Post
He didn't tell them everything. He forgot to mention that most casuals lose money on the markets, are too knee jerk to sustain any flactuation, are not disciplined enough to make it work and for most part would never come ahead.

Only a few are willing to invest borrowed (against their home) money and even fewer can actually make money on it.
Well to be fair Red, this thread is about real estate and investing just kind of sprang up from there; fact is though that if you borrow properly and invest properly your break even is about 5.4%. A good mutual fund will eclipse that easily.
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