Quotes of the Day

Gold has no counterparty risk. It's inherently valuable, and if you won it, that value is yours. It's immune from government depreciation, corporate misbehavior, wartime disruptions, or whatever. A few other investments have this immunity as well: real estate, for example. But even among these assets, only gold is portable, private, liquid, and eagerly accepted all over the world. [2009] - James DiGeorgia

It will often take three or four visits just to reach the point where the relationship is strong enough that you can talk business seriously. [2004] - Brian Tracy

Operating expenses include marketing, rent, salaries, equipment and suppliers, advertising, etc. As your business grows, this can reasonably be held at or below 30 percent of gross revenue (GCI). [2004] - Gary Keller

Intrapersonal intelligence is the ability to control your emotions and get the job done, even if the job is life-threatening. It is a person's intrapersonal intelligence that ultimately determines if they are a success or failure in life, love, health, and money. [2008] - Robert T. Kiyosaki

Invest in those regions that for years have exceeded the national average. People are perversely obsessed with investing in their own town or city or area, when sometimes it would make much more sense to invest elsewhere. The population growth in Auckland is twice the national average. In Australia, there is a lot of internal migration to the sunshine state of Queensland. In the United States, the population of California is predicted to double in the next thirty years. San Francisco and Marin Country have regularly had growth rates in capital values higher than the rest of the state.Similarly, in Queensland, the southeastern corner encompassing the Gold Coast, Brisbane, and the Sunshine Coast has regularly outperformed the rest of the state by a factor of two. [2001] - Dolf de Roos