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For experienced investors , can you lock up your capital in the market to prevent loss?

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Sherlock wrote:
Further, the stock market is a roller coaster. If you just try to jump off, you are going to get hurt.

You have to be in for the long haul to see real gains.

What about the part where he said he doesn't need to wait for the market to go up but just need to wait for the system to open to unlock the capital? This is the part which I don't understand the most

Ah--now we are getting to the part that is just plain BS. Sherlock smells a rat!

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This is a long one, so please bear with me.

You might think about renting a cabin at a park. Imagine a nice fire going in the fireplace, cozying up to one another while drinking a glass of wine . . . this would probably be a good time to rent one. And you can still enjoy nature--no matter what time of year it is.

Mrs. Sherlock and I want to do that this summer in the States!

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Criticism.

You are right. I think the Empire abolished slavery in 1832.

But Charles Dickens might disagree. BTW, Mrs. Sherlock and I just attended a luncheon honouring the occasion of Dickens' birthday.

We also watched a Netflix special about the Unabomber--who was not, by the way, a wrestler for the WWE!

Can you visualize a meeting between Dickens and the Unabomber?

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Job Fairs.

Nix wrote:
I completely agree. Everything now is just 'apply online'. There was a day where you dress nicely, have you CV ready, go to the place you want to work and hand your cv to the boss. Not anymore.

But I disagree with the brand part. This is the social media time, you most definitely are a brand

Interesting. So how would you describe yourself as a "brand"?

The term just seems so "tool-ish" to me. I do not want to try to be someone's box of Rice Krispies!

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thought about buying a gun instead i got a rose

If I thought about buying a rose, would I get a gun?

That would be great!

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This is a long one, so please bear with me.

There are times when a divorce is really the only option: in cases of physical or emotional abuse, serial cheating or addiction to drugs or alcohol.

In most cases, people who divorce take those same, unresolved issues into their next relationship--where they are still unresolved and then rise to the fore where they are in play again. In fact, most second marriages don't work out. Now you know why!

What happened to your husband's best friend had a real impact on your husband. You see, Araz, we live in a society in which someone will make a pledge at an altar to be your lifemate forever, and then will say something like, "My feelings have changed--I don't love you any more." Women do this more than men.

This advice goes against all "logic," but it is true, nonetheless. You can't always go with your feelings. People actually get married because it's a bulwark against feelings. Truth be told, there will be times when spouses have no use for each other. Marriage keeps them from just walking away from the relationship--at least it does 50% of the time! Marriage is a commitment to work through those issues.

Here's something else: men are easier to satisfy in a relationship than women. Women always seem to want more. Women often have unrealistic expectations of men, particularly of men who are their husbands. Some women use the excuse, "If he really loved me, he would do this or that." And the corollary, "Since he doesn't really love me, I am justified in doing whatever I want to do."

Here's a great site that talks about "love busters": http://www.marriagebuilders.com/graphic/mbi3406...

Independent behaviour is one of the worst "love busters." Both men and women are guilty of it. Women tend to equate "independent behavior" with "women's lib." It's not. A husband's and wife's first duty is to each other--and that usually means that they curtail some of their freedoms. For example, the husband doesn't devote more time to his buddies than to his wife--and the wife doesn't announce that she's leaving for a promotion in another city without obtaining agreement from her husband.

I also know that if I were newly married, and I thought there was even a 1% chance that my wife would leave me, I would not want to have children. Why? Because if there's a divorce, the man will be financially broken by spousal and child support. And he knows that few women want a guy so financially encumbered.

Most divorces are unnecessary. They happen because someone is angry, scared or disappointed. As Soco said, people need to get into a relaxed atmosphere and let these emotions subside.

Whatever brought the two of you together is still there, but it has been layered by fears and uncertainty. Those layers can be peeled away--and discarded.

And one thing you can be sure of--those marriage counselors always have a lawyer they want to refer you to, and you know they get kickbacks whenever a client employs one of those lawyers. Now you know!

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Criticism.

Max wrote:
Family or friends not wanting you to fail is their fear and sometimes their risk!
Most business failures involve a family members backed loan or support without recourse. Their constructive criticism is disregarded even when valid. Example; not doing the math, really not doing required research or lying!
Ideas only make money when followed through.
Dream and do, not dream and whine. (Maxism:)

All very good points!

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Job Fairs.

I don't need job fairs any more, but I still have memories of how disappointed I was in them. I brought a stack of resumes printed out on nice bond paper. Nobody wanted them. "Just apply online," they would say. The only hiring was done by insurance companies looking for sales people.

Anybody know how it works when you become a life insurance salesman? I saw my friends do it. Anyway, it goes like this: (1) first, you sell some policies to your family members, (2) then you sell some policies to your friends, and (3) then you hit the wall.

I talked to one life insurance company in Canada. It was Sun Life. Their "background questionnaire" was so intrusive that I said to myself, "No way I would ever work for this outfit." Again, I knew that 99.99% of life insurance sales people "hit the wall" after selling to the last friend who would buy a policy from them.

The view most hiring managers have of job fairs is that they are a "cattle call." You have one or two decent companies at one of those fairs, with people lined up to talk to some low-level non-decision-maker, and the rest are commission-only jobs, schools pushing courses and resume writing services.

Oh--and here's the worst thing you will find at a job fair: an outfit promising to "sell" you to potential employers, and asking only $5,000 UP FRONT. You can well imagine that legitimate companies will have nothing to do with these outfits--they know them for what they are. The great thing about the Internet is that you can go online and find out which outfits are running a scam.

And speaking of the Internet, how do most job applicants find their jobs today? Well, it's not through the Internet--80% get their jobs through "networking."

Lastly, you want to bypass the human resources departments whenever possible. They are staffed by the laziest and most ignorant people on the face of the earth. It's a fact that HR departments are taking longer and longer to fill positions--and it's just because they are lazy. You need to get your resume in front of a hiring manager--because it will just languish in HR.

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For experienced investors , can you lock up your capital in the market to prevent loss?

Further, the stock market is a roller coaster. If you just try to jump off, you are going to get hurt.

You have to be in for the long haul to see real gains.

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Criticism.

You are quite right, Big Al1. Debt is the new slavery!

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