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Old 09-13-2008, 03:41 PM   #20 (permalink)
1000feet
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There are literally unlimited business opportunities - but not in the way that you mean. You need to remember that just doing what other people tell you has limited value (if it's that easy why isn't everyone doing it, driving the average returns to 0?).

In fact the only thing worse than pre-packaged "business opportunities" is probably trading strategies - for example if someone finds a Factor X that identifies stocks or currencies that are trading at a great price the last thing you want to see if them selling the secret to anyone who will pay. Once there's enough demand for Factor X it will push prices up so there's no more gain. If you think about the number of people who are paid a lot to be good at this there's almost no price too high for such a strategy and no limit to the capital that could be allocated to it, guaranteeing that if the only thing keeping this a secret is a payment it won't be effective for long. Successful trading, as much as it may be possible (I won't waste my time), is based on knowing something other people don't.

Real business opportunities come down to finding a market that's willing to pay and creating something new for them. That doesn't mean it always has to be a lot of work, but it will take time and risk. The profit lies in figuring things out yourself.
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