Creating Opportunity From Crisis – Tips For Creating Wealth in Recession

February 15, 2009 · Posted in Alternative Income, Opportunities · Comments Off 

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Crisis Or Opportunity?

While the financial crisis is real, what it represents is up to you. The Chinese symbol for “crisis” is said to be made up of two individual characters which mean, in broad terms, “danger” and “opportunity”.

You can decide how you will respond to the current climate. Will you adopt a poverty consciousness and cut back to survive? Or, will you see the current state of play in the global economy as an opportunity to foster your entrepreneurial skills and build more prosperity?

The transferral of wealth currently taking place means there has never been a better time to launch a business in a market you identify as growing already or is predicted to grow into the future. The current climate represents the perfect storm of opportunity. However, it is up to you to decide whether you will capitalise on the market conditions. More millionaires were made out of the Great Depression than ever before. Read more

Making Money on the Global Warming Crisis

February 15, 2009 · Posted in Financial Assistance · Comments Off 

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Bad weather may be heading our way. Many very smart voices have raised their volume over the number of alarming red flags pointing to a worldwide environmental catastrophe coming in a few years or decades hence. One voice, coming from the sharp mind of James Lovelock is resounding across the world’s media nearly every day. His solution: get more nuclear reactors online and sequester the carbon dioxide emissions as fast as possible.

What’s the alternative? Move to the Arctic Circle, where you may someday bask year around with temperatures pleasantly at 74 degrees Fahrenheit. According to findings recently published in the journal Nature. About 55 million years ago, there was something called the Paleocene Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM). In this PETM phenomenon, the entire Earth was heated up by a gigantic release of greenhouse gases, like carbon dioxide. Lovelock has insisted we may see that kind of hot later this century.

Now, another brainy man, with whom we have many chats this year, has issued a special 56-page report, entitled “Investment Implications of an Abrupt Climate Change.” Co-authored by Market Strategist Kevin Bambrough and Eric Sprott, Chief Executive and Portfolio Manager of the world-famous money management firm which bears his name, they present a compelling argument as to why and how global warming and climate change is going to dramatically impact our financial world. You are well advised to read it. Read more