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Archive for June, 2009

I’ve spent the last week working hard on Zazzle. If you haven’t heard of Zazzle, feel free to go and investigate, and see if it’s something you might want to do.

The principle behind it is Print on Demand (POD) merchandising. So if you think you have a creative talent, you can make yourself a design and upload it to Zazzle. Then what you need to do… Continue reading

We are in a terrible mess economically at the moment. What started out as a hairline fracture (a credit crunch) rapidly became a hefty old crack (or financial downturn). Then of course the whole thing shattered into recession.

At the heart of the current recession is property investment, and dodgy lending practices, with the invention and almost viral distribution of complex derivatives called collateralised debt obligations (CDOs). The solution… Continue reading

The world of stockmarket investing can be fraught with danger, especially in volatile times, as we have seen over the last year. Trouble can be avoided by getting clued up as much as possible using a selection of the top financial websites, many of which provide all sorts of useful data for free.

The best advice of all though is this: if you are unsure about an investment, sometimes… Continue reading

First of all, I’ll summarise this book by saying that it’s a very entertaining read – actually quite funny in places – but nevertheless you shouldn’t believe for a minute that you can really relax into a 4-hour work week anytime soon.

What Timothy Ferriss’s bestseller does is to gather in one place many of the principles outlined in detail in other books. For example he discusses Pareto’s Law… Continue reading

Many people on the internet write about residual – or passive – income. It is an easy option, but being an easy option does not mean it is easy money. The pounds, dollars and yen will not immediately come flooding into your mailbox the minute you click on the ‘Sign Up’ button.

Okay, so the option itself is easy, and with minimal effort you might make a few cents… Continue reading