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		<title>Stock Market Rally Deserves Caution &#8211; 1st Quarter 2012</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are many reasons to be bullish on Wall Street these days. The stock market has had a great run, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 25% since early October. The tech-heavy NASDAQ, led by bellwether Apple, has risen over 30% in that same ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thelucrativeinvestor.com/stock-market-rally-deserves-caution/</link>
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		<title>Federal Reserve Scorecard: Unemployment</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke recently wrapped up a two-day testimony before Congress, where he defended the Fed’s actions since the financial crisis and gave his assessment of the tepid economic recovery. There’s a reason why Time Magazine named Bernanke Person of the Year in ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thelucrativeinvestor.com/federal-reserve-scorecard-unemployment/</link>
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		<title>Handicapping The European Sovereign Debt Crisis</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the past three years, the European sovereign debt crisis has twisted and turned multiple times. The ongoing saga has been closely watched by financial markets around the globe, as European leaders work together (hesitantly) to fix its problems. Everyone has become an expert on ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thelucrativeinvestor.com/handicapping-the-european-sovereign-debt-crisis/</link>
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		<title>Will Warren Buffet Move The Needle On Tax Reform?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Warren Buffet finds himself in the news often these days. He may be 81 and reside in the relative silence of the Midwest, but Mr. Buffet is still going strong and is becoming ever more outspoken. He has become the Obama Administration’s strongest proponent on ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thelucrativeinvestor.com/will-warren-buffet-move-the-needle-on-tax-reform/</link>
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		<title>Oil Prices Being Driven Higher by Supply Concerns</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The surging price of oil has market and political commentators buzzing. At the time of this writing, West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude is trading north of $110 per barrel and Brent Crude is hovering around $125 per barrel. You know the likely questions. What type ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thelucrativeinvestor.com/oil-prices-being-driven-higher-by-supply-concerns/</link>
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		<title>Why People Should Consider Cheap Health Insurance</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Health is wealth, so they say. Investing in health insurance is probably the most important insurance coverage that a person can get. A cheap health insurance policy can provide adequate protection to the person in times of illness or accidents. In these uncertain economic times, ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thelucrativeinvestor.com/why-people-should-consider-cheap-health-insurance/</link>
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		<title>December: Spend or Save</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Shoppers will spend £437 on average this Christmas, according to Moneysupermarket.com. When it comes to Christmas shopping, everybody has their own way of paying for it.
One way is to spread the cost over the year in the run-up to Christmas &#8211; although this takes some ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thelucrativeinvestor.com/december-spend-or-save/</link>
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		<title>How Do I Save Money On Taxes?</title>
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How Do I Save Money On Taxes?
Saving money on taxes is always a concern for hard working Americans and is especially true in today’s tough economy.  What most people don’t know is that too often they are over paying taxes.
The tax advising team at The ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thelucrativeinvestor.com/how-do-i-save-money-on-taxes/</link>
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		<title>The Death Of Free Checking</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Free checking accounts have been just one of the ways that banks have been able to lure people in. Checking accounts are practically essential in order to get by. We use them to pay our bills, buy essentials, and transfer funds. Though it&#8217;s not impossible ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thelucrativeinvestor.com/the-death-of-free-checking/</link>
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		<title>Should You Take Advantage of the Rush Out of Junk Bonds?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal is reporting that along with stocks, the high yield bond market suffered an intense bout of volatility during the month of August.  Like fearful U.S. equity investors, high yield (HY) investors have been lowering asset class exposure due to recent U.S. ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thelucrativeinvestor.com/should-you-take-advantage-of-the-rush-out-of-junk-bonds/</link>
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		<title>Steve Jobs Resignation: Is Apple a Buy or Sell?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Apple Computer (COMP: AAPL) shares opened sharply lower today on news that Steve Jobs has submitted his resignation to Apple’s board of directors.  Wow!   That is a big announcement, but is it really that bad for the stock price?
The answer is nobody really knows.  However, ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thelucrativeinvestor.com/steve-jobs-resignation-is-apple-a-buy-or-sell/</link>
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		<title>Take Advantage of the Scurrying Rats In The Market!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As the market was swinging back and forth in 100 point increments yesterday, I was reminded of something an old Wall Street friend of mine, who was very old school, used to say about the kind market we’ve seen lately.  He would say, “the scurrying ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thelucrativeinvestor.com/take-advantage-of-the-scurrying-rats-in-the-market/</link>
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		<title>Standard &amp; Poors: What&#8217;s Good For the Goose Is Good For The Gander</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was browsing the financial headlines as I do nearly every night, when I came across an article that nearly blow my mind. “US Inquiry Eyes S&#38;P Ratings of Mortgages”
The first paragraph read “The Justice Department is investigating whether the nation’s largest credit ratings agency, ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thelucrativeinvestor.com/standard-poors-whats-good-for-the-goose-is-good-for-the-gander/</link>
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		<title>Dow Opens Down 500 &#8211; Does This Mean Recession?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Unlike most economists and portfolio managers I know I’ve always thought that the best economic forecasting tool was the stock market itself, which is why I wrote “What’s the market signaling” a couple weeks ago.  So using the “stock market is the best forecaster” logic ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thelucrativeinvestor.com/dow-opens-down-500-does-this-mean-recession/</link>
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		<title>This Market Volatility Is Driving Me Crazy!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the past weeks the stock market has been especially turbulent.  “For the first time in history the market moved by more than 400 points over four consecutive days.”  (WSJ August 12, 2001)
I was talking to my retirement age father the other day and he ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thelucrativeinvestor.com/this-market-volatility-is-driving-me-crazy/</link>
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		<title>What Does The U.S. Debt Downgrade Have To Do With My Apple and Johnson &amp; Johnson Stock?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s an old truism that the stock market balances fear and greed. Lately, fear has come out on top. (Chicago Tribune editorial)
The Chicago Tribune editorial writers are exactly right about the above quote.  However, they go on to explain how the economy is really quite ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thelucrativeinvestor.com/what-does-the-u-s-debt-downgrade-have-to-do-with-my-apple-and-johnson-johnson-stock/</link>
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		<title>U.S. Debt Downgrade! What Does That Mean For My Portfolio!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After the market closed last Friday, Standard &#38; Poors, one of three major rating agencies, cut the rating on U.S. long-term debt to AA+ from the risk free rating of AAA.  We all know in the real world, nothing is risk free and that fact ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thelucrativeinvestor.com/us-debt-downgrade-what-does-that-mean-for-my-portfolio/</link>
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		<title>Triple Net Lease Investing; Start Collecting Checks Today</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Walking to the mailbox and collecting a 4 to 5 figure check every month without the headaches of being a landlord almost sounds too good to be true.  Typically it is, unless you are the owner of a triple net lease.  A net, net, net ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thelucrativeinvestor.com/triple-lease-investing/</link>
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		<title>Investing For Cash Flow</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What is just as important as location, location, location when analyzing a piece of real estate?  Cash flow, cash flow, cash flow!  The Lucrative Investor defines cash flow as the net profit left after expenses.  This includes all of the expenses associated with owning real ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thelucrativeinvestor.com/real-estate-investing-for-cash-flow/</link>
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		<title>Non Performing Note Investing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A non-performing note is a property, usually in the commercial definition that is no longer able to sustain itself and defaults on its mortgage debt.  Non-performing notes are a hot item for investors to get their hands on these days.  They have been the bread ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thelucrativeinvestor.com/non-performing-note-investing/</link>
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		<title>Investing in Single Family Homes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For decades, investors have built fortunes from owning single family homes.  Single family homes tend to experience stronger appreciation than multi-family investments and rent better head to head.  For most renters, a single family home is more desirable because it offers the space and privacy ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thelucrativeinvestor.com/investing-single-family-homes/</link>
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		<title>Investing in Multi Family</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Multi-family investments are a great stepping stone for residential investors who are expanding their portfolio, or higher net worth investors purchasing one of their first investment properties.  Multi-family properties allow investors to take advantage of economies of scale and usually purchase at a lower price ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thelucrativeinvestor.com/investing-multi-family/</link>
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		<title>The problem with online reviews</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m sitting in a hotel lobby this week writing posts. If you noticed last week the pitch was about Hotwire and Priceline. I was trying to book a trip. I was determined to find something good and didn&#8217;t want to take the risk with either ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thelucrativeinvestor.com/problem-with-online-reviews/</link>
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		<title>You can cut your phone bill in half with a different service</title>
		<description><![CDATA[How many times have you gotten your phone bill and thought &#8220;We are spending way too much money on this?&#8221; We used to do that a lot. When you take your phone bill and add it to the fact that you&#8217;re paying for your cell ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thelucrativeinvestor.com/your-phone-bill-half-with/</link>
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		<title>Note to Apple: It would be nice to be able to pick any app we&#8217;d like</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Apple has a serious downfall when it comes to their iphone and software development kit or sdk for those in the know. The problem with the ingenious design is the fact that the “apps” are only accessible once the app is approved by Apple and ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thelucrativeinvestor.com/note-apple-would-nice-able-pick/</link>
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		<title>Employers may treat candidates unfairly in these ways</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the recession, some employers are finding themselves in the position to leave a lot of candidates hanging when it comes to finding employees. Some employers are actually taking advantage of the desperation that many candidates are feeling and they are doing some things that ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thelucrativeinvestor.com/employers-treat-candidates/</link>
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		<title>If you&#8217;re looking for work, here is where you may be able to find it.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are so many businesses out there that have hiring at a standstill with hiring and pay raise freezes. However, some industries are coming out as the places to work, where you can find a job and actually do alright.
The industries where jobs can be ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thelucrativeinvestor.com/youre-looking-work-here-where/</link>
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		<title>Maybe having a lot of money can bring happiness of a different kind</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A report came out today that said up to 90% of the paper money in the United States has traces of cocaine on it. The group of scientists that tested the notes tested money from thirty different cities in 5 countries.
The United States and Canada ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thelucrativeinvestor.com/maybe-having-money-bring-happiness/</link>
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		<title>It&#8217;s time to limit PowerPoint presentations</title>
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PowerPoint has been around for 25 years now, and while it was first geared toward people who had to present in business meetings and salespeople, the program has now become synonymous with anyone who has to give a presentation of any kind; no matter if ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thelucrativeinvestor.com/its-time-limit-powerpoint/</link>
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		<title>Finding a full time job in today&#8217;s market is a full time job</title>
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After spending months looking for a job, I finally found something working as a sales associate at a local department store. I&#8217;m making $10 an hour and averaging 30-35 hours a week. With an hourly rate like that I&#8217;ll barely be able to make my ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thelucrativeinvestor.com/finding-full-time-todays-market/</link>
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