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12 Jul 2023

7 key lessons from the Millionaire's next door

1️⃣ Live below your means 2️⃣ Invest a significant portion of your income 3️⃣ Have a long-term plan 4️⃣ Create passive income 5️⃣ Be frugal 6️⃣ Avoid debt 7️⃣ Invest in yourself (source: Compounding Quality)

12 Jul 2023

Financial Cheat Sheet

Great financial cheat sheet by Compounding Quality

6 Jan 2023

BlackRock halts withdrawals from $4.2 billion U.K. property fund

BlackRock has suspended withdrawal requests from investors in its £3.5 billion ($4.2 billion) U.K. property fund, in a move that highlights the sector's ongoing challenges when markets are volatile. The world's largest asset manager told clients in the BlackRock UK Property Fund in the past few days that it will defer redemption requests made at the end of September 2022 and due around now, according to a person familiar with the matter.

8 Nov 2022

Private stress becomes public

5 of 6 private market fund categories (tracked by ⁦@Burgiss⁩) registered negative net commitments in 3Q22 (investors had to put more money in than came back as returns); buyout funds w/ largest gap at -$7.7B, most since 2Q20. Source: Bloomberg, Liz Ann Sonders

17 Aug 2022

#Samsung posts upbeat #earnings ! #stocks #trading #markets #Nasdaq #trending

Samsung reported better than expected revenue, signaling tech earnings may not be as bad as some feared about weakening demand and a rise in material costs. Investors are slowly shifting toward the view that the economic slow down may not be as painful as thoughts a few weeks earlier and there are increasing signs that inflation should ease in the medium term.

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