I’ve heard about the secret law of attraction but can’t believe I’ve attracted all the bad things in my life.

The Secret Law of Attraction states that you attract to you all the things that match the vibration you’re putting out. If you look around and see only negative things you dislike, it is a clue that you’re transmitting a lot of negative vibrations. This might be because you’re dwelling on and complaining about the things you don’t like, and so you get more of them. The first step is to note, in detail, how you would ideally like things to be, and then focus, focus, focus on that. Beyond that you also need to consider that you may have subconscious beliefs and thoughts that are actually in alignment with your negative circumstances, as difficult as that may be to accept. There are many ways to identify and change these limiting beliefs. I found many useful tools at http://www.lawofattractiontoolsite.com. Good luck!

I have a question I have to answer in history.

Is there any connection between economic prosperity and cultural achievement in the old western civilization? Choose three periods/events to prove or disprove.

Economic prosperity is required for cultural achievement.

It’s rather difficult to concentrate on a sonata or a sonnet when you’re worried about the failed harvest, and barbarians are looting the village.

Look up the Ottonian Renaissance, Italian Renaissance, and the Elizabethan Age.

I am writing a research project for Italian Sociology. Where do the wealthiest or aristocratic Italians, especially those from Rome, go for vacations and holidays (when they do so within Italy? What are the preferred hobbies or sports of extremely wealthy Italians?

Hi, they all tend to leave the main cities like Rome, Venice, Florence etc in August where they haed out to the more coastal areas like Capri & Sardinia & also to the Lakes (Garda) in the North where it’s cooler. They are also now travelling further afield such as Asia, America etc

I looked at the forbes list today, and the ones that werent internet boom people, in some shape or form traded commodities. Looks like they are a great financial instrument to make big gains, and i guess to also lose big.

You can get rich or poor because of the margin; it leverage your investment.

Example: let say the margin requirement for the December delivery of 5,000 bushels of wheat is $700. The price of the commodity is $1.00 a bushel. You bought $5,000 worth of wheat for $700. In a week, the price of wheat goes up to $1.25. You decide to sell and make $1,250 in profit (1.25-1.00 x 5,000). If you decide that you want to receive the wheat in December and make cereal, you pay $5000 minus the $700 that you already paid.

Are there different focuses and styles of each? What is each known for specifically? That is, how do they compare?

Fortune is the oldest one here, and as such has a reputation for solid info and insight.

Forbes focuses a lot more on capital management. Expect more "fluff" pieces from Forbes.

Fast Company is newer and tries to be trendy. Don’t believe any word of it.

The Federal Reserve Bank is a private corporation that lends every dollar in circulation to the government at interest. Thats what is called a deficit. The trillions of dollars you owe plus the interest is paid to a group of ruthless bankers. Who knew you all could end this whole financial debacle by abolishing the fed and adopting a government currency such as the green back?. Do you realize the banks own all your possessions ………………. until you work long enough to pay them off?

i did know that BUT I think now that barry has been spending like crazy other people are beginning to realize that fact. People hear so much about the national debt of multiple digits that they don’t realize we don’ t have to be in debt!

Is that like any illegal banking?? Or getting approved by the government, Answers will be appreciated.

Hey private banks are not illegal .. its only approved by the government.. but that private bank service are not that much good than government banks. There may be high rate interest for loans.. And also they will give harassment when you fail or delayed to pay the loan amount..

More especifically, what are some professions that pay well? Besides the obvious doctor or lawyer. Like, if your parents are wealthy or at least economically in the "upper-class", what type of jobs do they have? Thanks in advance. This is just for ideas for a homework assignment.

My Father started a lawn maintenance business- he specializes in adult mobile home communities, and gets contracts from the entire community (not yard by yard) and has been in business for over 25 years in Florida, and is worth about 5 million dollars. When he passed, my mom took over and now she runs the day to day operations.

Not that everyone in the world could or would do this specific type of thing, the moral to take away from this is to specialize in something, that will make you stand out and be more marketable to your customers. Plus find a market unique to where you live. Obviously Florida has a ton of retirement communities so this works well for the business. The job is not glamorous, but it’s put me through college, and now graduate school and my parent’s have never not been able to buy or do anything they want!

I know that the number goes down the higher your net worth but can some one give me some good estimates. Example:
300,000$=95
400,000$=80 ect.
All the way to 30 million. Thank you?

Boy, your examples are WAY too high.

The more money you have, the more you can afford to have nonliquid assets, which is what real estate is. But everyone needs mostly liquid assets. I’d say R/E should be no more than 25% of your portfolio UNLESS it is really your business or your hobby and you devote a lot of time to it. Become an expert. Otherwise, limit yourself. I know lots of people who bought rental properties they can’t wait to sell because of the headaches. That’s why 80-95% is ridiculous.

For people with lower net worths, say under $1M, 5-10% is a typical max (from Schwab, Fidelity, T Rowe Price, Vanguard web sites). Over that, you can go higher, but see above caveats.

From one expert:
Culling together data from a variety of industry sources and standing research, Black notes that real estate investment, balanced between private and publicly-traded real estate, should represent approximately 20 percent of a portfolio also consisting of stocks and bonds.
See complete article at:

http://knowledge.emory.edu/article.cfm?articleid=1053

The point of owning real estate is to diversity the risk, because R/E moves inversely with stocks and bonds. If all you own is R/E, you lose that benefit. so not too much r/E is best.

You may want to go and pitch your ideas where investors gather. Here are some places where angel investors come and those looking for funding can come and pitch their business plans. Be sure to have a strong business plan and describe what makes your business idea stand apart:

Angel Capital Association http://www.angelcapitalassociation.org
Angel’s Forum http://www.angelsforum.com
Band of Angels http://www.bandangels.com
Common Angels http://www.commonangels.com
Keiretsu Forum http://www.k4forum.com
Launchpad Venture Group http://www.launchpadventuregroup.com
New World Angels http://www.newworldangels.com
New York Angels http://www.newyorkangels.com
Prairie Angels http://www.prairieangels.org (charges $125 to submit idea)
Robin Hood Ventures http://www.robinhoodventures.com (charges $250)