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Simplifying the confusion

It would not surprise me if the world of investing seems a confusing and complicated place; the number of investment choices is vast and making sense of it all may be daunting. Fortunately, it need not be so.

1.1 Choices, choices, choices

The menu of potential investments has the capacity to leave many new to the game mesmerised by choice; a little like when you go into a restaurant and have to choose what to eat from a menu ten pages long. Dishes on offer include bank deposits, corporate bonds, investing in China, UK companies, gold, property, commodities, the USA, Japan, stamps, wine and vintage cars to name but a few. Your choice is as wide as it is confusing. Do not worry though; this book narrows down the ...

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