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Buying Cash At A Discount

If you could buy £1 coins for 80p, do you think you’d make money? Of course you would, but who would be foolish enough to sell you £1 coins for 80p. Well before you answer, consider the following story from Havana, Cuba. 

 Alongside the queue for one of the busiest bus routes in town is a man with a large tin box, and he is buying 1 peso notes for 80 cents. He has plenty of customers. Why? Well the bus fare is 40 cents, but you can’t get change.

So if you don’t have the exact money, the only alternative is to put in the whole peso…60 cents more than is required. By accepting 80 cents for the peso, passengers are able to save 40 cents while the vendor makes 20 cents.  

There are a couple of lessons here I think: 

If the circumstances fall into place, it’s often possible to persuade people to do some totally counter-intuitive things.

You can find some pretty astonishing win-win deals if you think outside of the box.

Motivational Quote Of The Day

“Work gives you meaning and purpose. Life is empty without it.”

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Stephen Hawking 

Alternative Quote Of The Day

“My hamster died today…he fell asleep at the wheel.”
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Will Ferrell

Better Beetroot 

I’ve read a number of reports recently, about the health benefits of beetroot juice. But I haven’t bought any because I really don’t like the taste. Perhaps Unbeetable provide a solution.

The US based company manufacture a Beetroot based drink which they say has all the health benefits, but with a much more palatable taste. There are a couple of things to take from this I think. 

Could you create your own ‘Better Beetroot’ product. If so, there could be a big UK market for it. 

Western consumers are increasingly health conscious, but the things that are good for us are rarely those that taste the best. There has to be a market for anyone who can produce an improved taste version of the things that are said to be good for us.

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NATIONAL BOOK LOVERS DAY!

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Dear Streetwise Customer, 

     This is not illegal. Perfectly legitimate. It’s all perfectly above-board. 


                                 Why isn’t everyone doing this? 


   I have no idea. Anyone can. You just need to be bothered. Anyone could, but most people don’t, because they either aren’t motivated, or don’t know how, or are too sceptical by nature to believe it’s possible. 


  If you find yourself having to live and work a little more remotely in the coming weeks and months then now is the time to take a look. 


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  John Harrison
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Burgers, Beers And Shears

This is another example of how combining three commonplace elements can create a whole new concept. We’ve all been to a restaurant, a bar and a hairdresser, but not an establishment that combines all three.

Moe’s BarBar Shop (Geddit) is another innovative US idea. It’s part bar, part restaurant and part barber shop. It’s a place, according to owner Lance Lumpiesz, where a man can “cut his locks and have a scotch on the rocks.”

Will it work? I don’t know, but there’s a lot to be said for creating a business where one element feeds off the customers for the other. If you use the bar/restaurant I think you’re far more likely to also have your hair cut there and vice versa.

I really like these combination businesses and the number of combinations is almost endless. That doesn’t mean that a cup cake and fishing tackle emporium would work out, but there have to be plenty of combinations that would.

Motivational Quote Of The Day

“I don’t judge others. I say if you feel good with what you’re doing, then do it.”

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Sarah Jessica Parker

Alternative Quote Of The Day

“In Hollywood, brides keep the bouquets and throw away the groom.”
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Groucho Marx

Flat Flowers

On the occasions I have arranged for flowers to be delivered, one thought always dominates – will the recipient be at home to receive them?

It’s a common problem, and the issue behind the business idea of Bloom and Wild, a company that deliver flowers in letterbox sized packaging. The advantage is obvious – the recipient doesn’t need to be home to receive the flowers.

I don’t know exactly how this works , and it must certainly restrict the flowers that can be included, but it does overcome one of the big problems with sending flowers, and may well encourage to use the Bloom & Wild service rather than a competitor.

So are there other products which could be redesigned or repackaged to fit through a letterbox? And if you did that, would it prove a competitive advantage? Something to think about.

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NATIONAL WORK LIKE A DOG DAY !

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Dear Streetwise Customer, 

     This is not illegal. Perfectly legitimate. It’s all perfectly above-board. 


                                 Why isn’t everyone doing this? 


   I have no idea. Anyone can. You just need to be bothered. Anyone could, but most people don’t, because they either aren’t motivated, or don’t know how, or are too sceptical by nature to believe it’s possible. 


  If you find yourself having to live and work a little more remotely in the coming weeks and months then now is the time to take a look. 


  Available now for the first time as a fast digital download. 

  For more information on something that’s simple, and easy to use from the comfort of your own home CLICK HERE. 

  Very Best Wishes, 

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  John Harrison
  Streetwise Publications 

P.S. This comes with a 100% cast iron money back
guarantee
. There is absolutely no risk to you to take a look. 

www.streetwisenews.com/NARDL

Miss Army Knife

It’s not always necessary to start from scratch to create a winning product or service. Sometimes all you need to do is take an existing product, and adapt it for a new market.

We’ve all heard of the Swiss Army Knife. The Miss Army Knife looks very similar, except it’s pink and when you open its blades you find things like tweezers, nail files and safety pins.

The Swiss Army knife is mainly bought by men. The Miss Army knife uses the same idea but applies it to the other half of the population. Not a bad market.

I think it’s worth looking at products which are primarily created for, and sold to, one sex or the other, and then thinking about whether a version for the opposite sex might find a ready market.

Motivational Quote Of The Day

“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.”

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C S Lewis

Alternative Quote Of The Day

“Alcohol may be man’s worst enemy, but the bible says love your enemy.”
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Frank Sinatra

Divorce Invitation

We’ve all received a wedding invitation at some time or other, but I doubt there are many of us that have received an invitation to a divorce. If an idea from Japan takes off here, that may be set to change.

A new business has been set up in Tokyo, which helps people to celebrate their divorce in much the same way that we currently celebrate weddings. At the moment, Japan and South Korea are the only countries where untying the knot is marked by some kind of ceremony.

Is this something I’d recommend you dive into here? Probably not at the moment (Given the number of fights that start at weddings, a divorce reception hardly bears thinking about!) but who knows in the future.

In any event though, I think it’s an idea which would be guaranteed to generate a huge amount of free publicity, and that could be a worthwhile outcome in itself – provided you have other businesses or projects which could benefit from the exposure.

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NATIONAL RESPECT FOR PARENTS DAY!

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Dear Streetwise Customer, 

     This is not illegal. Perfectly legitimate. It’s all perfectly above-board. 


                                 Why isn’t everyone doing this? 


   I have no idea. Anyone can. You just need to be bothered. Anyone could, but most people don’t, because they either aren’t motivated, or don’t know how, or are too sceptical by nature to believe it’s possible. 


  If you find yourself having to live and work a little more remotely in the coming weeks and months then now is the time to take a look. 


  Available now for the first time as a fast digital download. 

  For more information on something that’s simple, and easy to use from the comfort of your own home CLICK HERE. 

  Very Best Wishes, 

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  John Harrison
  Streetwise Publications 

P.S. This comes with a 100% cast iron money back
guarantee
. There is absolutely no risk to you to take a look. 

www.streetwisenews.com/NARDL

Calculated Profits

It’s not unusual for groups of consumers to have quite transient needs, and when this happens, a business opportunity often opens up. Students are one such group. They often study a subject for a short period, and are required to source quite expensive resources, which they will only need for a short period of time.

Previously, we’ve talked about services set up to rent books to students, thereby negating the need for them to make an expensive purchase.

A Canadian company has spotted another need they can satisfy in a similar way – by renting out expensive graphic and financial calculators. Students often need these for just a couple of classes and can save 70% by renting rather than buying. When the rental period is complete, they simply mail them back to the company.

I don’t think this is a fortune-maker, but it could certainly be a solid business. As far as I know, nobody is doing this in the UK yet, so perhaps something to copy?

Motivational Quote Of The Day

“A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.”

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Bruce Lee

Alternative Quote Of The Day

“A cement mixer collided with a prison van on the Kingston Bypass. Motorists are asked to be on the lookout for 16 hardened criminals.”
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Peter Kay

Drop ’til You Shop

Drop Till You Shop is an internet retailer with a difference. At any one time, the site has three items for sale and the price of each is dropping by the second. The catch is that the products are in limited supply and site users have to decide how long to wait before jumping in. Wait too long and the limited supply may be sold. Jump in too early and you could pay too much.

The site seems to be pretty addictive amongst bargain hunters, with statistics showing users staying around for an average of 30 minutes, and coming back later to check new deals. Nobody is told how limited supplies are, so that all adds to the tension. 

This seems like a great way to whip up a buying frenzy amongst customers while ensuring that products sell at the best possible price. The regular retail model is inefficient in that it results in some customers buying at a lower price than they would have been prepared to pay, and other people not buying at all, even though the price they would be prepared to pay would still yield a profit. 

There’s food for thought here I think. Is there a way you could offer your products or services on a fluid pricing basis? It’s not easy to do without annoying those paying a higher price, but if you can pull it off, it can certainly have a positive effect on profits.

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NATIONAL LOVE IS KIND DAY!

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Dear Streetwise Customer, 

     This is not illegal. Perfectly legitimate. It’s all perfectly above-board. 


                                 Why isn’t everyone doing this? 


   I have no idea. Anyone can. You just need to be bothered. Anyone could, but most people don’t, because they either aren’t motivated, or don’t know how, or are too sceptical by nature to believe it’s possible. 


  If you find yourself having to live and work a little more remotely in the coming weeks and months then now is the time to take a look. 


  Available now for the first time as a fast digital download. 

  For more information on something that’s simple, and easy to use from the comfort of your own home CLICK HERE. 

  Very Best Wishes, 

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  John Harrison
  Streetwise Publications 

P.S. This comes with a 100% cast iron money back
guarantee
. There is absolutely no risk to you to take a look. 

www.streetwisenews.com/NARDL

Clutter Clearance

I once saw a TV programme about a guy who had simplified his life to the nth degree. His wardrobe consisted of a rail of identical jeans and T-shirts, some white and some black. I wouldn’t suggest being quite so radical, but there’s little doubt that clutter can often get in the way, and none more so than between your ears! 

How many half formed ideas have you had that you have written down somewhere, and ‘one day’ you’re going to do something about them? Guess what, if a year or more has gone by, you’re never going to do anything with them. So what’s the solution? 

Well I’d suggest a bit of a de-clutter. Get your ideas out in the open and share them with the world. In any event, it’s not the idea that’s important, it’s the execution of the idea. There may be someone out there who can take your idea on, run with it, and take you along for the ride as a joint venture partner.

Motivational Quote Of The Day

“If you obey all the rules you miss all the fun.”

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Katherine Hepburn 

Alternative Quote Of The Day

“The second day of a diet is always easier than the first. By the second day you’re off it.”
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Buddy Hackett

Praying To Lose Weight

I recently read about a church in Los Angeles (where else) which is offering weight loss advice and support to it’s attendees alongside spiritual guidance. I’d imagine the rationale behind this is that converts are difficult to come by, and anything that gets people through the door has to be a good thing. 

Businesses face the same problem as churches – how do you attract more customers? Perhaps what this LA church teaches us is that it can be fruitful to look beyond our core offering, and find something else that we know our customers want.

Give them that, and there’s a good chance that they’ll end up buying what we really want to sell. So what could you offer prospective customers to get them in through the door?

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NATIONAL I AM IN CONTROL DAY!

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Dear streetwise Customer,

  If you were to design a money-making strategy from scratch to take advantage of the circumstances we’re currently experiencing, here is exactly what you’d come up with – a business where…

. You can work exclusively from home and never have to leave the house  

.  As long as you have a computer with internet access, you’re in business  

.  The method behind it doesn’t just cope with turmoil and uncertainty… it positively thrives on it.  

.  You can get started and be making money in days rather than weeks or months.  

.  Start-up costs are virtually zero. 

  How do I know this is perfect for now?

  Because the guy who developed it is something of a recluse. He started ‘self-isolating’ years ago before it became a thing, and has run this business from the top of a French mountain, from a remote Swedish farm and from the wilds of northern Scotland…

  He didn’t have to self-isolate…he just chose to!

  If you find yourself having to live and work a little more remotely in the coming weeks and months…or even if you just like the idea of doing that…then this is perfect for you.  

  Take a look now and respond today. In every crisis, there are opportunities. Even if you’ve looked at doing something like this before and decided against, think again. Now is the time.

Click HERE for more information 

   Kind Regards,

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  John Harrison 

P.S  Uncertain and volatile times are precisely when this works best. What other opportunity can you say that about? 

 www.streetwisenews.com/wizard

Hoist Away Bags

In these environmentally aware times, products made from recycled materials are finding a ready market. If those materials have a bit of history to them, so much the better. That’s the premise behind Hoist Away Bags, a small company from Maine in the United States making bags from recycled sailcloth. 

The cloth may have become too worn to power a yacht, but that doesn’t mean that some of the cloth isn’t good enough to be fashioned into a bag. No two bags are the same, and each one has a label stitched in revealing the boat name, skipper and type of vessel that the original sale came from. So buyers get a unique product with a bit of history attached. 

If you live in a seaside area, maybe this is something you could copy. Alternatively, what other material which is about to be discarded, might find a new life in a recycled product? The key I think, is to find something big, which can be fashioned into something small.

Motivational Quote Of The Day

“It’s insecurity that is always chasing you and standing in the way of your dreams.”

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            Vin Diesel         

Alternative Quote Of The Day

“My wife went to a beauty parlor and got a mudpack; for two days she looked nice ..then the mud fell off.”
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Charles ‘Chic’ Murray

My Monopoly

Monopoly is probably the most successful board game of all time, and the original version featuring London landmarks has spawned myriad specialist versions based on other areas and countries.

My Monopoly offers buyers the opportunity to buy a Monopoly game where the names of the properties are chosen by the buyer. It’s completely personalised and personal in other words.

The desire to have something totally bespoke is a strong one, and the basis of many a fortune over the past hundred years or so. The thing about a bespoke version of a standard product is that it always sells for a premium price, and the increase in price over a standard version is usually much higher than the incremental cost.

So is there an opportunity to produce a premium priced bespoke version of your product or service? If there is, it could open up a lucrative new profit centre.

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NATIONAL OPPOSITE DAY!

PUBLISHERS NOTICE  

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Dear streetwise Customer,

  If you were to design a money-making strategy from scratch to take advantage of the circumstances we’re currently experiencing, here is exactly what you’d come up with – a business where…

. You can work exclusively from home and never have to leave the house  

.  As long as you have a computer with internet access, you’re in business  

.  The method behind it doesn’t just cope with turmoil and uncertainty… it positively thrives on it.  

.  You can get started and be making money in days rather than weeks or months.  

.  Start-up costs are virtually zero. 

  How do I know this is perfect for now?

  Because the guy who developed it is something of a recluse. He started ‘self-isolating’ years ago before it became a thing, and has run this business from the top of a French mountain, from a remote Swedish farm and from the wilds of northern Scotland…

  He didn’t have to self-isolate…he just chose to!

  If you find yourself having to live and work a little more remotely in the coming weeks and months…or even if you just like the idea of doing that…then this is perfect for you.  

  Take a look now and respond today. In every crisis, there are opportunities. Even if you’ve looked at doing something like this before and decided against, think again. Now is the time.

Click HERE for more information 

   Kind Regards,

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  John Harrison 

P.S  Uncertain and volatile times are precisely when this works best. What other opportunity can you say that about? 

 www.streetwisenews.com/wizard

The Evasive Alarm Clock

Sometimes you have to think beyond the obvious if you operate in a crowded market, or have a ‘me too’ product with no unique selling position. Clocky is an alarm clock with a difference.

It’s on wheels and when the time comes for it to go off, it doesn’t just ring – it scoots off and hides! The owner has to get out of bed to find it before switching it off. This overcomes one of the major problems with ordinary alarm clocks – the owner switching it off and going back to sleep.

So is there a commonly experienced issue with the product or service you offer – and might there be a lucrative market to be had by offering a unique version of your product or service which tackles the issue head on. This will mean different people, but it’s something for everyone to think about.

Motivational Quote Of The Day

“Question everything. Learn something. Answer nothing.”

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Euripides

Alternative Quote Of The Day

“I’ve had so much plastic surgery, when I die they will donate my body to Tuppaware.”
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Joan Rivers

Backdating Profits

Backdating is a trend which has spread across many markets. In the market for used Porsche for example, companies are taking comparatively new cars and giving them a makeover to make them look like models from a previous era.

In the market for used furniture, ‘distressing’ is often carried out to make a piece look older. And even with new good’s, manufacturers often hide away modern mechanicals under a retro style façade to make their radio’s, TV’s, phones, computers or whatever, appear vintage.

 Has the demand for vintage looks combined with modern functions reached your area of influence yet? And if it hasn’t, is there a profitable opportunity for you to develop a backdated product in your market? 

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NATIONAL WINE DAY!

PUBLISHERS NOTICE  

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Dear streetwise Customer,

  If you were to design a money-making strategy from scratch to take advantage of the circumstances we’re currently experiencing, here is exactly what you’d come up with – a business where…

. You can work exclusively from home and never have to leave the house  

.  As long as you have a computer with internet access, you’re in business  

.  The method behind it doesn’t just cope with turmoil and uncertainty… it positively thrives on it.  

.  You can get started and be making money in days rather than weeks or months.  

.  Start-up costs are virtually zero. 

  How do I know this is perfect for now?

  Because the guy who developed it is something of a recluse. He started ‘self-isolating’ years ago before it became a thing, and has run this business from the top of a French mountain, from a remote Swedish farm and from the wilds of northern Scotland…

  He didn’t have to self-isolate…he just chose to!

  If you find yourself having to live and work a little more remotely in the coming weeks and months…or even if you just like the idea of doing that…then this is perfect for you.  

  Take a look now and respond today. In every crisis, there are opportunities. Even if you’ve looked at doing something like this before and decided against, think again. Now is the time.

Click HERE for more information 

   Kind Regards,

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  John Harrison 

P.S  Uncertain and volatile times are precisely when this works best. What other opportunity can you say that about? 

 www.streetwisenews.com/wizard

Pimp My Mask

Masks in black, the perennial fall-back for the stylish, are the new staple in the fashionable quarters of the French capital. Masks are now compulsory on public transport in Paris and the city’s fashionable residents have ditched the mass-market pale blue surgical ones for a dash of coronavirus chic.

When President Emmanuel Macron visited a school wearing a navy-blue mask with a small French flag on the trim, its manufacturer was flooded with calls the day after. The manufacturer, Bonneterie Chanteclair, had sent the president a mask on the off chance he might wear it.

The firm is now launching the model in 44 different shades; a limited edition of it with Breton stripes sold out in half an hour. Designer Erik Schaix sells couture masks in charcoal-grey denim and batik print. Celebrities are also jumping on the mask bandwagon.

Supermodel Cindy Crawford has “entertained” her 4.8 million Instagram followers with a tie-dye twinset of a mask and matching top. Actress Gwyneth Paltrow, who runs the wellness website Goop, has also matched her mask to her outfit – not to commute in, of course, but for a trip to the farmers’ market.

Motivational Quote Of The Day

“Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own action.”

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            Dalai Lama      

Alternative Quote Of The Day

“I am a marvelous housekeeper… Everytime I leave a man I keep his house!”
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Zsa Zsa Gabor

It’s Been A Good Month For

Some UK and US hedge funds reaped a combined €1bn profit last month after their bets against German payment processor Wirecard, paid off with its dramatic collapse. Chris Hohn’s TCI Fund Management and David Greenspan’s New Yorkbased Slate Path Capital are among the winners, making estimated gains of €193m and €220m respectively in just a week.

Bosses at many FTSE-listed companies are back on full pay after taking a pay cut due to the pandemic’s effect on business. Foxtons, Persimmon, Severn Trent, Burberry and Bakkavor are among the companies to reinstate full salaries, a decision that has attracted scrutiny from investor groups and high-pay campaigners, particularly after the UK revealed the largest drop in gross domestic product on record and with millions of jobs at risk.

It’s Been A Bad Month For…

Kylie Jenner’s beauty company is being sued in a fresh blow for the reality show star, coming shortly after she was stripped of billionaire status by Forbes. The 22-year old’s beauty brand, Kylie Cosmetics, is being sued by Seed Beauty, which formerly produced her products. They claim Jenner’s recent deal with make-up group Coty, to whom she sold a 51% stake in her company for $600m, will leak their “tricks of the trade” to a competitor.

The slashing of interest rates to record lows of 0.1% has created the worst environment for savers since the financial crisis. In January the average individual savings account (Isa) paid 0.81%, but now the average rate is just 0.37%. The first half of 2020 now represents the poorest six-month period for savings since 2009.

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NATIONAL HAPPINESS HAPPENS DAY!

PUBLISHERS NOTICE  

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Dear streetwise Customer,

  If you were to design a money-making strategy from scratch to take advantage of the circumstances we’re currently experiencing, here is exactly what you’d come up with – a business where…

. You can work exclusively from home and never have to leave the house  

.  As long as you have a computer with internet access, you’re in business  

.  The method behind it doesn’t just cope with turmoil and uncertainty… it positively thrives on it.  

.  You can get started and be making money in days rather than weeks or months.  

.  Start-up costs are virtually zero. 

  How do I know this is perfect for now?

  Because the guy who developed it is something of a recluse. He started ‘self-isolating’ years ago before it became a thing, and has run this business from the top of a French mountain, from a remote Swedish farm and from the wilds of northern Scotland…

  He didn’t have to self-isolate…he just chose to!

  If you find yourself having to live and work a little more remotely in the coming weeks and months…or even if you just like the idea of doing that…then this is perfect for you.  

  Take a look now and respond today. In every crisis, there are opportunities. Even if you’ve looked at doing something like this before and decided against, think again. Now is the time.

Click HERE for more information 

   Kind Regards,

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  John Harrison 

P.S  Uncertain and volatile times are precisely when this works best. What other opportunity can you say that about? 

 www.streetwisenews.com/wizard

A Loan To Help You Bounce Back

Businesses that have borrowed relatively modest sums through the government-backed Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) could dramatically reduce their interest costs by, switching to the Bounce Back loans facility.

Ministers launched the Bounce Back scheme several weeks into the Covid19 crisis, responding to criticisms that smaller businesses were struggling to access cash through CBILS. By then, however, many businesses had secured finance through the original scheme. 

Both schemes are administered through the banks, with the state underwriting the loans. Crucially, however, Bounce Back loans come with an interest rate set by the government at 2.5% a year, while with CBILS, lenders set their own rates; many are charging 6% a year or more!

The maximum Bounce Back loan is £50,000, so for businesses that have borrowed less than this from CBILS, it makes sense to switch. The Bounce Back loan scheme isn’t open to businesses that have already secured finance from CBILS, but there is an exception for firms borrowing in order to pay off a CBILS loan in full. Your bank should be able to help you refinance. 

The government has pledged to keep the Bounce Back loan scheme open for applications until 4 November. Both Bounce Back loans and CBILS carry no interest charges or fees in year one, so for businesses confident about repaying CBILS there may be no need to switch.

However, for any business that expects to begin incurring interest, moving scheme makes more sense. On the maximum £50,000 Bounce Back loan, interest charges will cost £1,250 a year from year two onwards. Assuming an interest rate of 6%, the same loan from CBILS will cost £3,000 a year to service

Motivational Quote Of The Day

“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.”

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              C S Lewis        

Alternative Quote Of The Day

“Age is something that doesn’t matter, unless you are cheese.”
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Luis Bunuel

Shares We’re Buying This Month 

While Main Street retail banks contend with shaky consumer confidence and ultra-low interest rates, the trading arms of investment banks help them to profit from loose monetary policy.

Surging corporate debt issuance is good for the underwriting operation and merger activity may pick up later this year. Unpredictable earnings and the Malaysian 1MDB scandal remain problems, but Goldman Sachs Group appears well-placed to profit from the current market environment. 

Struggling high streets and empty offices mean that real-estate companies are firmly out of fashion, but that has created some serious bargains to be had. Harworth Group, the land and property regeneration group trades on a reasonable 35% discount to net asset value.

Harworth invests in about 100 residential, industrial and logistics sites across the north of England and the Midlands. That diversification should leave it well-placed however the postpandemic future of work and e-commerce ultimately develops.

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NATIONAL EMOJI DAY!

PUBLISHERS NOTICE  

Dear Streetwise Customer,

I’ve already written to you a couple of times about this cash generating system.

This time though, I’m not going to tell you how good this is. I’m going to let our customers do it instead!

Here are just some of the comments we’ve received recently…

(Incidentally, all of these comments are completely unsolicited and the original copies are held on file at our offices and are available for inspection.)

To get the full story take a couple of minutes to read visit the website below and read the message from David Houghton who figured this out. It reveals this extraordinary opportunity in detail. 

Take A Look Now By Visiting:

www.streetwisenews.com/AB

There is absolutely No Risk to you in taking a look at this. The whole
thing comes with a full Cast Iron Money Back Guarantee.  All the best for now

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John Harrison
Streetwise Publications

PS. Just for good measure here are Mike Pears comments on the A Minus B System:

“O.k. – here are my updates on the A-B System up to my trading week 51. These are all to level stakes. 

Week 40 – w/c 16/2 – loss of 16 pts
Week 41 – w/c 23/2 – profit of 37 pts
Week 42 – w/c 2/3 – loss of 2 pts
Week 43 – w/c 9/3 – profit of 80 pts
Week 44 – w/c 16/3 – profit of 37 pts
Week 45 – w/c 23/3 – profit of 75 pts
Week 46 – w/c 30/3 – profit of 38 pts
Week 47 – w/c 6/4 – loss of 51 pts
Week 48 – w/c 13/4 – profit of 62 pts
Week 49 – w/c 20/4 – profit of 30 pts
Week 50 – w/c 27/4 – profit of 144 pts
Week 51 – w/c 4/5 – loss of 45 pts

Total Level stakes profit is 1,821 pts which averages 36.42 per week… A £1,000 starting bankusing 0.1% stakes, now stands at £5,569.”

Have Diamonds Lost Their Sparkle?

With investors fleeing for safe haven assets, now is the time for gold to shine. Diamonds, on the other hand, have lost their sparkle. In March, when stocks were plumbing new depths in the coronavirus crisis, the price for a single diamond carat fell by 6.8%. But the woes facing the industry actually go beyond the current crisis. Over the year, the single-carat price is down by 13.1%.

What’s going on?

Well, for starters, Covid-19 has exacerbated an existing problem. India, where 90% of the world’s rough diamonds by volume are cut and polished, is in lockdown. That has resulted in a 50% drop in diamond exports from this processing hub.

For an industry that depends on being able to dig jewels out of a mine from Canada to Angola, fly them to the trading hubs of Antwerp or Botswana, and sell them to wealthy, hopeful consumers from London to New York and Beijing, coronavirus has been a fiasco. 

With shops shut and people losing their jobs in, say, the US, the world’s biggest consumer market for diamonds, but also in Europe, and China, where the market is growing, diamond prices can be expected to fall further – by 15% or more this year.

De Beers cancelled its latest sale after witnessing a 28% year-on year drop in sales, and it’s been a similar story for its rivals.

But even before the coronavirus outbreak, the market had been in a sorry state owing to a glut, coupled with declining marriage rates among millennials. London-listed Petra Diamonds, already crippled by debt, has also had scant recent success at its famous Cullinan diamond mine in South Africa.

Motivational Quote Of The Day

“Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.”

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            Napoleon Hill         

Alternative Quote Of The Day

“As a child my family’s menu consisted of two choices; take it or leave it.”
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Buddy Hackett

That, in itself, wouldn’t be so bad for diamond merchants. Scarcity in other markets leads to higher prices. But the diamond market has had to contend with “fakes”.

In fact, artificial diamonds are not fakes – they have the same chemical and physical properties as their earth-born brethren. They are just “grown” in a lab. They are also cheaper to produce, free of any historical and ethical taint and, in theory, are potentially greener. 

Colour, in the literal sense, is important for collectors, as coloured diamonds are among the most sought-after – and few more so than the pink diamonds from Rio Tinto’s Argyle mine in western Australia. Most mines will be lucky to unearth one pink in the entire haul; at Argyle, it’s about one pink carat for every 1,000 carats mined.

They are also consistently of the highest caliber, with a strong, pure, intense shade. But the mine, which gave the world around 90% of its pink diamonds, has given up all but its last 150 or so carats. It is set to close later this year.

Demand has been rising, however. So coveted are Argyle pink diamonds that it’s been rumoured Rio Tinto could end up selling the Argyle name.

Today’s National Day  

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NATIONAL GORGEOUS GRANDMA DAY!

PUBLISHERS NOTICE  

Dear Streetwise Customer,

I’ve already written to you a couple of times about this cash generating system.

This time though, I’m not going to tell you how good this is. I’m going to let our customers do it instead!

Here are just some of the comments we’ve received recently…

(Incidentally, all of these comments are completely unsolicited and the original copies are held on file at our offices and are available for inspection.)

To get the full story take a couple of minutes to read visit the website below and read the message from David Houghton who figured this out. It reveals this extraordinary opportunity in detail. 

Take A Look Now By Visiting:

www.streetwisenews.com/AB

There is absolutely No Risk to you in taking a look at this. The whole
thing comes with a full Cast Iron Money Back Guarantee.  All the best for now

john sig.png

John Harrison
Streetwise Publications

PS. Just for good measure here are Mike Pears comments on the A Minus B System:

“O.k. – here are my updates on the A-B System up to my trading week 51. These are all to level stakes. 

Week 40 – w/c 16/2 – loss of 16 pts
Week 41 – w/c 23/2 – profit of 37 pts
Week 42 – w/c 2/3 – loss of 2 pts
Week 43 – w/c 9/3 – profit of 80 pts
Week 44 – w/c 16/3 – profit of 37 pts
Week 45 – w/c 23/3 – profit of 75 pts
Week 46 – w/c 30/3 – profit of 38 pts
Week 47 – w/c 6/4 – loss of 51 pts
Week 48 – w/c 13/4 – profit of 62 pts
Week 49 – w/c 20/4 – profit of 30 pts
Week 50 – w/c 27/4 – profit of 144 pts
Week 51 – w/c 4/5 – loss of 45 pts

Total Level stakes profit is 1,821 pts which averages 36.42 per week… A £1,000 starting bankusing 0.1% stakes, now stands at £5,569.”