Investment advice from one who has frequently been stung
Firstly read Buffettology Warren Buffets accounting techniques for recognising a well run business. Get to know the founders are they niave engineers or people who can swim in the shark tank and mind an investment, do they cheat on their wives, their morals, their social game, their politics, how wide are they. But be advised on Investing, if you can invest close to home where you can grab someone by the throat if they scam, if your moving around away from home you can't mind your investment unless you've legal cronies and heavies on location who are serious. I invested in overseas property and lost 10 grand sterling to a scam company in 2004 as well as other stupid investments in big cities which attract scammers/politicans/stock brokers/legal/accountants/real estate/con men/bitcoin bozos draculas not of great value to society in the bigger picture if money didn't matter, which ideally it should not, the most honest being poor pick pockets trying to survive even I was...