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  • racing_blue
    racing_blue Posts: 961 Forumite
    If the mortgage is costing, you could pay if off now while taking a long position on AUD/GBP in a Forex account.
  • Generali
    Generali Posts: 36,411 Forumite
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    If the mortgage is costing, you could pay if off now while taking a long position on AUD/GBP in a Forex account.

    A good way to make a small fortune is to start with a large fortune and trade FX.
  • kinger101
    kinger101 Posts: 6,573 Forumite
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    fatbeetle wrote: »
    That is what we were thinking,

    Whooosh! ,,,,
    "Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance" - Confucius
  • kinger101
    kinger101 Posts: 6,573 Forumite
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    Fools. The ideal time will be July this year because a number of factors will combine to make it so.

    If July this year isn't an option try previous years but make sure to hedge with a historical forward lock, back dated (of course!)

    It needs to be before the 18th of July though because of the meteorite.
    "Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance" - Confucius
  • Mistermeaner
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    You can hedge the meteorite by going short on whatever its made of. Several mil!ion tonnes of nickel landing on earth should reduce the price of galvanised steel considerably
    Left is never right but I always am.
  • fatbeetle
    fatbeetle Posts: 570 Forumite
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    Some good, and some funny replies guys, thanks. :-)
    “If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and who weren't so lazy.”
  • racing_blue
    racing_blue Posts: 961 Forumite
    Generali wrote: »
    A good way to make a small fortune is to start with a large fortune and trade FX.

    Precisely!

    Which is why the OP should just pay off the mortgage IMHO
  • michaels
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    You can hedge the meteorite by going short on whatever its made of. Several mil!ion tonnes of nickel landing on earth should reduce the price of galvanised steel considerably

    Good, a doomster thread. With the Ecuador quake following the Japan ones there is probably a slightly higher chance of there being a significant event elsewhere on the Pacific rim that might be somewhere very expensive to the insurance industry and markets
    in general.

    What would be the best way to hedge such a risk?
    I think....
  • kinger101
    kinger101 Posts: 6,573 Forumite
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    michaels wrote: »
    Good, a doomster thread. With the Ecuador quake following the Japan ones there is probably a slightly higher chance of there being a significant event elsewhere on the Pacific rim that might be somewhere very expensive to the insurance industry and markets
    in general.

    What would be the best way to hedge such a risk?

    By starting your own militia so when the world ends up in a state of anarchy, you'll be able to defend yourself. Stock plenty of freshwater as well, so you don't have do drink your own wee.
    "Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance" - Confucius
  • fatbeetle
    fatbeetle Posts: 570 Forumite
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    Bit the bullet, sent the cash.
    “If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and who weren't so lazy.”
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