Wisdom of Rich Dad

Instead of an unwanted present, why not choose a gift which will increase your friends’ and relatives’ potential wealth in 2011 and help them start the New Year in a more prosperous frame of mind?

Here’s a review of the best new publications around business, finance, marketing and networking, and who they would be most suitable to give to as presents.

For the beginner investor: Investing in Shares for Dummies by Isabelle Kassam. All you need to know when starting out in the stockmarket.

For the experienced investor: The Naked Trader: how anyone can make money trading shares by Robbie Burns. Cult trader opens up his secrets to the mass market.

For the teenagers in your life: Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert T.Kiyosaki, the book is subtitled “What the rich tecah their kids – that you can learn too”.

This offers some out-of-the-box thinking on why most people never manage to hold on to their money in life. It is a good read for anyone who wants to take a different view on working and investing over their lifetime.

For the busy investor: The Automatic Millionaire by David Bach. The book describes how to set up a regular savings plan for pensions and long term-investments so that you can be rich in retirement with almost no effort.

For a female relative: Sheconomics by Karen Pine and Simonne  Gnessen. A wake-up call for women to take responsibility for their own finances with top tips on how to sort out your money, whether you are married or not.

For anyone interested in alternative living: The Moneyless Man – A year of Freeconomic living by Mark Boyle. A former businessman’s experiment in living without cash for a year – including a cash-free Christmas.

For the small business owner: 33 Million People in the Room by Juliette Powell. The social networking bible for SMEs, individuals, and online entrepreneurs.

For the family man or woman: The Which? Guide to Financing Your Child’s Future by Viriginia Wallis.

A helpful guide for parents of young and school-age children on ways to save for the long term financial benefit of your offspring

Emma Watson shot to fame as the bookish but adventurous trainee wizard, Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter films, based on the books by JK Rowling. Since then, she has evolved to become an in-demand fashion icon and model in a relatively brief period of time. Her most recent success has been helping to transform the fortunes of Burberry.

In 2008, the Daily Mail reported that Watson was given access to a £10.5m fortune, a result of her fees from the Potter films, on her 18th birthday.

But despite her riches, she reportedly then still using public transport.

In the two years since then, her wealth has leapt forward again. In the 2010 Sunday Times Rich List she was placed 10th with £22m and her co-star Rupert Grint, who plays Ronald Weasley, was 12th with £20m.

The star’s true progression was revealed in February this year, when at 19, she was named Hollywood’s highest paid actress – toppling perhaps more established actresses such as Angelina Jolie and Cameron Diaz in the financial stakes. She is reported to have earned £10m for the final duo of instalments of the Harry Potter series.

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The phenomenon of regifting – saving money by passing on unwanted Christmas presents to others – is said to be booming among recession-hit families.
Until now it has been mainly an American practice, pioneered in the 1980s by First Lady Nancy Reagan and highlighted in the sitcom Seinfeld. But research has found that half of Britons see nothing wrong with it.

Psychologists at the University of Hertfordshire quizzed more than 600 men and women about their attitudes to giving and receiving presents.

Lead researcher Professor Karen Pine said: ‘An awful lot of people don’t see anything wrong with passing on a present they don’t like to someone else.

‘In a recession you might say it’s more economically sensible to do that.’

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This article is about five fun high paying jobs. Of course, high pay is relative. Jobs that are fun are relative also. However, mixing the two together can be fun. Five high paying jobs that are fun consist of doing something you enjoy and making the bills to fit your lifestyle.

Review this list of five fun jobs with high pay and see if they fit into your liking and pay range. Finding the combination of fun and high pay can be difficult. This article ,though, will bring you five fun jobs that do come with high pay. Check it out and decide for yourself.

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