It is very true of the hormones and GMOs genetically engineered crops. Normal chick to full grown takes 120 to 135 days, hormonal chicken takes 49 days to slaughter. And this is USA and why so many people are going to organic, reasons are why organic costs are more, they don't use poisons of pesticides and require more acreage for same amount of crops, some fruits I will never eat like strawberries that have a natural ability to take into the fruit of what is left on skin of the berry, fruits and veggies that have harder skin of outside can be peeled back does not allows get rid of the pesticides chemicals. Cattle is same way in feed lots as they are feed hormones to put on weight faster than natural. http://www.healthychild.org/produce-purification-101-can-washing-fruits-veggies-remove-pesticides/
Sure, why not? First step is to start to build a network. Get on linked in and START!! attend conferences, chat to folks here, GET CONNECTED Relationships are the lifeblood of the business. degrees, experience, and even deep knowledge are secondary
I will be short because this really is off topic. I live in Budapest http://welovebudapest.com/shops.and.services.1/budapest.s.best.markets organic food only http://welovebudapest.com/shops.and....and.markets.2/csorsz.utca.eco.market.biopiac Travel abroad,experience for yourself food,their culture and many other things.
Ignoramus. Its not stupidity, its experience. Several nations. Respect those who are wiser than you or you are doomed to suffer like a fool. If you don't believe me you can buy fecal bacteria test strips and see for yourself.
There are large parts of the USA I would consider Third World (or developing countries, i believe is the PC term).
I agree. And substantial parts of most cities. Thats why I told him to cook his own food even in the USA.
Wow -- 32 and already hitting The Midlife Crisis. That speaks very well for you. (IMO.) You sound like currently you have a bit of capital, and are not particularly tied down. You have some ideas, and are pushing them around in your mind, throwing it out to the general public (that'd be us...), and waiting to see what might precipitate out. Here's my thought: It costs about a dollar a mile (although much more can be spent). It is an exercise in self-sacrifice, simplification, and minimalization. "If the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail." This is my hammer. But there are many great Life Lessons from such an excursion that apply directly to life in general, and to trading in particular. http://www.warrendoyle.com/warren/ <== a "textbook" nomination..... There is much more mathematics to trading/investing than what we call Arithmetic -- if you feel comfort and gain intuition with graphs and basic scientific method, you could likely do well. A CDT "long walk" will take you down to your absolute roots. *Anything* that survives that sort of grinder is worth doing. (IMO.) It costs less to live for 6 months than a lot of "world destinations" travel/food for a week. It requires no passport, nor language lessons, but you will feel like a Stranger In A Strange Land (a fine reference, by the way). And if you screw up, you can get eaten. ("Don't screw up." [my advice.]) Gotta go.....
Hi, Oddly enough, I taught overseas for three years in Asia, so I agree that traveling abroad is great. Are you talking about doing Import/Export business there in those places? Thx!
Thanks again everyone for the great replies! As follow-up to my OP, I have been more of following the markets for the past 8 years, but never dove in full-throttle. I woke up today saying, "Whoa, I've been following the markets for this long and haven't made consistent returns? Yowzer, I failed!" Then I thought back to how much gambling I'd do with my stock positions and using 3x ETFs and crap stocks and then I thought, "Well, maybe it makes sense why I didn't always do well". Then I went overseas for a few years and didn't follow the markets much. But now I'm ready to invest for the long-term and will keep accumulating blue-chip stocks (diversified) such as UNP, DIS, WFC, XOM, LVS, T, etc. and hold them for a long time and DRIP the dividends and down the road use covered calls. All this talk about overseas...do people recommend investing internationally? Or trying to do Imp/Exp there? I know there are even foreign market ETFs to invest in...