At the end of every month I am sharing with you some good things posted by fellow bloggers. So March is not an exception, the links are below (they all open in new window or tab):

• Alan reviews Power Forex Managed Account and offers a deal to join with low minimum.
• Lesley Scorgie shares her Frugal Fundamentals
• Is 10% return on equities a myth? Blueprint for Financial Prosperity has the answer.
• I-marketing has made a nice collection of free online forex trading courses.
• The Simple Dollar has so many great posts that it was very hard to pick one. But anyway, you must read at least this.

I was a bit hesitant if to present you these managed accounts at all. To be frank, I don’t think these guys are very professional. On the other hand their un-leveraged program has been bringing stable conservative ROI since 2006 which makes me think they must have a decent system. So, let me go ahead and present you the FX Street Managed Forex Account in short:

MAP 8304 CYCLE FX UNLEVERAGED

This is their conservative program running since 2006. The minimum investment here is $100,000 and the return since inception is 24.23%. This makes 1.62% monthly ROI – nothing hot, but stable if you can afford such big investment.

You can recognize the regular, ordinary, mediocre investors in a minute. They make money when the economy grows. They sell their shirts when the recession starts.

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Wanna be one of them?

I bet no. You beg to differ too. How to be a different, successful investor no matter on the current economical situation?

1. Buy at low times. I’ll keep saying this again and again. When everyone sells, you should buy. When the prices are falling, you should buy.

Just recently FXCM announced two new managed account services. Both of them accept minimum investment of just $1,000 which immediately makes them attractive for risk takers like you and me.

The details in really short:

SHORT-TERM OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM

Hypothetical performance for the last 12 months: 36.62% or 3% per month

Minimum account size: $1,000

SHORT-TERM OPPORTUNITY AGGRESSIVE PROGRAM

Hypothetical performance for the last 12 months: 83.72% or 7% per month

Minimum account size: $1,000

I said it will be short. For a more detailed information just visit FXCM page and have a look.

When was the last time when you lost money while investing?

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My first time was when I was sixteen. I invested in a “business” of selling post cards to tourist in a Summer resort. My investment wasn’t big as I had only to buy 10 pieces of each card, so it made something like 500 post cards. The business didn’t work out however so I had to close the “shop” (a table on the street) and go back home. I had about 200 cards left and I had the choice to either keep staying there day after day trying to sell them, or sell them discounted to my competition on the next street. I’ve chosen the latter. I lost money and learned that sometimes it’s better to sell out my positions at loss rather than to keep them and hope for the best. I had better things to do.

This pick is a bit different than most, because I won’t be talking about a specific opportunity. Unlike the most other picks, the opportunities here require higher capital investment. Well, at least most of them.

Even if you have not yet reached the point to have $50,000 – $100,000 or more, read this pick – you may find yourself interested to be on the other side of the game – i.e. the one who seeks funding.

It’s been few weeks since the last update on the managed trading accounts I am watching or using. If you consider joining some of them, have a look below and see if some of the information is important and can make up or change your mind.

FXFarEast firstly reviewed in October last year totally stopped showing their past performance. I have inquired them and hope to get a response soon (I’ll update this post then).

FXCM managed forex whose minimum was $1,000 is now accepting no less than $5,000. They had a third negative month in a row and the biggest drawdown so far – -7.90% in the Sentiment program and -15.70% in Sentiment aggressive. Painful, no doubts.

“I can’t invest in real estate because I am not rich.”

If that’s what you’re saying, you have a problem. And it’s not that you are not rich. The problem is that you think you must be rich to invest in real estate.

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The Myth About Real Estate Investing

It’s true that most real estate (RE) investors are big players who buy big properties or lands where to build commercial or residential property.

It’s true also that there are many small RE investors who manage to make profits even if their net worth is much less than the price of a single of their investment.

I keep digging for managed forex accounts again and again. And here is what I came up with this time. This one has sweet low minimum but nonetheless carries sweet risk.

FX Master Managed Forex Account

Minimum investment: $4,000

Date of inception: January 2006

Average monthly ROI: around 7.5%. Who knows why the ROI is based on combination of live and demo accounts and not only on live accounts.

Largest drawdown: -2%

This managed account is very attractive, I am only worried about the past results. I’d like to see longer real performance. If someone has an older account with them, please share how close to the reality is this 7.5% ROI.