Based on the performance of several investments I am watching (many of them are reviewed in the Picks category) I would advice against investing in them at the moment.

Here are they:

1. GalleonFX. This year their performance is pathetic. Since my investment in July 2007 I am not in profit, but in 30% loss. See the full review about them.

2. TradeWindowFX. I don’t have particular reason to suspect them, but then don’t update their performance for months. Not very professional. Read the full review here.

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As my guest post has just been published on Generation X Finance blog, I wish to welcome the fellow readers coming from it.

If you just arrived here, let me shortly introduce you The Shark Investor. This is an investment and personal finance blog with a stronger focus on aggressive investing.

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I don’t often participate in blog carnivals, neither bother you much with them, but this one has some real value. Visit the carnival at USNews and note that my real estate post was also included.

You’ll see some posts of the best personal finance bloggers there, so it’s worth reading. Almost as good as my monthly “link love” selection *grin*.

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Here are this month’s best blog entries about investing and finances. If you have something better, let me know in the comments.

The Simple Dollar is intriguing as always and writes How Consumer Culture Undermines Children’s Well Being. Nice stuff.

The Silicon Valley Blogger thinks it’s time to shift to frugal living. What’s your take?

The super cool blogger Punny Money thinks that budgets are overrated. Your drawings rock, mate.

My Dollar Plan gives 10 ways to eat out for less. 11th tip from me is to eat less outside.

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It has been more than six month since this blog started and I think it’s time to know more about you. Why are you reading this blog, what do you want to find? We all struggle to achieve better financial situation, but there are different difficulties for every one. Now I want to know yours.

Please choose from this poll up to 3 major problems that make your way to financial success harder. And know that I am asking this for a reason - I have something in mind and will share it with you very soon.

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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.

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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.

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Although I don’t like playing the money game with pennies, I am a pretty frugal fellow, so I enjoyed reading Eight Sure-Fire Ways to Sock Away $100 published by Free Money Finance. And while on saving, check out the two secrets with instant gratification as suggested by Blueprint for Financial Prosperity.

Buffet seems to read my blog *grin*. When the market falls he is buying stocks.

The Canadian Capitalist has revisited high interest savings accounts.

The DINKs ask how bad is inflation really. Pretty bad, but only if you can’t beat it - I would say.

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If you have read the Forex Signals Tutorial and my first impressions about Millennium Traders, you have figured out that I really liked them. I still think that moderator guy JT knows his stuff, although the end of January and beginning of February has been quite poor for my trading with them. There were mostly signals which were hitting the stop loss and the few good ones didn’t make anything more than 10 - 20 pips.

The thing which worried me most and made my decision to stop using them was the stats on their home page. Even in the bads week the forex trading room the stats keep showing positive results.

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I read a lot of investment blogs, but don’t necessarily expect you to do the same. So I will occasionally select the most interesting stuff published out there and give you short remarks and links. If you are a blogger too, let me know when you publish something that can be related to aggressive investing.

• Saving is one of the ways to obtain money for investing. The Clever Dude is proposing 3 ways to do it - first, second, third.
• Elle wonders if the technology is pushing us further into debt. And debt and investing rare go hand in hand (unless done the right way)

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