What is a paper investor?
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it's usually a finacial backer..money or surety, no other kind of input. Another type is one who buys or deals in paper...like buying/selling options.
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You can read the answer at InvestorWords.com\n\nHere is the link for "shelf offering":\n\nhttp://www.investorwords.com/4538/shelf_offering.html
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In my own opinion, I think paper trading doesn't give you the right skill set of trading stocks.\n\nPratice using your own money - but only a little bit - and only play with money you can lose. Then you will know how real excitment is when you're winning, and how down and depressed you can feel if your stocks are down. Emotions play a large part in share trading. Not so much in stock investing.\n\nYou need to know your fundamentals but as a trader, charting and technical indicators are much more important.\n\nIt is good that you are mathematical and analytical. Gives you a higher chance of succeeding.\n\nWhat you need next are discipline in your trading and controllin emotions.
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There are two fund families that promote short selling strategies.\n  They are Rydex Funds, and Pro-Funds\n  Obviously the government permits it AS LONG AS THE CUSTOMER HAS BEEN INFORMED OF IT.  IT IS LISTED IN THE FUND PROSPECTUS.\n  Additionally, typical hedge funds participate in these actions.
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Zero. Seriously, institutional investors are precisely that: institutions set up to invest funds. They have highly professional staffs whose sole purpose is to evaluate different investment managers with whom they will place their money. Why on earth would they pay money to a "consultant" to do that?
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I have never heard of them. What type of investment are you looking to do?
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profitblist...  DUDE that's a not a word.\n\nMany aspects involving internetworked technologies can be lucrative investments.  Many websites are publicly traded entities, invest in the ones you use most, it may turn out millions of other customers feel the same way you do about them.  Note: Check Google's trading history.  Nice stock, everyone loves their search engine and extra info sources.\n\nComputer manufacturers like Dell, Apple are good long term investments, checks Apple's recent bump up due to the iPod explosion.\n\nLook for new items, technology, food, clothes and the like that are catching on fast in some cases you may have something hot and it could turn into a windfall in a good stock play.  \n\nGet help though, learn how and when to invest (Buy low, sell high) and be a student of the game as they say.\n\nGood luck.
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Check out Peter Lynch's "Beating the Street" -- It's a great book.  Basically, when you are buying a stock, you are buying part ownership of a company.  Lynch recommends that you keep this idea in mind, and put your money in companies that you know to be high quality.  Are you a computer geek?  If so, you'll probably know which Internet stocks are more promising than the average person, etc.
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Interesting question... but what's interesting is that institutional investors invest far more than that in a single company.  As for an individual willing to take on that risk, you see the answers written before mine.  I'll suggest something else: Shufflemaster (SHFL).
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Almost any investor will want to see a business plan that will lay out in some amount of detail what you are planning to do in the business, how you plan to make money, when you expect to start making money, and what the potential problems might be.  They basically want to see that you have put some thought into the venture and that they are comfortable with your assumptions.
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I have a fiend in Nigeria who would like to help you find an investor for a small fee.  He is a true fiend...\n(Please ignore the rude person below.)
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when the company sit around with alot of cash on their balance sheet, they don't know what to do, and they decided to give some of those money to share holders.  They want to kept investor happy.
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I'm a fan of Allied Capital (ALD).  One way for non-qualified investors to play the "Private Equity" game... with a Public stock?... well, you know what I'm talking about!
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Return on investment (ROI) is a standard measurement ratio used to find the relative attractiveness of various avenues of investment. The return is calculated on Compound Interest. \nCredit card interest rates should be calculated on Compound interest basis.
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I don't understand your term "investment" what are you investing in? \n\nYou should call the Better Business Bureau and tell them the name of the company, see what you can find out about them. Some are scams. Be careful.
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Any company that is publically traded. You buy a share (or more) of the company.
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HSBC appears to be a bank and not related with paper manufacturing.  Please define the purpose of such paper.