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Trump Is Good at Getting Rich, But the Stock Market Is Much Better
New York Post ^ | August 20, 2015

Posted on 08/20/2015 2:18:46 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Maybe he should have put his money in stocks instead.

By the measure of success he holds most dear — wealth — Donald Trump has done well. Since 1987, when the real estate mogul published his best-seller “Trump: The Art of the Deal,” his net worth has jumped 300 percent to $4 billion, according to figures from wealth-tracker Forbes magazine.

Turns out, though, there was an easier way for Trump to add to his wealth than all the deal-making and TV shows — and far more effective.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Extended News; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: failure; trump
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If you look at the charts, he still underperformed, if he made the $10 billion he claims.
1 posted on 08/20/2015 2:18:46 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

It’s like this....

Stock Market vs Being a Prime Real Estate Landlord, which is better long run?


2 posted on 08/20/2015 2:19:57 PM PDT by SeekAndFind (qu)
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To: nickcarraway

What breed of dog did you have and why did he shoot it?


3 posted on 08/20/2015 2:19:59 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (TED CRUZ. You can help: https://donate.tedcruz.org/c/FBTX0095/)
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To: nickcarraway

Putz article. He actually built things, he made tough things happen.


4 posted on 08/20/2015 2:21:31 PM PDT by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but comSUrfmunists just ran for office)
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To: nickcarraway

My wife does day trading in the Asian markets. She can make a killing at but, there must be companies to invest in. DT provides a vehicle for people that do stocks to make money with. Investors and developers/producers/factory owners/businesses need each other and one could not exist without the other.

If there were no Trumps there would be no stock market


5 posted on 08/20/2015 2:22:52 PM PDT by Fai Mao (Genius at Large)
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To: DesertRhino

Correct. Trump is not shooting craps with paper. He is building institutions with bricks and mortar.


6 posted on 08/20/2015 2:23:23 PM PDT by Louis Foxwell (This is a wake up call. Join the Sultan Knish ping list.)
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To: nickcarraway

Stocks may be better, but they can also make you poor in a couple of hours.................


7 posted on 08/20/2015 2:25:51 PM PDT by Red Badger (READ MY LIPS: NO MORE BUSHES!...............)
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wealth-tracker Forbes magazine

Their most recent annual income report had Rush at $79 million, but Hannity only $25 million.

Howard Stern was even more than Rush.

8 posted on 08/20/2015 2:26:15 PM PDT by MUDDOG
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Oops. The Dow lost 358 points as of a few minutes ago. It went under 17,000.

;-)


9 posted on 08/20/2015 2:29:58 PM PDT by familyop (We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
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To: nickcarraway

Stock market gambler versus a man who actually builds things for the main street economy? A paper shuffler versus a builder of real things? A man sitting in front of his computer trading stock versus a man who employs real people in real job?

Only idiots can’t see the difference.


10 posted on 08/20/2015 2:33:24 PM PDT by entropy12 (Trump is incorruptible. He is the only one who can run a campaign without rich donors.)
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To: familyop

Check it on about Set 20th : )


11 posted on 08/20/2015 2:34:14 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: nickcarraway

What a stupid article.

When major stocks trade at 100x actual value, if Trump took them public he would most likely be a Trillionaire


12 posted on 08/20/2015 2:34:17 PM PDT by Melinator (my 2 cents)
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To: DesertRhino

Technically, the illegal immigrants who work for him build things.


13 posted on 08/20/2015 2:34:58 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: MUDDOG
Howard Stern was even more than Rush.

Not surprised.

Sirius had to pay him dearly to move off terrestrial radio, and into a subscription mode.

Stern made big money on Sirius stock options.

14 posted on 08/20/2015 2:37:02 PM PDT by cicero2k
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To: nickcarraway

if he made the $10 billion he claims.

He made a lot more than 10 billion. That is what he is presently worth.


15 posted on 08/20/2015 2:37:31 PM PDT by Leep (Cut the crap!)
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To: SeekAndFind

HEDGE FUND MANAGERS 2016!!!!!


16 posted on 08/20/2015 2:37:56 PM PDT by exist
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To: cicero2k

I was wondering if maybe Howard exercised some stock options that temporarily put him ahead of Rush.


17 posted on 08/20/2015 2:41:09 PM PDT by MUDDOG
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To: Leep

That’s simply not true. This is a man who admitted in a deposition he exaggerates his wealth, and that he bases it on, “how he feels.”


18 posted on 08/20/2015 2:42:18 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: SeekAndFind

We shall know is 7 or 8 weeks it seems.


19 posted on 08/20/2015 2:42:56 PM PDT by mad_as_he$$ (Section 20.)
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"Maybe he should have put his money
in stocks instead....."


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20 posted on 08/20/2015 2:44:19 PM PDT by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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