Making a career of investing at 32...?

TJamesHTX said:
Thanks for the reply! I definitely noticed that while I lived in Thailand; they often have a tribal mentality and say "farang" continuously. Granted farang just means westerner, but you can tell that there's the Thais, then there's non-Thais. I know that as a teacher in a public school, Thai students were more disrespectful to me than they would have been to a Thai teacher (private language schools though it was different). But, with that said, I still had good times while in Thailand. I hear Japan is the same way about either being Japanese or a Gaijin. During my time in Nam (Saigon) I noticed that the locals were curious about and overall liked Americans, but you always had to be careful about being overcharged.

That's cool to hear about your friend in Africa; That would be an interesting place to do business. Ditto with the middle east, although I figure I'd have to stay out of Saudi Arabia and Iran/Iraq due to safety concerns...?

Believe me, I can relate to what you said about the USA; I got laid off not to long ago from my corporate job and it's been jumping through a lot of hoops just to get interviews (which sucks).

I think too I can invest in frontier markets, but up to this point I've only bought and held VNM. The odd thing is, I remember going to night markets in Thailand and seeing wallets for around $2; It kinda piqued my interest as to whether they might sell back in the States.

How about getting into Supply Chain Management/Logistics? Might that open up opportunities to markets abroad?

Thanks again!
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Man Iran is DOPE ! Don't listen to what the dumb US media say. The women there are just magnificent, you can ski, you can party, nobody wears a hijab it's actually just a light scarf, life is just amazing in Iran. Have a look at instagram RichKidsOfTeheran.

The only reasons why Iraq is not so good these days is because of the US-led war, but beside that, Iraq used to be one of the first country to promote women's right, waaay before women were allowed to vote in Europe.

To be honest you can do anything in frontier market, but the question is with whom. In my case I got kind of lucky to discover most of these countries through clients of the firm I work for, and if I were to go there without them, I would probably think "what a shit hole...". So how do you become friend with fairly wealthy and well connected in frontier market > that is a good question and in my case it was pure luck. Maybe try with something less frontier like Dubai or Doha (or Beirut which is also amazing), go as a teacher there and you'll easily make friends.

Also keep in mind, in most of these places there's no need for "logistics" or "automation" etc. because labor is so cheap. In developed african countries the minimum salary is about 60$ a month. In the far-east and undeveloped African countries, it's about 20 - 25$ a month.
 
Wow ! CPA = certified public accountant ?

poorboy said:
At one time getting a series 7 license would get you a job right away. I don't know if it is still true.

Like with many careers, its more who you know than what you know.

Also like many careers, there is more money working for yourself than someone else. If you lack self confidence you will have a hard time of it. Most people will have no more confidence in you than you have in yourself. Private message me and I'll tell you a trick to help you get started.

A lot of states don't require any (or much) in the way of education / certification to become a financial adviser.

Some years ago I had need for a CPA license. I made my appointment before cracking open a book. Studied over the weekend and passed the test the following week.

A better route would be to ask yourself, what are you good at. Or more to the point, what can you convince others you are good at. Most people are cattle. You have to do all the thinking for them. Egotistical cattle, you also have to make them think it was their idea all along.

Good luck!
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