If You're Not Making Money Now, You Never Will

It's Boom Time. Across the board, business in our country has never been stronger. Strong employment. Strong retail sales figures. Overall growth that doubles official estimates. We're the world's largest exporter of iron ore and coal. Mining companies are getting the benefit of record prices driven by demand from all the BRIC countries: Brazil, Russia, India and China. In turn, they are spending record amounts of investment to accommodate even greater increases. This paper discusses the six things one can do short-term to make sure one is reaping good things far into the future.