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How to make money from the Scottish referendum

Whether it's Yes or No, there will be changes to taxes and land reform — so invest accordingly

2 November 2013

9:00 AM

2 November 2013

9:00 AM

The best time to buy an asset is when no one else can stomach it. Great fortunes are made in uncertainty. The self-made rich aren’t the ones who hung around on the edge of an iffy situation thinking about the possible disasters. They’re the ones who calculated the odds and bought before anyone else was sure of the answers.

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Merryn Somerset Webb is editor-in-chief of MoneyWeek.

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