The rich get richer and the poor get poorer is a saying that you hear all the time, but to be fair it is completely true, and if you look at society as a whole you will see exactly why this is the case.

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A lot of people have made excellent profits trading specific shares via spreadbets, CFD's or even through traditional channels where the actual shares are purchased, but I've personally found this year to be one of the toughest for making regular and consistent profits from short-term share trading.

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In the UK, statistics have shown that shares rise in the month of December around 80% of the time, and hence the term 'Christmas rally' being widely used around this time of the year. With this in mind I thought I'd start early this year and compile a list of 10 shares I think could rise strongly between now and 1 January 2008.

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