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which is correct? thank you He would be a rich man today if he had been more careful about his investment in the past. he would have been a rich man today if he had been more careful about his investment in the past.

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"He would have been a rich man today if he had been more careful about his investments in the past." The 3rd conditional works here. OR "If he was more careful about his investments in the past, he would be a rich man today." This would be the 2nd conditional.
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The second one..
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he would have been a rich man today if he had been more careful about his investment in the past. <- this
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would have been = Present Perfect, Conditional Mood

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