“Something wicked this way comes.” The financial circumstances in several sectors are unlike anything we’ve ever seen; and they’re all poised for catastrophe at the same time.
Tag: success
Net-negative Interest
A concept the Fed doesn’t get: “If your outflow exceeds your income, the upkeep will be your downfall.” -Bill O’Brien
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NOTICE: Status Change to PMA
A private membership association (PMA) is not anything new, but a very old and effective business structure which has fallen from popular consciousness.
Passive Income & Practicing What I Preach
You may have seen that during the 2020 slowdown in business activity I turned to old skill sets and created a t-shirt business. Four, if you’re counting stores, product themes, or work I did for clients running other businesses. Is that a departure from my financial services and education content? Not by any stretch of…… Continue reading Passive Income & Practicing What I Preach
Assembling the Puzzle Pieces
What’s been going on with all this confusion, conflict, and corruption? Harvey Schlanger pulls the pieces together on the table in front of you. What was in a pile dumped from an unassuming box, is fitted together in the single best explanation of coordinated efforts to overthrow the strongest nation on the face of the…… Continue reading Assembling the Puzzle Pieces
How to Prepare for Financial Crisis
What can be done to brace for a market crash? What did people need that they didn’t have in March of 2020? This is what individuals, households, businesses, and countries need to have but didn’t in the Spring of 2020: When the market lost 33% over the course of four weeks from February to March,…… Continue reading How to Prepare for Financial Crisis
Turn and Face the Strange
That first line from David Bowie’s Changes sums it up well, as does the other lines of the chorus: “Don’t want to be a richer man…just gonna have to be a different man…Time may change me, but I can’t trace time.” What follows are my notes on the following two videos and my periodic responses…… Continue reading Turn and Face the Strange
Testimonial Videos Premiere!
I have been wanting to include some of my best clients in video testimonials for prospective clients and for new clients to review and also share. When you find something good, something exceptional, it’s natural to want to share it with people close to you whom you care about. Each of the instructional videos I…… Continue reading Testimonial Videos Premiere!
The Thinly Veiled “Hedonic” Economy
As both mainstream media news, not-so-mainstream media news, and even our current administration tout the “strength” of our present economy, we must remember that they are measuring in units that are and have been a moving target of value. Even President Trump, who called out the misleading statistics published by the US Government as “Candidate…… Continue reading The Thinly Veiled “Hedonic” Economy
Time will tell… But don’t wait that long!
Although it’s my birthday today, I’m building a business and working on marketing that will attract new clients, so I don’t see that I’ll be taking much time to “celebrate”. I meet with friends regularly, and even had coffee with a friend planned this morning, but that got moved. In my opinion, true friendships aren’t…… Continue reading Time will tell… But don’t wait that long!
The Crypto-Currency, Gold Connection
Even with all the crypto-currency hype, nearly everyone was shocked at the 1,270.5% gains of crypto-currency flagship Bitcoin in the last year. Even more shocking, the distributive ledger technology that allows it to work is already outdated! If Moore’s law, an observation coined in 1965, that estimates the exponential advancement of technology as “the number…… Continue reading The Crypto-Currency, Gold Connection
Seasoned Professional, 10 Years to Retirement
This engineering professional had accumulated a good-sized 401(k) with a large public firm and had a desire to remove as much of his accumulated retirement wealth from the risk of any Wall Street market exposure as possible. The description on his account statement that he was “100% vested” lead him to believe that he was…… Continue reading Seasoned Professional, 10 Years to Retirement
Business Entrepreneur’s Education / Retirement Fund for Daughter
A business entrepreneur with a young, pre-teen daughter wanted to set up an account usable for college funding. While a 529 account might come to mind, once funds are placed into a 529 account the government stipulates, in return for tax-deferred status, the purposes to which both the capital and the gains can be applied. …… Continue reading Business Entrepreneur’s Education / Retirement Fund for Daughter
Grandfather with 5 Grandchildren, Age 85
A grandfather of five grandchildren and one great-grandchild inquired if I could assist him in setting up a wealth-transfer to his several grandchildren. “I have money in my bank account that I’m not using, am not likely to use, and am earning next to no return on!”, he stated, opening the discussion. “I want to…… Continue reading Grandfather with 5 Grandchildren, Age 85
2018’s Current Unseen Crisis
Embedded below are three of the best interviews that I have heard lately that sum up the extent and magnitude of the economic situation that we are currently in worldwide. In addition, I’ve added some of my own comments and perspective to try to bring those who aren’t at all familiar with the topic up…… Continue reading 2018’s Current Unseen Crisis
Young Single Professional Woman, age 26
The account with which we matched this young professional woman provided the ability to leverage a large sum of tax-free money available to her while allowing her to build wealth away from the market downturn exposure of Wall Street and at much better rates than those available from the banking industry. Both capital and…… Continue reading Young Single Professional Woman, age 26
The Game You Write Your Own Rules For…
Empowered to do what you’d like to do and to be who you’d like to be. All too often these days people, organizations, and ‘authorities’ are making all too many decisions ‘for your own good’. If you’d like to retain or recover more of the ability to make your decisions based on your own values,…… Continue reading The Game You Write Your Own Rules For…
Oh, Not So, Mr. Ramsey!
I agree with many things that Dave Ramsey says, this is one of those rare, yet glaring exceptions. On a Facebook Meme this morning, Dave Ramsey issued, “Debt is dumb. Cash is king.” Without further explanation, I must take an exception to this blanket statement. “Debt is dumb.” If you’re both broke and in-debt…… Continue reading Oh, Not So, Mr. Ramsey!
USAA and Fox’s Sean Hannity
USAA recently pulled its advertising from the Sean Hannity show on FOX’s news network due to the political content and thousands of clients are dropping their accounts! While it’s a good thing to recognize market extortion when you see it, and even more impressive to take a stand and react to it actively, many people…… Continue reading USAA and Fox’s Sean Hannity
Numismatic Coins vs. Precious Metals
Numismatic coins, valued for their rarity, beauty, and the perceived value of those that seek them, do not equate to the security of bullion; pure precious metals like gold, platinum, and silver. Precious metals all have more than one function, the first being as an instrument in trade as ‘money’. Metals have specific characteristics that…… Continue reading Numismatic Coins vs. Precious Metals
Dancing Under the Bubble Machine
On Tues., May 16, 2017 Michael Maloney released an important update to his subscribers detailing why current conditions indicate a coming market crash. He reviews market values, P/E ratios, margin amounts and other factors that indicate instability and a likely timeline for the impending event. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0Oz2R0u4VM
Simple, But Easy?
I can relate to hesitation about a belief in financial success. When I was younger I chose two careers that interested me greatly, but didn’t pay particularly well; music and photography. I enjoyed them both, and I was good enough at each to scratch a living from them, but financial success or excess was not…… Continue reading Simple, But Easy?
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