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Three rounds of stimulus packages have pumped more than $5 trillion of newly minted money into the financial markets. And if you look at the stock market and bitcoin’s price, it’s not hard to see where bored and novice investors are putting their stimulus checks. Since the stock market bottomed out last March in the […]

According to a recent Bankrate survey, more than half of Americans lose sleep over their finances – with healthcare, expenses, and saving for retirement among the biggest worries. This Bankrate survey was conducted in 2019 – before the COVID pandemic. Those numbers are undoubtedly higher now – a year after the start of the pandemic and one of the worst […]

The difference between the elite investors and the average retail investor is that the right time to invest is always now for elite investors. The retail investor is preoccupied with timing the market. They are always questioning whether there is a good time to be investing. Take the current Wall Street investing environment, for example. […]

If recent memory is any indication, we can expect to see a seismic shift where investors place their capital very soon. Recent patterns have shown investors’ drastic shifts from overvalued equities to under-valued tangible assets such as commodities, private businesses, and real assets once equities hit bubble territory. Two of the most recent examples were the dot-com […]

If I could name one factor, one defining differentiator that separates the rich from the middle-class, the rich accumulate wealth while the middle class accumulates toys. Everything else revolves around this one central theme. The person with the big house, the European cars, the fancy clothes, and the exotic vacations aren’t rich – they have […]

You would think that for all the great products he helped put out into the world that Steve Jobs would have been the wealthiest man in the world, but the truth is he wasn’t even in the top 40 of the wealthiest people at the time of his death. Apple, the company he co-founded and […]

In the ’80s, “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous” was a popular show on TV. Hosted by British TV personality Robin Leach, the show took viewers on a weekly tour of the extravagant lifestyles of wealthy entertainers, athletes, socialites, and business magnates. The lives of the rich and famous often seem glamorous, but the story that […]

Elite investors zig when everyone else zags. Right now, while everyone else is rushing into the two burning buildings that are the stock market and Bitcoin, wise investors are staying away. Why do smart investors ignore the noise? Because investments driven by market noise are not driven by a strong foundation. What constitutes a strong […]

What kind of investor are you? Are you like the millions of investors currently playing the stock market like Las Vegas – one of the growing armies who have helped day trading replace sports betting as America’s favorite pastime? Or are you more interested in long-term financial security? If you’re more of a speculator and hoping to […]

Everyone’s looking for one key or another that will unlock the door to any of a variety of human pursuits:  happiness, long life, weight loss, and riches. Many will search their entire lives and not find the keys they’re looking for – for whatever reason. The keys may be elusive. They may be unrealistic. For those […]