Two Types of Leverage
1) Leveraging relationships – Let’s say that you have assets to invest, but aren’t sure what to invest in. You have a friend who has expertise in a particular field but can’t capitalize on it as much as the potential is there for without more capital. You can each leverage what the other has to […]
When Analyzing an Investment, What are the Underlying Economic Principles that Make it Work?
Every investment opportunity, financial product, or business opportunity must take advantage of economic principles to be successful. It’s important for you to understand what these are so you have a basis for knowing the dynamics involved in bringing success to your overall financial planning. Whether you’re looking at a real estate, stock, bond, gold, silver, […]
Economic Update & Financial Forecast
Today we’re posting the first economic update video after shooting The Coming Storm in November. If you have not seen The Coming Storm, you can do so for free by clicking HERE. It is an in-depth look at the economic and spiritual season that we are entering. You really should make it a priority to […]
How Do You Decide if an Investment is Right for You?
It’s easy to decide not to invest in an investment opportunity if it doesn’t sound good right off that bat. But what if it does sound good? Most investments proposed to you will likely sound compelling or the person telling you about it wouldn’t be doing so. So how do you decide if you should […]
How Can You be a Better Investor?
We are starting a new series with the goal of making you a better investor. We expect this to be a long topic and perhaps it will actually be more like a series of topics, but wanted to give you an idea of where we’re going. We haven’t written this material yet, so it can […]
New Things are on the Way
We’re about to jump into a couple of new subjects here on the blog. We plan on starting two new series next week: stewardship and calling. The plan is to run a post from each series every other day. One of these series will be an array of topics aimed at helping you to be […]
How Does a Policy Loan Work?
When you take a policy loan, most companies will immediately charge you the cost of interest for the rest of your policy year. In other words, if you are 3 months into a new policy year and take a loan, you will be charged up front for nine months of interest. If you decided to […]
The Disadvantages of Policy Loans from Non-Direct Recognition Companies
Yesterday, we discussed the advantages of using a policy loan over a withdrawal to access your cash value within your whole life policy. Today, let’s look at the disadvantages to using a Policy Loan to access Whole Life Cash value, which are: There is a short term cost for the loan. In normal circumstances, for […]
The Advantages of Policy Loans from Non-Direct Recognition Companies
The advantages to borrowing from your life insurance company to access cash (in other words, to take a Policy Loan) are: Your present and future compounded cash value is not affected by the loan. Your death benefit and growth of future death benefit are not affected by the loan.
Policy Loans
It’s important to remember that a policy loan is a loan from the mutual insurance company from which you get your whole life policy, and not a loan from yourself (as a 401k loan typically is). If you don’t understand this, the following won’t make much sense. We feel like, in most cases, policy loans […]