Is the Investment Insured or Collateralized? (Part 2)
We began on Friday looking at ways to insure or collateralize your investment. This is one of the most important ways to ensure that you will be getting your principle back! Today we’ll look at some concrete examples. One common example of this is seen in hard money lending. Hard money is used in all […]
Is the Investment Insured or Collateralized? (Part 1)
When making a new investment, most people never stop to think about what can go wrong because they’re so excited about the profits that they will earn. But spending time thinking about this (not in fear, but simply thinking through all the possibilities) is exactly the thing that can keep you from being in a […]
Is the Investment a One Time Only Opportunity or Will There be Future Opportunities?
When studying an investment, it’s important to know where this type of investment fits into your overall investing plans. In other words, will you be making similar investments to this one in the future or is this only a one time shot? An investment that is of a type or style where you know you […]
Scriptures Pertaining to the Kingdom of God
Here are some scripture we felt were strongly relevant to this topic, the Kingdom of God. We put them here for your reflection. “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and […]
Inflation can be far worse than Deflation… Hyperinflation!
How can Inflation be worse than Deflation? We described deflation Friday which you can read here, and that seems pretty awful! What’s worse? Hyperinflation! Let’s look at what inflation is, how it can affect you, its two causes, and what can push inflation into hyperinflation. The usual reason for inflation is an increase in the […]
Jesus Brings the Kingdom
When Jesus came, He entered a highly religious society. This was not a time like the one where people half thought about God’s Law and spent most of their time visiting temples to other gods. This was a society who knew their theology better than anyone. They knew God’s ways better than He did! They […]
What is the Value Proposition of the Investment?
Is it important that value be delivered to the marketplace when you’re considering investing in a company or enterprise? Do you understand what value is being delivered to the market and why that value is beneficial to others? These are important questions that are too often ignored by investors. Too often we get mesmerized by […]
Economic Update – Treasury Auction
In this economic update, we spend some time talking about a recent treasury auction that almost failed. There have been clear signs in recent months that the nations which we depend upon to finance our debt are no longer willing to do so. China & Japan have reduced their Treasury holdings, and a recent auction […]
Capitalizing on Unique Ability
We’re discussing ways to analyze investments. When discussing leverage, we touched on this next point, but let’s take it further. God made each person in this world absolutely unique. When a unique individual applies what he has been given in an effective way to the marketplace, something special is created. (Obviously it takes more than […]
A Kingdom Family of Priests
“To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood, 6and has made us to be a kingdom and priests to serve his God and Father—to him be glory and power for ever and ever! Amen.” (Revelation 1:6) God intended a kingdom of priests. He intended Man to be His […]