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 […]
Do You Understand the Investment Adequately to Make Your Own Decision?
Understanding a prospective investment is critical before taking the plunge. And yet, most people make investments everyday that they don’t understand at all. We’re continuing our discussion on the important questions to ask yourself when doing due diligence. Today’s might point to the biggest reason most people do so poorly in their investing careers. You […]
Economic Outlook Inflation Points
We’re continuing a series of economic updates which we started last week, today’s will focus on inflation. We’ll look at the government’s multi billion dollar deficit, Americans reliance on government more than ever, the drop in private wages, and China’s selling of US Treasuries. These all indicate serious inflation on the horizon. We hope you […]
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 […]
Economic Outlook Stock Market Bubble Burst?
We’re continuing a series of economic updates which we started yesterday, today’s will focus on the possibility of an imminent stock market crash. Several economic indicators point towards a stock market crash. Things like extremely low volatility and a very high percentage of financial newsletter writer and mutual fund managers being bullish. Signs like these are usually […]
Economic Update on Recent Bank Failures
It’s been a while since our last Economic Update Video and today’s will focus on bank failures. I’ve been sick (or had allergies) for a couple weeks and so we have alot of economic news to cover because there’s been a tremendous amount going on in the world. We’ll be showing several videos in a […]
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 […]
More on Inflation, Deflation & Hyperinflation
We’ve been discussing inflation and deflation and today we’ll dig more into hyperinflation. If the world has figured out that buying our debt is a pyramid scheme and that they will be left holding nothing, they will no longer finance our massive deficit each year. This could happen in the blink of an eye 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 […]