Cash is Trash- $100 shrinks to $47 in 10 years (purchasing power)

Send us a textSeason 2 Episode #25 Not Me, But You! Podcast. If you enjoy my content, and want to support this podcast, click the referral link for I Trust Capital dot com. Currently, this is the only place I know of on planet Earth where you can buy/sell Bitcoin (and other crypto) plus gold/silver INSIDE of an IRA. I have a ROTH IRA at I Trust Capital dot com. Click link here: https://itrustcapital.com/?referral_id=AAWC4U&utm_source=RAFHow inflation causes the "purchasing power" of our currency to decline rapidly over time. This phenomenon is why "storing" your wealth in cash is trash! It's a bad idea, because your pile of money, in 10 years, will buy much, much less than it will today. I use the example of how $100 sitting in a bank account, for 10 years, will only buy you $47 worth of stuff (non interest bearing to demonstrate how inflation erodes purchasing power of money). Use your favorite search engine online and research the history of Rome and how Rome kept debasing their money, which led to their eventual downfall. If you want to be able to afford to retire one day, then you have to buy/hold assets that beat the rate of inflation. Grow your cash flow (dividend stocks).  Grow your pile of money (growth stocks, Bitcoin) If you dividend stocks price per share drops, don't panic. Dividend stocks are like dairy cows! Just keeping adding more cows to the farm and continue to "harvest" milk (A.K.A dividend money). It's important to hold assets that will match and/or beat the true rate of inflation. By doing this, you will preserve purchasing power of your "pile of money." My favorite platform to use when buying/selling stocks/ETF's/closed end funds is Schwab. com. I love using their phone app and their website on my desktop. Plus they have excellent customer service! When I call, I easily get to speak with a human being! Have courage today, to pick one thing, and work on your dreams. I'm not a financial advisor. This podcast is for education/entertainment purposes only. You will need to do your own research and accept responsibility for the results of any money you choose to invest. I love using Schwab.com to buy/sell stocks/ETF's/closed end funds/options. Schwab has a very user friendly app/website and their customer service is excellent. I can easily get to speak to a human being whenever I have questions.

Send us a textSeason 2 Episode 24 of Not Me, But You! Podcast. If you enjoy my content, and want to support this podcast, click the referral link for I Trust Capital dot com. Currently, this is the only place I know of on planet Earth where you can buy/sell Bitcoin (and other crypto) plus gold/silver INSIDE of an IRA. I have a ROTH IRA at I Trust Capital dot com. Click link here: https://itrustcapital.com/?referral_id=AAWC4U&utm_source=RAFThere is a changing of the guard coming January 20th 2025. The USA will have a new president that day. Politics can influence financial markets. Be aware of these significant political changes, but don't spend a large amount of time focussing them. Instead, make your focus researching/buying/holding assets. The more assets you acquire, the closer you are to retiring from your job/career, if you choose to. You don't have to retire. But, in life, it's nice to have options. What are your two largest bills each month? For most people it's housing (mortgage or rent) and food. Also some form of transportation like a car payment is likely a significant bill in your budget. What if you could eliminate ONE of these large payments each month? If you could, then you would have that "payment" available in your budget to buy assets! Poor people buy things. Wealthy people buy assets. I cover a post from Fred Krueger on X on in this episode. I also cover articles you will find online that claim to name "ultra high yield" dividend stocks. Be careful! If you aren't earning a yield that is at least 8% a year, then you aren't keeping pace with the true rate of inflation. Many successful investors, I have found, suggest making at least 14%/year so that you are offsetting the effects of inflation on prices which will rise over time. We all need to, at times, police our monthly budgets. Know WHAT you are spending money on. Can you temporarily make that bill go away? If yes, then you have found extra money within your budget to go buy assets with. I'm not a financial advisor. This podcast is for education/entertainment purposes only. You will need to do your own research and accept responsibility for the results of any money you choose to invest. I love using Schwab.com to buy/sell stocks/ETF's/closed end funds/options. Schwab has a very user friendly app/website and their customer service is excellent. I can easily get to speak to a human being whenever I have questions.

Send us a textWelcome to Season 2 Episode #23 of Not Me, But You! Podcast.This is the last episode of 2024. We are about to turn the page on a new year in 2025. The future looks bright. But we have to pay attention to our cash flow. Understand that cash flows...two different directions. Cash can flow toward you (like dividend income) or away from you (the money that you spend- give to someone else). In my opinion, most people don't have enough cash flow when they are ready to retire. But they don't teach investing in school, after all. We have to learn it on our own. But if you have a smart phone/internet connection, then you already have all the access you need to learn how to become wealthy. But we need to buy/hold the correct type of assets that will give us an ROI(return on investment) that at least matches the true rate of inflation (8%) or better yet beats the true rate of inflation. Buy/hold assets. Look to cut your expenses, even if it's temporary. Have a general budget and be aware how/where you are spending your money each month. Pay close attention to your actual ROI, your rate of return, the percentage that you are earning on "your pile of money." The rate that you earn, is very, very, very important. Warren Buffet quote: If you don't find ways to make money while you sleep, then you will work until the day you die. I use Charles Schwab as one of my trading platforms. I like them because their app is easy for me to use on my phone. And they have awesome, awesome, awesome customer service. I can easily call and speak with a human being! Use your favorite search engine and learn about Blackrock.  Find out what they tell their financial customers. If you want to become rich, then study what rich people do, then go copy it. Rinse/repeat until you are wealthy. It's also important to take care of yourself. Develop good habits to so that you can remain healthy enough to enjoy your wealth. Eat healthy food and get regular exercise. And de-clutter your living space. We often collect things and then don't use them much. Donate, sell, etc some items that you no longer care about owning or simply have not used in the last 6 to 12 months. Buy some assets on a regular basis. Buy assets on a schedule. And build your cash flow every month. Remember that the true rate of inflation is more like an increase of prices of 8%/year. Have courage today, and pick one thing, and work on your dreams. I'm not a financial advisor. This podcast is for education/entertainment purposes only. You will need to do your own research and accept responsibility for the results of any money you choose to invest. I love using Schwab.com to buy/sell stocks/ETF's/closed end funds/options. Schwab has a very user friendly app/website and their customer service is excellent. I can easily get to speak to a human being whenever I have questions.

Send us a textWelcome to Season 2 Episode #22 of Not Me, But You! Podcast. If you enjoy my content, and want to support this podcast, click the referral link for I Trust Capital dot com. Currently, this is the only place I know of on planet Earth where you can buy/sell Bitcoin (and other crypto) plus gold/silver INSIDE of an IRA. I have a ROTH IRA at I Trust Capital dot com. Click link here: https://itrustcapital.com/?referral_id=AAWC4U&utm_source=RAFIn just 20 minutes, I break down owning shares of Coca-Cola stock (ticker symbol KO)  compared to owning Bitcoin, over the past 12 months. I cover what the total ROI was for each asset in 2024. And I adjust for the true rate of inflation which runs about 8% a year. I explain what I would own and why. If investing and making consistent profit was easy, then everyone would already be rich. Investing and doing it well, over time, is hard. But when you know HOW to evaluate an asset BEFORE you invest, I believe this information gives you an advantage. Share price appreciation on ticker symbol KO from January 2024 to about July of 2024 was about 11% ROI. The price/share in January 2024 was about $58/share. The stock price topped out in July around $73/share. And at the end of December 2024, the share price had fallen to around $63/share. KO also pays about a 3% dividend every 12 months. So total return was 11% plus 3% equals 14% (minus true rate of inflation which is 8%). So total inflation adjusted return to KO...6% for investing your money in KO stock for 12 months in 2024. Compare that to Bitcoin which does not pay a dividend but delivered a staggering 126% ROI in 12 months in 2024! Can you pick the bigger number? Which is bigger? 14% or 126%?! Have courage today, to pick one thing, and work on your dreams. I'm not a financial advisor. This podcast is for education/entertainment purposes only. You will need to do your own research and accept responsibility for the results of any money you choose to invest. I love using Schwab.com to buy/sell stocks/ETF's/closed end funds/options. Schwab has a very user friendly app/website and their customer service is excellent. I can easily get to speak to a human being whenever I have questions.

Send us a textWelcome to Season 2 Episode #21Merry Christmas! I believe the future looks bright. I wish you blessings and health and wealth in 2025. And thank you for listening. I appreciate all of downloads. I share one of my favorite life  quotes in this episode from Theodore Roosevelt. And I talk about how my family and I both celebrate and reflect on life at this time of year. I feel blessed which implies I believe in a higher power, a being separate from me, who I know has helped both me/family in life. This podcast is not about religious conversion. I'm simply telling you what I believe and why. As always, you make up your own mind about what you choose to both think/believe. I also ALMOST shared another quote from Warren Buffet. But I messed up! I forgot to give the quote in the episode! So here it is: If you don't figure out ways to make money while you sleep, you will work until the day that you die!  Please don't let that be you...working until the day that you die (because you have to!). Now if you CHOOSE to work until the day that you die because you enjoy work that much, then go for it. But my ultimate goal that I hope/pray that I inspire you to achieve is for you reach a point where you have OPTIONS in life. Thank you again, and wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and much success in the days to come. Become as rich as you can, and then go help/inspire others! In my opinion, that's a big part of what life is about! As always, have courage today, to pick one thing, and work on your dreams! I'm not a financial advisor. This podcast is for education/entertainment purposes only. You will need to do your own research and accept responsibility for the results of any money you choose to invest. I love using Schwab.com to buy/sell stocks/ETF's/closed end funds/options. Schwab has a very user friendly app/website and their customer service is excellent. I can easily get to speak to a human being whenever I have questions.

Send us a textWelcome to Season 2 Episode #20 of Not Me, But You! Podcast. If you enjoy my content, and want to support this podcast, click the referral link for I Trust Capital dot com. Currently, this is the only place I know of on planet Earth where you can buy/sell Bitcoin (and other crypto) plus gold/silver INSIDE of an IRA. I have a ROTH IRA at I Trust Capital dot com. Click link here: https://itrustcapital.com/?referral_id=AAWC4U&utm_source=RAFIt's been a volatile week where we saw the price of Bitcoin dip below $100K to $93K. Investing is emotional. To be a successful investor IS difficult. But with consistent effort and struggling through times of self doubt, the reward is well worth it! I have learned that some of the most successful investors have learned to to take asymmetric bets on investments that do involve risk, but the potential payoff if huge! Some of you are doubters. And that's OK. But some of you have a closed mind and THINK that you already know everything that YOU need to know about Bitcoin. But when in reality, you are bonehead and don't fully understand/appreciate how investing in Bitcoin can benefit your life. No matter what you choose to invest in (stocks, cryptocurrency, precious metals, real estate) the MAIN thing we need to do is to continue to buy/hold assets that help us beat (outperform) the TRUE rate of inflation. Some of you who are boneheads ONLY listen to alleged so called "experts." And I tell the story of "experts" who in the past told us that investing in Nokia was better than investing a company called Apple! Shocking, but true. Instead of listening only to "experts" instead, do your own research and find great assets to buy/hold which will change your life! If someone cleans toilets for a living or is CEO of a company, I can learn from both individuals. I don't really care about what your title is in life, I evaluate the information that you choose to share with me. If you are in debt, then you can formulate a plan to get out of debt. But realize, once you are debt free, you are sitting at ZERO in terms of your net worth. I want to see you not ONLY get out of debt but ALSO build wealth so that you can afford to retire one day. Your TIME, not your money is your most valuable asset. When you have control over your time, you are truly a free individual. Am I suggesting you ONLY invest in Bitcoin? No, I'm not. But you will do very well if you invest in growth stocks, dividend stocks, AND Bitcoin! If you doubt this, then please search this name: Michael Saylor. He is billionaire who invests in Bitcoin. Or search "Blackrock" and find out why the largest money manager on the planet is offering a spot Bitcoin ETF to their clients. And find out why Blackrock is now suggesting that their clients have a percentage of their portfolios invested in Bitcoin! Use the free website: stock analysis dot com. And research MSFT and BCAT. Which stock has a higher dividend yield? One website you can use to do your own research is: The Case For Bitcoin. Draw your own conclusion. Have courage today, to pick one thing, and work on your dreams. I'm not a financial advisor. This podcast is for education/entertainment purposes only. You will need to do your own research and accept responsibility for the results of any money you choose to invest. I love using Schwab.com to buy/sell stocks/ETF's/closed end funds/options. Schwab has a very user friendly app/website and their customer service is excellent. I can easily get to speak to a human being whenever I have questions.

Send us a textWelcome to Season 2 Episode #19 of Not Me, But You! Podcast. If you enjoy my content, and want to support this podcast, click the referral link for I Trust Capital dot com. Currently, this is the only place I know of on planet Earth where you can buy/sell Bitcoin (and other crypto) plus gold/silver INSIDE of an IRA. I have a ROTH IRA at I Trust Capital dot com. Click link here: https://itrustcapital.com/?referral_id=AAWC4U&utm_source=RAFHow do you define wealth? I consider someone wealthy who has enough cash flow (income) to pay all of their bills every month with money left over. Almost half of Americans find that once they are retired, they cannot afford to remain retired. So they return to the work force. This situation/trend is likely due to people underestimating how inflation will cause prices to rise once they are retired. What is your retirement strategy in relation to your "pile of money?" Are you planning on withdrawing 4% from your total pile each year and live on that amount of money? Or are you investing in assets that will pay you monthly/quarterly cash flow (income)? I prefer to use the cash flow approach because then I can get cash flow until the day I die! I can never "out live" my pile of money. Poor people buy things. Rich people buy/hold assets. You may have to change the way that you think. In life, we often benefit from retraining our brains. You can change your life in 4 years. I use Charles Schwab to buy/sell/hold both growth stocks/dividend stocks that pay me cash flow on a schedule. Their site/app are great. Their customer service is fantastic. Buy/hold assets if you want to create your own pension income and if you want to become wealthy. Study what wealthy people do, then go copy it! You can do this. Have courage today, to pick one thing, and work on your dreams. I'm not a financial advisor. This podcast is for education/entertainment purposes only. You will need to do your own research and accept responsibility for the results of any money you choose to invest. I love using Schwab.com to buy/sell stocks/ETF's/closed end funds/options. Schwab has a very user friendly app/website and their customer service is excellent. I can easily get to speak to a human being whenever I have questions.

Send us a textWelcome. Season 2 Episode #18. Not Me, But You! Podcast. If you enjoy my content, and want to support this podcast, click the referral link for I Trust Capital dot com. Currently, this is the only place I know of on planet Earth where you can buy/sell Bitcoin (and other crypto) plus gold/silver INSIDE of an IRA. I have a ROTH IRA at I Trust Capital dot com. Click link here: https://itrustcapital.com/?referral_id=AAWC4U&utm_source=RAFYes Big Mac's at Mcdonalds will cost $60 per sandwich one day! Why? Due to inflation which causes prices to rise over time. A basic vehicle may cost $250,000. The prices of everything will rise dramatically in the future. Am I trying to depress you? No. But we should, as investors, prepare for retirement by buying/holding assets that outpace the true rate of inflation. Successful investing, over the long term, requires courage and consistency. If it was super easy, then everyone would be rich! But we must make our goal to buy/hold assets that outpace the true rate of inflation. That is our main goal. Next we have to ask ourselves, "What is our goal? Do we want growth? Do we want to build cash flow?" Depending on your goal, helps determine what type of asset you want to buy/hold. And what is your plan for your pile of money when you retire? Do you want to withdraw 4% every year (draw down on the principle)? Or do you want to preserve the principle and simply live off the cash flow (interest that the pile of money produces) ? Wealthy people buy/hold assets. Poor people buy things. And wealthy people their MOST valuable asset, that they can only spend one time, IS time! Yes, time, is your most valuable asset. Not your 401K, not your 403B, not your stock portfolio, not your crypto currency wallets, not your real estate etc. More than anything, I believe, that most people retire, without enough cash flow! So I stress buying/holding high yield dividend stocks. And I believe that most people are unaware of the true rate of inflation that will cause the price of everything that they buy, over time, to increase dramatically. People who disagree with me will be fine in retirement, as long as they don't outlive their pile of money! What if you live longer than you expected? What is your personal costs rise much quicker than you expected? What if you have to keep increasing the percentage of your pile of money that you have to withdraw to live on each year? Food for thought. And this is why I stress CASH FLOW over just accumulating a big pile of money to retire with. Did you buy any assets today? Have courage today, to pick one thing, and work on your dreams. I'm not a financial advisor. This podcast is for education/entertainment purposes only. You will need to do your own research and accept responsibility for the results of any money you choose to invest. I love using Schwab.com to buy/sell stocks/ETF's/closed end funds/options. Schwab has a very user friendly app/website and their customer service is excellent. I can easily get to speak to a human being whenever I have questions.

Send us a textWelcome. Season 2 Episode #17.  Not Me, But You! Podcast. Consider leaving a 5 star review. Follow us on Spotify. If you enjoy my content, and want to support this podcast, click the referral link for I Trust Capital dot com. Currently, this is the only place I know of on planet Earth where you can buy/sell Bitcoin (and other crypto) plus gold/silver INSIDE of an IRA. I have a ROTH IRA at I Trust Capital dot com. Click link here: https://itrustcapital.com/?referral_id=AAWC4U&utm_source=RAFIf you want to become wealthy, then first study/learn what wealthy people do. Learn HOW they think about money. Educate yourself on the strategies that they utilize. Investing is NOT the same as gambling. But it does involve calculated risk. The only way I want to walk into a casino, is if I own the casino! What is the golden rule? He/she who holds the gold, gets to make all of the rules! Wealthy people buy/hold assets. Poor people buy things. Wealthy people treat their money like employees that they need to manage in order to obtain a desired result (make profit/increase cash flow). Two to three years ago, Solana (crypto coin) was costing $9 to $20/coin. Today? Solana is worth $200/coin! How is that ROI? Pretty good right? Is it better than investing in the S&P 500? Our main goal, as successful investors is to beat the TRUE rate of inflation with our investments. By beating the rate of inflation, we actually build true wealth and "get ahead" in life. If we only MATCH the true rate of inflation (about 7% to 8% per year) then all we are doing is "treading water" in terms of the "purchasing power" of our pile of money! What is the buy, borrow, die strategy that wealthy people utilize? And how does using this strategy save wealthy people from paying additional taxes on their gains? I cover this strategy in this episode. How will the USA developing a "strategic Bitcoin reserve" in 2025? What is you were holding enough Bitcoin, that you could take a loan against it? Would you owe taxes on your Bitcoin gains by doing this? Have courage today, to pick one thing, and work on your dreams. I'm not a financial advisor. This podcast is for education/entertainment purposes only. You will need to do your own research and accept responsibility for the results of any money you choose to invest. I love using Schwab.com to buy/sell stocks/ETF's/closed end funds/options. Schwab has a very user friendly app/website and their customer service is excellent. I can easily get to speak to a human being whenever I have questions.

Send us a textSeason 2 Episode #16 of Not Me, But You! Podcast. If you enjoy my content, and want to support this podcast, click the referral link for I Trust Capital dot com. Currently, this is the only place I know of on planet Earth where you can buy/sell Bitcoin (and other crypto) plus gold/silver INSIDE of an IRA. I have a ROTH IRA at I Trust Capital dot com. Click link here: https://itrustcapital.com/?referral_id=AAWC4U&utm_source=RAFMath makes my brain hurt! I don't understand money or investing! Do you know how many times I've heard people say things like this? Too many times to count. But there is hope for you if you feel this way. You might feel that you can't ever learn how to invest on your own. The truth is: anyone can learn to invest and all you need is your smart phone and some courage. Believing you can learn something that you THINK you're bad at can be life changing. You can do this! Why do you need to invest/buy assets/hold assets? Answer: Because that is what wealthy people do. If you want to also be wealthy, you must buy assets, not things! There won't be any complicated math formulas or tough to understand/interpret charts talked about in this episode. Just very easily understood honest explanations about basic investing concepts. You can create your own "pension" where you have enough cash flow every month so you have the option to leave your current job and retire, or keep working. The ultimate choice is yours. If you can afford to NOT work and still pay your bills every month with money left over, then I consider you "wealthy." You can learn how to invest using your phone because you already know about prices. You know how much basic things in life cost. And armed with that knowledge you can learn to use your phone to buy/hold assets and eventually become wealthy. Have courage today, to pick one thing, and work on your dreams. I'm not a financial advisor. This podcast is for education/entertainment purposes only. You will need to do your own research and accept responsibility for the results of any money you choose to invest. I love using Schwab.com to buy/sell stocks/ETF's/closed end funds/options. Schwab has a very user friendly app/website and their customer service is excellent. I can easily get to speak to a human being whenever I have questions.