We decided to create this video to illustrate the difference between how money actually grows, and what Wall Street Illustrates. We often refer to average rates of return, when actual growth NEVER equals average growth. The average is always less… check it out.

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The Private Reserve Strategy

by admin on January 12, 2012

The Private Reserve Strategy, or the banking concept, illustrates three fundamental differences in how we handle major capital purchases, or a purchase that cannot be paid for, in full, from your monthly cash flow. The way you handle these major purchases can result in a variety of future outcomes.

The Debtor
When the debtor needs to make a major capital purchase, he leverages his future earnings to pay for the purchase now. He is always in debt to someone else and never earns interest and never saves dollars. He constantly falls below a zero balance and works constantly to pay back his debts and get back to a zero balance. Not only does this individual lose interest, but also loses the opportunity for those lost dollars interest dollars to earn future interest.

The Saver
The Saver handles his finances a little bit differently. He too makes a payment, a payment to himself, in order to save for his major capital purchase. He avoids paying interest, but every time he makes a purchase he drains his savings- setting him back to zero. His strategy is defensive, and he never takes advantage of compound growth.

The Wealth Creator

I would like to introduce you to the Wealth Creator. The Wealth Creator realizes the value of compound interest and never wants to set himself back to a zero balance. Just like the saver, the wealth creator saves money into his own account for those major capital purchases. We will call this account his private reserve. Unlike the saver, the wealth creator knows that if he empties his private reserve he will start back at zero, so he utilizes other people’s money to continue to employ the benefits of compound growth. He collateralizes that reserve to access capital for his purchase. By doing so, he knows that the compound growth will always increase his reserve substantially more than the interest expense on the money borrowed. His money never stops compounding, and he guarantees himself a substantial amount of money in the future, while providing the money necessary for his major capital purchases today. He creates far more value than the Saver and The Debtor.

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Banks Place Billions of Dollars in Life Insurance

January 12, 2012

Here is a quick video showing you how to navigate the FDIC website in order to find out how much money the banks in America are placing in cash value life insurance. The dollar figures you see will amaze you.

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Government Spending: A Real Look At A Trillion Dollars

January 4, 2012

At Wealthononomics we discuss a lot of topics, but the one that everyone is extremely familiar with is government spending. We hear about it all the time on the tv, radio, etc. When we talk about our debt, we talk about trillions of dollars, but to most, a trillion dollars is nothing more than a [...]

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Debt In Perspective – The Startling Truth

December 15, 2011

I recently received an email in which our national debt was broken down to a level that really hits home. Here is how it went. • U.S. Tax revenue: $2,170,000,000,000 • Fed budget: $3,820,000,000,000 • New debt: $ 1,650,000,000,000 • National debt: $14,271,000,000,000 • Recent budget cuts: $ 38,500,000,000 Let’s now remove 8 zeros and [...]

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IRA Alternatives

December 13, 2011

If you are like millions of Americans you are working hard to save money for retirement in an IRA, 401(K) or other government sponsored plan. I would also imagine that you are sick and tired of watching your hard earned money disappear before your eyes. So what is the alternative? You may have been told [...]

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Wealth Creation

December 5, 2011

As advisors we are regularly asked about the best solutions to financial crisis. There are many different ways to prepare for these threats–such as hyperinflation, devaluation of the dollar, major market collapse, etc.–and want to provide you with some possible solutions that may be helpful as well as show how infinite banking can maximize your [...]

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Ready For Retirement? Most Aren’t Even Close.

October 10, 2011

Over the past few years it’s become painfully obvious that an overwhelming majority of retirees don’t have enough money saved to sustain their lifestyle. In the below infographic you’ll find some shocking facts that, for those still in their working years, provide valuable lessons on what not to do.  A couple to point out: – [...]

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Following the Financial Crowd… A Recipe for Disaster

September 20, 2011

Have you ever heard of the term “group think”? A group think experiment was done that demonstrated our natural instict to conform with the crowd. Do you remember the old show “Candid Camera.” It started back in 1948. I want to share a little clip from one of the old episodes… so old its black [...]

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Is the Market the Answer?

September 15, 2011

“October. This is one of the peculiarly dangerous months to speculate in. The others are July, January, September, April, November, May, March, June, December, August, and February.” -Mark Twain Though funny, this is necessarily true. What’s funny is where does “the market” end. It doesn’t seem to, now with Brazilian, Chinese, Japanese, and many more [...]

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