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 If I were to read ‘The Best Way To Build Wealth’ as the title of something, I might cringe a little bit.  Generally, it’s pretty hard to claim ‘the best’ of anything. The best  hotdog?

 “You don’t know how good  you have it! Back in my day, life was tough. Jobs were hard to find and  the pay was low. Now-a-days, the new generation is spoiled!”  Sound familiar? 

In no particular order, here are a bunch of reasons you should not be buying stocks:  There’s a reason why buying stocks is so easy.  Think about it… What is the process of buying stocks? 

 If you’ve never seen the movie The Big Short, do yourself a favor and go watch it. Now.  In a nutshell, the film is about the 2007-2008 financial meltdown and  how some savvy traders made

In March of 2009, the DOW bottomed at 6,266 points.  That was more than 50% lower than just a year prior.  Investors literally thought that the financial world was ending.  Some of the biggest

Who doesn’t like an underdog story?  Literally, the best movies ever made are based on the underdog conquering the big evil force. Here are just some of the movies based on an underdog story:  

In  2016, California voted to legalize recreational marijuana.  This means  that the 6th largest economy in the world would allow everyone to buy,  grow, and consumer marijuana. 

Corruption is good for blockchain. Actually, the real quote is "Necessity is the mother of invention." Which basically means, "when the need for something becomes imperative, you are forced

David Kotkin, known as David Copperfield, is one of the most famous magicians ever. He is the highest grossing solo performer in the world, with a total of over $4 billion in ticket sales. That makes him

Earlier this year, I was fortunate enough to attend the annual Daily Journal Corporation meeting in Los Angeles. The Daily Journal Corporation, which is traded on the NASDAQ as $DJCO, is not a particularly

Nerds and stoners. You probably couldn’t pick two more opposite groups of people. The nerds are concerned about researching information, discussing ground breaking ideas, and don’t care what other people

"The Americans have need of the telephone, but we do not. We have plenty of messenger boys." -Sir William Preece, chief engineer, British Post Office, 1876 Every year 1.2 million people die in

How do you value real estate? That’s probably the most asked question worldwide, when it comes to investing and spending money. No matter where you go in the world, people understand the value of real

Let’s play a little guessing game. Here's how it's going to work… I’m going to give you some information. I’ll give you a bunch of facts and figures, then you can guess what company I’m talking about.

The price-to-earnings ratio is probably the most well known way to value a company. This ratio, known as the P/E ratio, makes sense even if you're not a financial whiz. It's the price of a company in relation

"I am quite sure now that often, very often, in matters concerning religion and politics a man's reasoning powers are not above the monkey's." –Mark Twain Although Mark Twain articulated the

Bust Out Another Thousand. That's what BOAT stands for. Here's another thing that boat owners will agree on: The two best days of a boat owner's life are the day you buy it and the day you sell it. I can

On one of my last trips to Hong Kong, I got stuck in the air for over 16 hours. Normally, the flight is just over 14 hours, but we couldn’t land in Hong Kong because of a major storm. So, we literally

Over the past couple of days I have been attending an exclusive conference for HNWI’s (High Net Worth Individual) in Southern California. The guests were mostly from the United States, but there were a

Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix, Google, Tesla, and Microsoft. Artificial intelligence, virtual reality, driverless cars, robotics, and gene augmentation. If you’re not invested in one of those companies