Expanding your Infinite Banking System
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Buying Term Life insurance rather than Whole Life insurance and then investing the difference of premium payments, became popularized financial advice in the 1970s and 1980s by AL Williams. Now today, 50 years later, this advice is still the cornerstone principal for many financial advisors including Dave Ramsey. Is Buy Term and Invest the difference the best option now? Whole Life insurance policies available today are different than 50 years ago, the market is always changing, is it time to revisit buying term and investing the difference? In this episode we compare buying term and investing...
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Wealth Besides Money
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Are you often late? ... It could mean you're an optimist type personality. Ben explains in this episode and Steven self convicts. Wealth is often used in reference to monetary value or quantity. Many people never consider the wealth that is beyond money. Relationships, Memories, Health, Family, Friends, Opportunities etc. Wealth is a comprehensive expression. Today on Wealth Talks Podcast, we talk about some of these other types of wealth. *This episode takes a bit of a turn.* Link to Jesse's video on buying his house: Follow the Wealth Talks Podcast on: Instagram: Facebook: Listen to the...
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Buy Term and Invest vs. Whole Life Insurance
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Buying Term Life insurance rather than Whole Life insurance and then investing the difference of premium payments, became popularized financial advice in the 1970s and 1980s by AL Williams. Now today, 50 years later, this advice is still the cornerstone principal for many financial advisors including Dave Ramsey. Is Buy Term and Invest the difference the best option now? Whole Life insurance policies available today are different than 50 years ago, the market is always changing, is it time to revisit buying term and investing the difference? In this episode we compare buying term and investing...
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Infinite Banking Concept and a Modified Endowment Contract MEC
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A good life insurance policy can become a Modified Endowment Contract when it fails the 7 pay test. What does that mean in plain terms? We explain in this episode. Learn what a MEC is (modified endowment contract) What if my Infinite Banking Policy becomes a MEC? Is a MEC bad? Can a MEC be good? How to avoid a MEC Why did the rules for life insurance change in 1988? What is the 7 pay test for life insurance? Learn the history of the MEC laws passing congress Podcast Episode 560: 📄 INFINITE BANKING MADE SIMPLE BINDER | Get the free binder here: Follow the Wealth...
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Convertible Term Insurance
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Converting term insurance into a permanent life insurance policy can allow you to recover the cost of your insurance in a matter of a few years, insure that your premium will never increase, your death benefit will never expire, and in addition to this, build cash value equity in your policy that will continue to accumulate and grow tax free. (listen to understand more about this) One of the best kept secrets about Life Insurance is convertible term insurance. Convertible term insurance allows you to take advantage of the low premiums of term insurance and lock in your insurability, and then...
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Infinite Banking Questions and Answers
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If you have questions about Infinite Banking or Whole Life Insurance, this is the perfect episode for you. We go through a bunch of specific questions on Infinite Banking, Whole Life Insurance, Financial Strategies and the like; answering the questions in lots of detail. Resources for this episode are here: Gracine's video on single premium policies: Tom's video on 2 ways to pay property taxes: 📄 INFINITE BANKING MADE SIMPLE BINDER | Get the free binder here: Follow the Wealth Talks Podcast on: Instagram: Facebook: Listen to the Wealth Talks Podcast on: YouTube:...
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Financial Planning
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What is the most important factor in retirement planning? The philosophy and the financial habits you create. John does financial planning for clients. Today he shares details about how he goes about creating a successful financial plan. What is his goal when he advises his clients? How does he make projections for his clients? How do you make calculations based on future assumptions? Whats the best way to save for education? How do you plan for retirement? How much money is enough? Can you calculate that number? An important message on retirement is...
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White Coat Investor vs. Infinite Banking
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On this episode we are discussing an article written by the White Coat Investor on Infinite Banking. The article is called 7 truths on Infinite Banking / Bank On Yourself. In this episode: Who is The White Coat Investor? Are the 7 "truths" of this article accurate? ... We discuss each of them today. Is The White Coat Investor consistent? Clarity on some confusion around infinite banking and whole life insurance Direct vs Non Direct recognition. What is an Infinite Banking Policy? Link to Tom McFie's article on the White Coat Investor: Follow the...
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Dave Ramsey...Then What?
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Dave Ramsey has 7 recommendations: Start a $1000 emergency fund Implement a debt snowball strategy Have 3-6 months of expenses worth in savings Invest 15 % of your income Save for your children’s college tuition Pay off your house early Build wealth and give Are these 7 steps good to follow? Do they lead to financial success? Here's our opinion. Also in this episode: What is the difference between an Emergency Fund and a Cash Cushion? Expectations and positive thinking. Link to Dave Ramsey vs Infinite Banking binder:
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Infinite Banking and Chat GPT
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We decided to ask Chat GPT questions about Infinite Banking. It was pretty accurate today, but it also had some serious errors. We ask Chat GPT, What is Infinite Banking? And it gives us an example. We ask Chat GPT, What about using Indexed Universal Life Insurance for Infinite Banking? Is Dave Ramsey correct about Infinite Banking? Can I use Infinite Banking for Retirement Income? This whole episode is questions we're asking to Chat GPT and other AI software, and then evaluating their responses. If you don't know about a subject, it can be hard to separate the facts from the...
info_outlineGovernments and central banks are taking the low road. They are attempting to artificially stimulate the economy by implementing negative interest rates. John says it will work probably work short-term Tom says it could cause people to hoard tangible assets like gold, silver, antique automobiles and art.
What is it that really stimulates an economy long-term and causes wealth to be created?
Why do you think most business regulations are put in place?
A. To protect small business from getting overrun by big business
B. To make it hard for small business to compete with big business
Now picture yourself approaching retirement… what would you do if interest rates went negative on all of your retirement savings, and instead of earning interest on your money, you had to start paying just to keep the money you’d saved?
All this and more on episode 246 of Wealth Talks. Listen Now.